Innovativeness and business performances in tourism SMEs

Research on innovation in the tourism industry has gained relevance, and in recent years knowledge of this complex phenomenon has increased. The article proposes a two-stage interactive model based on innovative capability, environment and other contextual factors of firms, in order to explain first...

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Autores: Martínez Román, Juan Antonio, Tamayo Gallego, Juan Aurelio, Gamero Rojas, Francisco Javier, Romero García, José Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/177130
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/177130
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2015.07.004
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tourism industry
Innovative firm
Innovativeness
Profitability
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Sumario:Research on innovation in the tourism industry has gained relevance, and in recent years knowledge of this complex phenomenon has increased. The article proposes a two-stage interactive model based on innovative capability, environment and other contextual factors of firms, in order to explain first, the innovative outcomes in products and processes and, subsequently, the influence of these outcomes on the profitability of SMEs in the Andalusian hospitality industry. The model has undergone various hypothesis tests, thus demonstrating its validity, the importance of the main explanatory variables and the existence of a positive linear relationship between innovative outcomes in products and processes, and business profitability.