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Chapter 10
Handbook of Research on Cultural Tourism and Sustainability
Individuals or organizations that have an impact on the tourist activity of the destination and that interacts with other actors to identify the needs of the tourists and create an experience for them.
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Actor Networks and Development of Cultural Tourist Destinations
Oswaldo Ledesma González (University of La Laguna, Spain), Rafael Merinero Rodríguez (University of Pablo de Olavide, Spain), and Juan Ignacio Pulido Fernández (University of Jaén, Spain)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9217-5.ch010
Abstract
The study analyses the relational structure of the networks of actors of three cultural tourist destinations using social network analysis (SNA). The analytical interest is focused on the degree centrality indicator for socio-centric networks and asymmetrical relationships to obtain the indegree (prestige) and outdegree (influence) of the various actors. The results obtained strengthen three ideas: first, there is a direct relationship between relational dynamics and the development of tourist destinations; second, the relational structure is transformed as tourist destinations evolve; and third, there is a correlation between the number of actors with high centrality and the development of tourist destinations. The study contributes to responding to the demand for literature regarding the need to expand the number of comparative studies that link the relational structure with the development of tourist destinations.
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Chapter 180
Reviewing the Actor-Network Theory
Actants resist each other and change through narratives and, as they acquire roles, they became actors.
Published in Chapter: Reviewing the Actor-Network Theory; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 20
Interactions Between Formal and Informal Organizational Networks
The human members of the organization. The actors are the entities that are actually executing tasks and are explicitly represented in our model. The actors may be assisted by software personal assistants, which relieve various cognitive and communication constraints.
Published in Chapter: Interactions Between Formal and Informal Organizational Networks; From: Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models
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Chapter 187
Informed Decision Making With Enterprise Dynamic Systems Control
The actors, human or machine, are part of the enterprise and are organized in a network where the individual and collective views of the enterprise coexist.
Published in Chapter: Informed Decision Making With Enterprise Dynamic Systems Control; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 15
Mapping Concepts with Fisherfolk
individual persons with agency, i.e. knowledge and capability to assess situations and devise responses. Adapted from Giddens (1984) and Long (2001).
Published in Chapter: Mapping Concepts with Fisherfolk; From: Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning Using Concept Mapping
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Chapter 2
Global Security and Political Problems of the 21st Century
An individual, group, state, or organization that plays a major role in world politics.
Published in Chapter: Global Security and Political Problems of the 21st Century; From: World Politics and the Challenges for International Security
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Chapter 22
Developing Efficient Processes and Process Management in New Business Creation in the ICT-Sector
is a firm or an individual that perform activities and control resources and create value via transformation of resources. Actors refer to the business network participants.
Published in Chapter: Developing Efficient Processes and Process Management in New Business Creation in the ICT-Sector; From: Handbook of Research on Complex Dynamic Process Management: Techniques for Adaptability in Turbulent Environments
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Chapter 8
Adoption of E-Commerce in SMEs
An entity that can make its presence individually felt by other actors. Actors can be human or non-human, non-human actors including such things as computer programs, portals, companies, and other entities that cannot be seen as individual people. An actor can be seen as an association of heterogeneous elements that constitute a network. This is especially important with non-human actors, as there are always some human aspects within the network.
Published in Chapter: Adoption of E-Commerce in SMEs; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 4
Actor-Network Theory Applied to Information Systems Research
An entity that can make its presence individually felt by other actors. Actors can be human or non-human, non-human actors including such things as computer programs, portals, companies and other entities that cannot be seen as individual people. An actor can be seen as an association of heterogeneous elements that constitute a network. This is especially important with non-human actors as there are always some human aspects within the network.
Published in Chapter: Actor-Network Theory Applied to Information Systems Research; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 622
Use Cases in the UML
An actor plays one or more roles in relation to a set of use cases. An actor could correspond to a job title (e.g., purchasing agent, sales clerk) or can be non-human (e.g., another system, device, or database). Each actor in a use case must be directly involved at some point and is not merely a stakeholder (someone or something that is affected by the success or failure of a particular transaction).
Published in Chapter: Use Cases in the UML; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 701
Enterprise Dynamic Systems Control
The actors, human or machine, are part of the enterprise and are organized in a network where the individual and collective views of the enterprise coexist.
Published in Chapter: Enterprise Dynamic Systems Control; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 52
Informed Decision Making With Enterprise Dynamic Systems Control
The actors, human or machine, are part of the enterprise and are organized in a network where the individual and collective views of the enterprise coexist.
Published in Chapter: Informed Decision Making With Enterprise Dynamic Systems Control; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Business Operations and Management
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Chapter 19
Assistive ICT and Young Disabled Persons: Opportunities and Obstacles in Identity Negotiations
An actor is any object, artefact, or person who generates an effect by making a difference.
Published in Chapter: Assistive ICT and Young Disabled Persons: Opportunities and Obstacles in Identity Negotiations; From: Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society
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Chapter 23
Actor Network Theory and IS Research
An entity that could be human and non-human that is made to act affect by the support of other actors.
Published in Chapter: Actor Network Theory and IS Research; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems
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Chapter 8
Main Characters of Globalization in the 21st Century
An individual, group, state, or organization that plays a major role in world politics.
Published in Chapter: Main Characters of Globalization in the 21st Century; From: World Politics and the Challenges for International Security
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Chapter 423
Modeling Information Systems in UML
A person or (computer) system that can perform an activity. The actor does not refer to a particular individual but rather to a role (e.g., Teacher ).
Published in Chapter: Modeling Information Systems in UML; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 152
Social Networks and Analytics
Actors refer to any entities acting in any sort of social environment.
Published in Chapter: Social Networks and Analytics; From: Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning
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