Abstract

This paper provides a preliminary analysis of one element of a research study into knowledge sharing between business people in the tourism sector of the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch conurbation in England. The paper sets out the academic context of the analysis of knowledge sharing, the methodology and methods used to explore the nature and outcomes of knowledge sharing and preliminary results relating to knowledge network mapping. The overall aims of the research are to better understand knowledge sharing between people in the tourism sector and to suggest how knowledge sharing can be improved to the benefit of the tourism sector.