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Knowledge transfer and innovation among tourism destinations (Abstract/Poster in atti di convegno)
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De Martino M.
Okumus F.
Van Niekerk M. (2014)
Knowledge transfer and innovation among tourism destinations
in t-FORUM 2015 Global Conference: Tourism Intelligence in Action, Naples - Italy, 4-7 March 2015
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- De Martino M.
Okumus F.
Van Niekerk M. (literal)
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University of Central Florida - Rosen College of Hospitality Management (literal)
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- Knowledge transfer and innovation among tourism destinations (literal)
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- The study aims to examine knowledge transfers and innovation amongst two contrasting spatial tourism destinations, Naples and Orlando. It will focus on the mechanism, sources and outcomes of knowledge transfer and innovation and also look at the spatial proximity of the partners to the network. In the global tourism market, tourism destinations not individual businesses compete to attract customers (Ritchie and Crouch, 2003). Competitive advantage of any organization is based on its ability to transfer knowledge efficiently and effectively through its knowledge networks (Peltokorpi and Vaara, 2014). In order to remain competitive, tourism destinations therefore have an imperative to innovate (Baggio and Cooper, 2010). It is also widely acknowledged that innovations emerge in social interactions in which diverse actors share complementary knowledge and therefore is best developed and sustained in the long term by knowledge-intensive inter-firm relationships (Chesbrough, 2003; Dyer and Hatch, 2006; Powell and Grodal, 2005). Research also suggests that knowledge transfer may benefit if it is embedded into networks. Spatial proximity to network partners also has an influence on knowledge transfer (Fritsch & Kauffeld-Monz, 2008). However, though recognizing the critical role of network, little research has addressed the issue of knowledge transfer and innovation in tourism destinations (Shaw and Williams, 2009; Baggio and Cooper, 2010).
A two-stage research design will be employed similar to that of Timur & Getz (2008). The first part will obtain detailed input from selected stakeholders of the tourism destination by means of interviews. The process will start with the key stakeholders and then a snowball technique will be employed to identify stakeholders that form part of the network. This process will continue until a saturation point is reached. The second stage will then consist out of a structured on-line questionnaire that will collect comparable and quantifiable data in Naples and Orlando. The on-line questionnaire will then be developed to examine the existing networks in the tourism destination and how knowledge is transferred within the network. The network analysis principles and methods will then be utilized to construct a destination network structure and knowledge and innovation transfers.
Previous studies and results indicated that strong ties are more beneficial for the exchange of information and knowledge than weaker ties (Fritsch & Kauffeld-Monz, 2008). It also indicates that knowledge transfer and innovation are influenced by spatial proximity, market and product similarity (Weidenfeld et al., 2010). The paper will make a contribution to the literature by studying innovation and knowledge transfer in tourism destinations. It will focus on the mechanism, sources, outcomes of knowledge transfer and also look at the complexity of spatial and product similarities. (literal)
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