The role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector: the case of Mugla

The relevance of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in the hospitality sector has never been denied, but the empirical evidence for this link is inadequate as far as Turkey is concerned. This paper intends to contribute to the knowledge in this area by employingself generat...

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Main Authors: Ummuhan Gökovalı, Mehmet Avcı
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigación Social y Turismo 2012-03-01
Series:PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural
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Online Access:http://www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/10212special/PS0212_09.pdf
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description The relevance of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in the hospitality sector has never been denied, but the empirical evidence for this link is inadequate as far as Turkey is concerned. This paper intends to contribute to the knowledge in this area by employingself generated survey data for the province of Mugla, which is one of the most attractive holiday destinations in Turkey. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of human capital and collaboration with academia on innovation performance of hospitality firms. The results of the survey data and empirical investigation of logit and probit econometric models indicate that these factors are indeed conducive factors for the innovation performance of hospitality firms
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The role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector: the case of Mugla
PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural
Innovation in Tourism
Determinant factors of innovation
Human capital
Collaboration with academia
title The role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector: the case of Mugla
title_full The role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector: the case of Mugla
title_fullStr The role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector: the case of Mugla
title_full_unstemmed The role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector: the case of Mugla
title_short The role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector: the case of Mugla
title_sort role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector the case of mugla
topic Innovation in Tourism
Determinant factors of innovation
Human capital
Collaboration with academia
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