Open Innovation and Competitive Advantage on the Hospitality Sector: The Role of Organizational Strategy

This paper assesses the relationship between open innovation and competitive advantage and the mediating effect of organizational strategy. Using a quantitative methodological approach with survey data from 251 Portuguese hotel executive directors’ small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this res...

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Autores: Musiello-Neto, Francisco, Rua, Orlando Lima, Arias Oliva, Mario, Ferreira Silva, Amélia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/5011
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/5011
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Open innovation
Competitive advantage
Organizational strategy
Hospitality sector
Structural equations model.
Administración de empresas
Marketing
Turismo
5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
5312.90 Economía Sectorial: Turismo
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Sumario:This paper assesses the relationship between open innovation and competitive advantage and the mediating effect of organizational strategy. Using a quantitative methodological approach with survey data from 251 Portuguese hotel executive directors’ small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this research adopted a quantitative methodological approach, thereby conducting an exploratory and transversal study. Findings show that (1) open innovation influences organizational strategy and (2) organizational strategy enhances competitive advantage. Moreover, the results also highlight that (3) organizational strategy has a mediating effect between open innovation and competitive advantage. The paper provides relevant insights that will lead the firms’ top managers to design and implement strategies and define effective government policies, programs, and incentives to support the development of the firms’ open innovation model in the hospitality sector considering the new smart society and smart cities growing environment.