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Innovation activity in the hotel industry: evidence from Balearic Islands

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de EconomĂ­a de la Empresaes
dc.contributor.authorMartĂ­nez-Ros, Ester
dc.contributor.authorOrfila Sintes, Francina
dc.contributor.authorCrespĂ­ Cladera, Rafel
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-21T18:51:47Z
dc.date.available2010-04-21T18:51:47Z
dc.date.issued2005-12
dc.description.abstractThe paper provides empirical evidence on technological activity in the Spanish service sector, in particular for the tourist accommodation in the Balearics. The study wants to fulfil the lack of analyses in the field of tourism. Commonly, the study of innovation activity has been carried out from a manufacture perspective, for that reason the paper discusses the precise definition of innovation in accommodation services. The data refer to a large representative sample of hotels in Balearic Islands (Spain), providing a homogeneous set of information. The results show as higher-categories hotels are more innovative than lower-categories hotels; an aggregated measure of technological innovation presents a rate over the average for hotels that belong to a chain, and that for hotels under management contract. Half of innovative companies adjust the human capital skills and abilities. The hotel industry is a supplier-driven sector that innovates introducing R&D embodied technology rather than undertaking internal R&D activities.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationTourism Management, December 2005, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 851-865
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tourman.2004.05.005
dc.identifier.issn0261-5177
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage851
dc.identifier.publicationissue6
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage865
dc.identifier.publicationtitleTourism Management
dc.identifier.publicationvolume26
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/7755
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2004.05.005
dc.rights© Elsevier
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subject.ecienciaEmpresa
dc.subject.otherServices innovation
dc.subject.otherHotel industry
dc.subject.otherBalearic Islands
dc.titleInnovation activity in the hotel industry: evidence from Balearic Islands
dc.typeresearch article*
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