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University of Stavanger, Norway
Innovation strategy in Tourism industry
2017 •
Veronique HARIMALALA
Focus: Nowadays, innovation research in tourism sector has catch the attention of academics and business players. In fact, over the decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. This master thesis, is to study in detail the theory of innovation in tourism and, to develop innovation strategies for the tourism sector. This thesis is based on theoretical review about the concept of innovations in tourism industry to understand different types of innovations, the measurements and determinants of innovation. Although, innovation strategies and strategic innovation in tourism industry were the main focus of the study. Findings: The findings provide a practical contribution to academics and companies on how certain strategies can be implemented in the tourism sector, such internationalization, the use of new technologies and sustainability. Moreover, different tools of strategy management were also studied, along with the innovation systems and innovation management. Research limitations / implications: This paper is only limited to the theoretical part of innovation strategies in tourism industry. Performing an empirical study would be much more interesting, to learn more about how these different strategies are implemented. Furthermore, I have been focusing on all dimensions of strategies, and was unable to draw a practical conclusion but several valuables recommendations were provided. Originality – Value: This study has established a framework for the further study of innovation in tourism. Accordingly, research in the field of innovation systems and innovation management might be developed in several forms. Regarding the innovations strategies, these are certainly useful knowledge for both academics and managers.
Strategic Innovation in Tourism. A Conceptual and Review Approach
Almaz Sandybayev
Tourism is one of the fastest growing and promising areas of management with a high economic and social importance for the economy of many countries. Current conditions of tough competition in the tourist market, economic and political instability in many regions, the fast-growing needs and demands of tourists are proposing a new challenge of transition to an innovative path of tourism development industry. The article discusses the issues of strategic innovative activity in the sphere of tourism and presents the main areas of innovation in the tourism sector, as well as factors affecting the innovative development of tourism. According to the author, the number of factors underlying features of innovative activity in the sphere of tourism includes specific properties of the tourism product, producers and consumers of tourism services. The purpose of the article is to describe the principles and basic requirements for the management system of innovation in tourism in the macro-and microeconomic levels.
Improving the performance and competitiveness of tourism establishments by means of innovation: trends and applications
Cagri Bulut
Innovation and creativity are issues that are commonly used from the perspective of the manufacturing industry, though they are as much needed in the services industries for effec-tive and efficient results. Innovations in general may be the profitable market introduction of new products and services, improved production techniques or processes or a better or more efficient way of applying marketing, communication and management strategies or a new way of implementing organizational applications. Service industry differs from the manu-facturing industry in many aspects like being intangible, no storage possibility, consumption and production at the same time and place, being highly perishable etc. but still innovation theories can also be used to describe changes in services and tourism industry. The study focuses on innovation applications in tourism industry by analyzing success-ful case studies. Innovation success factors were examined and common issues were found which are provi...
Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems
Developing Touristic Destination - Innovation Performance Issues
Tivadar Mahr
Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki
The Innovation System of a Tourist Enterprise – a Model Approach
2015 •
daria jaremen
Intangible Capital
Innovation in tourism companies, where are they and where are they going? An approach to the state of knowledge
2016 •
Federico Rodriguez Torres, Alejandro Delgado Cruz, Elva Esther Vargas Martínez
Purpose: This paper makes a literature review in order to analyze the current state of innovation in tourism companies and know the future research lines on the subject. Design/methodology: The study chose a content analysis, which purpose was to examine the scientific journal articles about tourism, business management and economic-administrative studies, considering ScienceDirect, Taylor & Francis, EBSCOHost and REDALYC databases. The procedure involves filtering papers based on criteria of relevance as addressing the issue and current facts (texts inscribed in the period 2008-2015). As a result 78 publications based on bibliographic content matrices were analyzed and classified according to their thematic profile. Moreover, a search for bases outside the above data was done, in order to know the situation of tourism companies in the Mexican context. Findings: The review shows that papers are concentrated in six broad categories: a) organizational innovation, b) innovation strategies, c) innovation in products and processes, d) technological innovation, e) knowledge management in innovation and f) innovation models. Most studies are given in the context of hotels and restaurants; showing that innovation in tourism companies is an emerging theme study that will strengthen the development and competitiveness of the sector itself. Originality/value: It represents an innovative contribution by providing information on how it has been addressed the issue of innovation in the context of tourism companies -restaurants and hotels-, besides provides an overview of research conducted in Mexico on the topic, being of interest to the companies and academic community.
THE INNOVATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM AND OTHER THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS OF COMPETITIVENESS
beca Jaja
Various models of competitiveness of the tourism industry are discussed in this article. Advantages and disadvantages of each model is outlined, and new conceptual model for the development of innovative tourism is proposed by authors. The proposed model can be used by managers of touristic destinations and policy makers.
Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism
Model of Improving Tourism Industry Performance through Innovation Capability
2019 •
Ayi Ahadiat
The capability of innovation is an important factor for the economic performance of tourism companies, (Martinez-Roman et al. 2015). This study aims to examine the influence of innovation capabilities on product innovation and process innovation and then these results influence marketing performance. The design of the research is explanatory research with a quantitative approach. The population of this research is 168 starred hotels in southern Sumatra, the data used are primary data. Processing data used a structural equation model. The conclusion of this study shows that the capability of innovation influences product innovation and process innovation, which in turn influences marketing performance.
Progress in Tourism Management A review of innovation research in tourism
Ryan Zha
Innovativeness in Tourism: Model Development
JO514 Pattipeiluhu
The main purpose of this study is to develop an integrative model that links the impact of the characteristics of the entrepreneur, networking, technological development and environment to innovation as the key success factors of SMEs. The methodological framework for the research is deductive in nature; we use the existing theories of entrepreneurship, tourism and innovation as the starting point for the study of individual phenomena. Innovation is important for the success and performance of companies in the tourism industry and the entire national economy. The proposed research is expected to detect significant factors that promote innovation in enterprises, thereby affecting the performance of companies in the tourism industry. This study makes a theoretical and methodological contribution to the study of innovation in the tourism field.
