Measuring innovation in tourism from the Schumpeterian and the dynamic-capabilities perspectives

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 776-789

  Camisón, César ^a   Monfort Mir, Vicente M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Institute for Tourism Studies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation performance; Innovative capabilities; Innovativeness; Tourism firms

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INNOVATION; LEISURE INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 84856425752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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