Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Leick, Birgit"
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Exploring the relationship between Airbnb and traditional accommodation for regional variations of tourism markets
Leick, Birgit; Kivedal, Bjørnar Karlsen; Eklund, Mehtap A.; Vinogradov, Evgueni (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The relationship between Airbnb-based and traditional accommodation is mainly documented for key tourist destinations with a large tourism sector, while there is almost no evidence on this for other destinations. This ... -
Individual-contextual determinants of entrepreneurial service provision in the platform-based collaborative economy
Leick, Birgit; Falk, Martin Thomas; Eklund, Mehtap; Vinogradov, Evgueni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: This article examines the nature of service provision in the platform-based collaborative economy from the perspective of entrepreneurship theories. It departs from a knowledge gap about the individual and contextual ... -
Norwegian entrepreneurs (1880-1930s) and their “new America”: a historical perspective on transnational entrepreneurship and ecosystem development in the Russian Arctic
Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja; Leick, Birgit; Roddvik, Viktor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: This paper aims to present a historical case study of Norwegian transnational entrepreneurs (1880s–1930s) and the ecosystems that they founded in Russia’s Arctic periphery. Drawing from the contemporary transnational ... -
Place-based entrepreneurs and their competitiveness: a relational perspective on small regional banks
Leick, Birgit; Leßmann, Grit; Ströhl, Alexander; Pargent, Tim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper focuses on place-based entrepreneurs as regionally anchored companies that rely on regional resources to generate a sustained competitive advantage, but are increasingly challenged by a seemingly placeless and ... -
Tourism development and border asymmetries: An exploratory analysis of market-driven cross-border shopping tourism
Leick, Birgit; Schewe, Theo; Kivedal, Bjørnar Karlsen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper explores whether shopping tourism in the context of cross-border regions may trigger more viable, and long-term, tourism despite persistent border asymmetries (e.g., price and tax differences) which are typically ... -
Translating mission-driven sustainability values into a value-creating business model: The Norwegian start-up Ducky AS
Leick, Birgit; Nguyen, Anh Duc (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Sustainability entrepreneurs are driven by their personal missions about the sustainability-based values that they wish to tap when building a business model. This teaching-case study presents insights into how the personal ... -
Uncovering the micro-entrepreneurial motivation of Airbnb hosts in Rural Arctic sustainable tourism: An exploratory case study
Yeasmin, Farhana (Master thesis, 2023)The digital age has brought about a significant change in the way we conduct business, and micro-entrepreneurship on digital platforms has emerged as a powerful force driving economic growth. With the advent of technology, ...