Exploring a developing tourism industry: a resource-based view approach

Abstract

This exploratory study examines dimensions related to tourism development in the case of Uruguay. Internal and external analyses were conducted to identify key resources to maximise opportunities and minimise threats to the country’s tourism development. The study, which adopts the resource-based view of the firm, is based on the perspectives of key tourism stakeholders. Unstructured, face-to-face interviews were conducted with eight key informants, three representing government institutions, three private, and two public–private. The interviews revealed opportunities in various fronts, primarily consolidating and expanding international markets, and developing additional offerings, including convention/event and heritage tourism to minimise the effects of seasonality. Strong dependence on neighbouring markets, marginal airline connectivity, and knowledge of Uruguay internationally were main perceived barriers to further development. The value of employing the resource-based framework in guiding understanding of the themes under investigation was confirmed. Implications emerging from the findings are discussed and future research directions suggested

The impact of leadership competences, organizational learning and organizational innovation on business performance

“…facilities and equipment) or intangible resources embedded in the organizations such as competences of business owners and leaders (Ulrich, 1998;Saffu et al, 2008). The RBV theory was frequently used to evaluate business performance (Newbert, 2007) and has gained enormous popularity in T&H research (Huy and Khin, 2016;Duarte Alonso, 2017). According to Kruesi and Bazelmans (2022), the RBV theory has been directly or indirectly invoked as the central theoretical grounding in several T&H studies.…”

The impact of leadership traits and organizational learning on business innovation

“…The resource-based view and knowledge-based view theories have gained enormous popularity among researchers in the tourism field ( Huy & Khin, 2016 ; Duarte Alonso, 2017 ; Utami et al., 2017 ; Toylan et al., 2020 ). The resource-based view and knowledge-based view theories are used in this study to explain how leadership traits and organizational learning (firm's internal resources) contribute to business innovation (organizational outcome and competitiveness of firms).…”

Local community and policy maker perspectives on sustainable livelihoods, tourism, environment and waste management in Siem Reap/Angkor, Cambodia

“…This guided the fieldwork in Siem Reap/Angkor and enabled identification of communities that would inform the research through thematic conversations. Field interviews were based on unstructured interview questionnaires (one for policy makers and the other for community members) in the ethnographic research tradition (Laws et al 2003;Alonso 2017) and were conducted in formal and informal settings (DeWalt and DeWalt 2011). Visits to various sites in Siem Reap/Angkor were planned for observing various facilities such as waste management, waste disposal, water pollution, etc., a recognised research technique (Gerson and Horowitz 2002: 202;Tolley et al 2016: 86) to validate information collected from stakeholders (Angrosino 2007: 54, 57;Denscombe 2010: 197).…”