%0 Journal Article
%T The importance of lifestyle entrepreneurship: A conceptual study of the tourism industry
%A Peters
%A Mike
%A Frehse
%A Joerg
%A Buhalis
%A Dimitrios
%J PASOS : Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural
%D 2009
%I PASOS
%X The purpose of the paper is to explore and discuss the emergence of lifestyle entrepreneurship. The article addresses the question of the relationship between entrepreneur¡¯s life quality and enterprise growth. The purpose is to conceptualize this relationship and to learn more about lifestyle entrepreneurship. Tourism serves as a case industry to illustrate both relevant research in the field of lifestyle entrepreneurship and a conceptual framework to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial activities and perceived life quality. The paper delivers a literature review on entrepre-neurship and certain forms of entrepreneurship and conceptualizes lifestyle enterprise¡¯s growth.
%K Lifestyle
%K Entrepreneurship
%K Tourism
%K Entrepreneurial Motives.
%U http://www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/7309special/PS0309_5.pdf