Knowledge Dynamics in Sustainable Standard Setting in Tourism – The case of "Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA)"

Simone Strambach and Annika Surmeier
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Annika Surmeier: Department of Geography, Philipps University Marburg

No 2012-04, Working Papers on Innovation and Space from Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography

Abstract: The development of standards and certification programs in global tourism has gained importance in consumption-production nexus. The paper is dealing with “Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa†(FTTSA), one of the first innovative service standards with a focus on the social dimension of sustainability. Until now, there has been little detailed exploration in the evolutionary trajectories of sustainable tourism standards from a knowledge-based perspective. This paper will contribute to a deeper understanding of the standard creation in global-local interaction processes over time and its impacts on the micro level of the firms. Conceptually it builds on two scientific debates - the neo-institutional approaches in organizational theory focussing on institution building and the research on innovation and knowledge dynamics. Empirically, it is based on 32 interviews conducted with different actor groups.

Keywords: Knowledge Dynamics; Sustainable standards; Institutional theory; South Africa; Tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 L83 O55 P48 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2012-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-knm and nep-tur
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