Abstract:This chapter investigates the ways in which UK small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (tourism SMEs) convert their resource base into distinct capability platforms that give them a competitive advantage and enable them to grow. The types of growth-enabling capabilities within this sector are also discussed. The factors constraining growth as well as the factors that contribute towards the growth of tourism SMEs are identified. A dynamic McKinsey Consultants' model that seek to analyse growth over differing… Show more
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