From Knowledge-Pools to Activated Networks: A Conceptual Approach to Absorptive-Capacities in a Rural Destination of Azerbaijan

Arne Schuhbert ()
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Arne Schuhbert: Chair of Tourism/Center for Entrepreneurship, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Eichstaett, Germany

Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), 2021, vol. 20, issue 02, 1-29

Abstract: The conception of tourist destinations as knowledge-creating systems still shows substantial gaps, especially when it comes to destinations in Developing Countries. Building upon a theoretical enhancement of the concept of absorptive-capacity and backed by empirical findings from a rural destination of Azerbaijan, this paper presents a conceptual approach to model the activation of inter-organisational linkages as an ability of individual companies to recognise and valorise product-potentials in their destinations’ ecosystem. Using a triangulated methodology to analyse procedural, cultural and structural determinants for the absorption of innovation-knowledge, potentials for the creation of knowledge-networks are presented from the perspective of the Azerbaijani accommodation business.

Keywords: Knowledge-creation; absorptive-capacity; rural destination; transition countries; network-activation; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1142/S0219649221500192

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