作者
Raffaele Filieri, Elettra D’Amico, Alessandro Destefanis, Emilio Paolucci, Elisabetta Raguseo
发表日期
2021/11/17
期刊
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
卷号
33
期号
11
页码范围
4099-4125
出版商
Emerald Publishing Limited
简介
Purpose
The travel and tourism industry (TTI) could benefit the most from artificial intelligence (AI), which could reshape this industry. This study aims to explore the characteristics of tourism AI start-ups, the AI technological domains financed by Venture Capitalists (VCs), and the phases of the supply chain where the AI domains are in high demand.
Design/methodology/approach
This study developed a database of the European AI start-ups operating in the TTI from the Crunchbase database (2005–2020). The authors used start-ups as the unit of analysis as they often foster radical change. The authors complemented quantitative and qualitative methods.
Findings
AI start-ups have been mainly created by male Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics graduates between 2015 and 2017. The number of founders and previous study experience in non-start-up companies was positively related to securing a …
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