Mendieta-Peñalver, Luis Felipe, Perles Ribes, José Francisco, Ramón-Rodríguez, Ana B., Such Devesa, María Jesús
Is hotel efficiency necessary for tourism destination competitiveness? An integrated approach
Tourism Economics. 2018, 24(1): 3-26. doi:10.5367/te.2016.0555
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/72735
DOI: 10.5367/te.2016.0555
ISSN: 1354-8166 (Print)
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
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