Is hotel efficiency necessary for tourism destination competitiveness? An integrated approach

Luis Felipe Mendieta-Peñalver, José F Perles-Ribes, Ana B Ramón-Rodríguez and María J Such-Devesa
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Luis Felipe Mendieta-Peñalver: University of Alcala, Spain
José F Perles-Ribes: University of Alicante, Spain
Ana B Ramón-Rodríguez: University of Alicante, Spain
María J Such-Devesa: University of Alcala, Spain
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: José Francisco Perles Ribes

Tourism Economics, 2018, vol. 24, issue 1, 3-26

Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between tourism destination competitiveness and the competitiveness of international hotel firms using an integrated approach based on Porter (1990). A mediation model is employed to link destination competitiveness, efficiency and firm competitiveness. Global technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency are estimated through data envelopment analysis techniques. The results confirm a positive relationship between destination competitiveness and firm competitiveness, but efficiency does not play a mediating role linking both.

Keywords: competitiveness; data envelopment analysis (DEA); international hotel chains; mediation models; technical efficiency and scale efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2016.0555

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