We are pleased to share our research publication on Tourism Management (ABS 4 / CiteScore 24.1 / JCR IF 10.9) regarding entrepreneurial perspectives of early-stage tourism and hospitality technology start-ups!
This research has been developed out of our genuine passion for tourism and hospitality innovations, gained through hands-on experience in the field. We strongly believe that to enhance technological development and innovation in our industry, we need to nurture the original innovators—the founders of early-stage start-ups. Given the very high failure rate of early-stage start-ups, we have come to understand that they need more than just financial capital or investments; they also require social capital to gain trust from industry partners, including potential clients and investors. Given the highly interactive and experiential nature of the tourism and hospitality industry, the necessity of social capital is even more significant to facilitate connections across multiple sectors and stakeholders and ensure the holistic development of tourism and hospitality products. To nurture early-stage tourism and hospitality technology start-up ecosystem, the government and incubators should focus on strengthening networked social capital of the founders.
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Last but not least, this publication would not have been possible without the tremendous support of friends and colleagues, such as Freddy Wai-hung Law, Eugene Mak, Fioni Fong, Gabriel K., Rick Woo, Dicky Ying, Simon Je, Ringo Tsang, Tony Fung, Aaron Lai, Felix Yu (HKSTP - Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation), Prof. Tony Tse (School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Paul Wang, Silvia Choi (Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office (KTEO), PolyU) Dr. Gregg L. OASA, Johnny Chong, Eddie Chou, Har Van der Veen, Khun Nitsawan Katerattanakul, Khun Jirayu Limjinda, Khun Thanawut GoOd Supangkaratana, Khun Nikki Phinyapincha, and Khun Cin Ye. I would also like to sincerely thank Dr. Vincent Tung for his mentorship and tireless support throughout the research process, as well as Prof. Cathy Hsu, Prof. Robert Li, and anonymous reviewers for guiding us!
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