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A critical review of entrepreneurial marketing strategies and entrepreneurs’ identities – Case insights from women-owned Micro and Small Enterprises in Vietnam (2023)
Thesis
Phuong Minh Tran, N. (2023). A critical review of entrepreneurial marketing strategies and entrepreneurs’ identities – Case insights from women-owned Micro and Small Enterprises in Vietnam. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4923181

The link between behaviour and identity has long been an essential query in social psychology but has only recently been applied in the field of entrepreneurship. Yet, despite the increasing interest in this research area, the discussion of the link... Read More about A critical review of entrepreneurial marketing strategies and entrepreneurs’ identities – Case insights from women-owned Micro and Small Enterprises in Vietnam.

Critical evaluation of the impact of multi- stakeholders’ practices on food waste management in the Garki districts of Abuja, Nigeria– a qualitative study (2022)
Thesis
Ogunbiyi, V. O. Critical evaluation of the impact of multi- stakeholders’ practices on food waste management in the Garki districts of Abuja, Nigeria– a qualitative study. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4247304

This research focuses on the main causes of food waste and strategic approaches that can be applied in reducing food service sector waste in the context of the Garki district of Abuja, Nigeria. Food waste (FW) is a global concern which is intricately... Read More about Critical evaluation of the impact of multi- stakeholders’ practices on food waste management in the Garki districts of Abuja, Nigeria– a qualitative study.

Spiritual capital (Adhyatmik Shompatti) – a key driver of community well-being and sustainable tourism in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (2020)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., Mowla, M. M., & Chowdhury, S. (2020). Spiritual capital (Adhyatmik Shompatti) – a key driver of community well-being and sustainable tourism in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1745216

Abstract
In this paper, we examine two dimensions of social interface as key contributors to spiritual capital in the coastal community of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. These include an extended set of interactional networks or meaning-making processes... Read More about Spiritual capital (Adhyatmik Shompatti) – a key driver of community well-being and sustainable tourism in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

“From caged birds to women with wings”: A perspective on consumption practices of new middle-class Indian women (2020)
Journal Article
Rangwala, S., Jayawardhena, C., & Saxena, G. (in press). “From caged birds to women with wings”: A perspective on consumption practices of new middle-class Indian women. European Journal of Marketing, https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-02-2019-0135

Purpose – This study aims to explore consumption practices of new middle-class Indian women to explicate how they are challenging traditional social norms and redefining their identity through their consumption practices.

Design/methodology/approa... Read More about “From caged birds to women with wings”: A perspective on consumption practices of new middle-class Indian women.

Participative co-creation of archaeological heritage: Case insights on creative tourism in Alentejo, Portugal (2019)
Journal Article
Ross, D., & Saxena, G. (2019). Participative co-creation of archaeological heritage: Case insights on creative tourism in Alentejo, Portugal. Annals of Tourism Research, 79, Article 102790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2019.102790

This paper focuses on the creative ingenuity of tourism providers in storying and providing varied readings of archaeological sites that have been physically lost. In conceptualising providers' efforts in mobilising (in)tangible aspects of archaeolog... Read More about Participative co-creation of archaeological heritage: Case insights on creative tourism in Alentejo, Portugal.

Scarborough based study on bodies’ affective capacities (2017)
Journal Article
Saxena, G. (2017). Scarborough based study on bodies’ affective capacities. Annals of Tourism Research, 68, 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.12.002

This paper conceptualises leisure-seekers’ sociality using Deleuze and Guattari’s framework of Body without organs (BwO). Data, collected in Yorkshire’s coastal town of Scarborough, indicate how the ‘beach’ acts both as a magnet and a protective shel... Read More about Scarborough based study on bodies’ affective capacities.

Marketing rural tourism: Experience and enterprise (2016)
Book
Saxena, G. (2016). Marketing rural tourism: Experience and enterprise. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784710880

Gunjan Saxena seeks to encourage a fuller understanding of rural tourism marketing by uncovering the lived experiences and enterprise of different actor groups as they respond to the impact of tourism on their communities and cultural identities. In... Read More about Marketing rural tourism: Experience and enterprise.

Imagined relational capital: An analytical tool in considering small tourism firms' sociality (2015)
Journal Article
Saxena, G. (2015). Imagined relational capital: An analytical tool in considering small tourism firms' sociality. Tourism Management, 49, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.03.002

In this paper I introduce the notion of imagined relational capital (IRC) to examine the sociality of small tourism firms operating in coastal towns of Scarborough, Bridlington and Whitby in Yorkshire. Drawing upon the work of Deleuze and Guattari, I... Read More about Imagined relational capital: An analytical tool in considering small tourism firms' sociality.

Amorphous Family Nexus: An Analytical Tool in Considering Community/m-MGO Haritika's Ties in Bundelkhand, Central India (2014)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Singh, A. M. (2014). Amorphous Family Nexus: An Analytical Tool in Considering Community/m-MGO Haritika's Ties in Bundelkhand, Central India. Environment & planning. A, 46(10), 2419-2434. https://doi.org/10.1068/a130348p

In this paper we apply the notion of the amorphous family nexus (AFN) to examine the underinvestigated implications of family-like ties existing between minor NGOs (m-NGOs) and communities in sustaining the momentum of developmental activities despit... Read More about Amorphous Family Nexus: An Analytical Tool in Considering Community/m-MGO Haritika's Ties in Bundelkhand, Central India.

Developing integrated rural tourism : actor practices in the English/Welsh border (2010)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Ilbery, B. (2010). Developing integrated rural tourism : actor practices in the English/Welsh border. Journal of rural studies, 26(3), 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.12.001

This paper examines community attitudes and distinctive practices that shape local responses to integrated rural tourism (IRT) development in the lagging rural region of the English/Welsh border area. The focus is on how actors acquire attributes as... Read More about Developing integrated rural tourism : actor practices in the English/Welsh border.

Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region (2009)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Ilbery, B. (2009). Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region. Environment & planning. A, 41(9), 2248-2266. https://doi.org/10.1068/a41294

In this paper we explore and evaluate the concept of integrated rural tourism (IRT) by drawing upon a networks approach and the notion of best practice. By integrating the two an attempt is made to understand the processes that generate the sharing,... Read More about Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region.

Integrated rural tourism: a border case study (2008)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Ilbery, B. (2008). Integrated rural tourism: a border case study. Annals of Tourism Research, 35(1), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2007.07.010

Within the context of debates about integrated and territorial approaches to rural development in Europe's lagging regions, this paper introduces the notion of integrated rural tourism, theorized in relation to the concepts of embeddedness, dis-embed... Read More about Integrated rural tourism: a border case study.