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Title Business model innovation and business concept innovation as the context of incremental innovation and radical innovation
ID_Doc 78671
Authors Souto, JE
Title Business model innovation and business concept innovation as the context of incremental innovation and radical innovation
Year 2015
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.05.017
Abstract Innovation is a means for obtaining competitive advantages in the tourism and hospitality sectors. However, the innovations, knowledge, and technologies acquired may be easily accessible for competitors. This study, which is based on interviews with 115 senior managers, seeks to show how tourism and hotel firms innovate, and how the achievement of successful innovations is possible. A model for business innovation is proposed, which takes full advantage of internal and external sources of innovation for the generation of sustainable competitive advantages. The findings show the effects of business model innovation and business concept innovation. The adoption of new models and concepts that support innovation are shown to be important. Specifically, the keys to successful incremental and radical innovations lie in adopting a new contextual and conceptual framework through which innovations can occur and customer needs can be met, thereby giving rise to new competitive advantages. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author Keywords Tourism innovation; Hotel innovation; Business model innovation; Business concept innovation; Non-technological innovation; Technological innovation; Innovation strategy
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000364731900017
WoS Category Environmental Studies; Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism; Management
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Social Sciences - Other Topics; Business & Economics
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