...Adam Wu; Jorge Costa; Richard Teare This paper reports on a study designed to explore the relationship between environmental scanning and business expansion strategies in the international hotel sector. Unit level perspectives on environmental scanning and business expansion strategies of trans...

.... Towards the mid‐1990s, hotel companies with substantial cash reserves purchased other hotel chains (Olsen, 1995). Table III shows some of the major hotel purchases and acquisitions which occurred between 1990 and 1994. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Environmental impact Environmental scanning...

... with those identified by a sample of hotel managers working in the UK and in Portugal, with particular reference to aspects of organizational performance. Compares and contrasts themes identified by academics and practitioners with reference to environmental scanning as a supportive process for trends...

...Richard Teare The managerial activity of learning about events and trends in the organization’s environment is known as environmental scanning. This process differs from industry or competitor analysis in two main respects: it is broad in scope and future‐directed. Assesses the extent to which...

...Jorge Costa Reviews the concept of environmental scanning, presents definitions of the main concepts in the area and discusses the importance of systematic external analysis to organizations. Also seeks to provide an informed and practical overview of the environmental scanning process...

...Michael D. Olsen; Bvsan Murthy; Richard Teare Reports on the first survey of chief executive officers of multinational hotel chains, sponsored by the International Hotel Association. The purpose of the survey was to assess the environmental scanning practices in those hotel firms and to learn how...