Resource-based local development and networked core-competencies for tourism excellence

Stefano Denicolai, Gabriele Cioccarelli and Antonella Zucchella

Tourism Management, 2010, vol. 31, issue 2, 260-266

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to propose a complementary approach to the analysis of tourism systems which is grounded on theoretical frameworks deriving from the fields of dynamic capabilities and destination management. In particular, the paper explores the relationship between the networking approach of tourism firms and the development of tourism core-competencies. This perspective aims at providing a development path for policy maker actions based on the appraisal of local resources and tourism competencies. The empirical section studies an Italian area characterized by a high potential in terms of tourism resources but also, especially in the past, a medium-low relevance regarding the tourism economy. However, recently this area has shown a very interesting entrepreneurial dynamicity in tourism and cultural sectors. It is an appropriate field of research for the analysis regarding the determinants of tourism core-competence development.

Keywords: Tourism; Core-competencies; Network; Knowledge dynamicity; Destination management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.03.002

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