Economic competitivenesseffects of clustering, innovation strategy and the moderating role of location in the Colombian hotel industry

  1. Orietha Eva Rodríguez Victoria 1
  2. Miguel González-Loureiro 2
  3. Francisco Puig Blanco 3
  1. 1 Universidad Icesi
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    Universidad Icesi

    Santiago de Cali, Colombia

    ROR https://ror.org/02t54e151

  2. 2 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

  3. 3 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

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Revista:
Investigaciones Regionales = Journal of Regional Research

ISSN: 1695-7253,  2340-2717

Ano de publicación: 2017

Título do exemplar: Clusters, industrial districts and strategy

Número: 39

Páxinas: 81-97

Tipo: Artigo

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Resumo

El clustering en las industrias de servicios ha sido escasamente investigado habiendo extensivas evidencias de su influencia sobre la innovación y la competitividad en el caso de industrias manufactureras. Afrontamos esta carencia mediante la exploración de un posible efecto moderador que las externalidades de la localización tienen sobre la relación triangular entre el clustering, la estrategia de innovación y la competitividad. En este estudio empírico de 131 hoteles localizados por todo el país del destino emergente Colombia, encontramos un efecto moderador mediado que es negativo. El impacto sobre la competitividad es mayor cuando la localización tiene niveles bajos de recursos. Exponemos y discutimos una de las razones que explica el heterogéneo efecto que tiene el clustering sobre las empresas de servicios.

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This article was supported by the Funds for Special Actions of Research from the Universitat de València (UV-INV-AE16-488900).

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