Drivers of eco-innovation and economic development in the Spanish hospitality industry

Marios Sotiriadis, Marta Magadán-Díaz and Jesús Rivas-García

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Abstract: Eco-innovation is a challenge for tourism industry, given the connection and interrelationship between environmental quality, economic development and business performance. Th eco-innovation plans represents a new field of research in its infancy. This paper addresses the conceptual evolution of eco-innovation to subsequently develop an analytical framework that tentatively explores this concept and its implementation in Spanish hotel companies through two basic internal characteristics of these organizations: their economic development and business performance, and their respective size, measured in terms of capacity. A qualitative research method was implied, making a set of case studies of 10 Spanish hotel groups, through documentary evidence and structured interviews. Findings suggest the influencing and determining factors for eco-innovation action.

Keywords: Eco-innovation; economic development; environmental responsibility; hospitality industry; drivers; organizational change; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-10-28
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Published in TOURMAN 2018 Conference Proceedings (2018): pp. 136-144

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