Sustainable Innovation: Concepts and Challenges for Tourism Organizations

Authors

  • Mercedes Hernández UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL ESTADO DE MEXICO
  • Elva Esther Vargas UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL ESTADO DE MEXICO.
  • Alejandro Delgado UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL ESTADO DE MEXICO
  • Juan Manuel Montes UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDELLIN

Abstract

Tourism companies are looking for new management strategies for helping to preserve their environment and generate positive effects in their social space. Sustainable innovation (si) is the possibility that organizations must introduce changes, not only in products or services but also in their business model, to achieve a balance between economic, social, and environmental factors. The purpose of this article is to recognize the nature and scope of the existing literature in order to discover patterns of interpretation and lines of research, as well as to create a solid starting point for the academic and working community. We decided on a qualitative systematic review of articles identified in a scientific journal specializing in tourism, sustainability, and business management, using the classification contained in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. We filtered documents based on the criteria of relevance, considering the years from 2010 to 2020. This research includes five categories: business models oriented towards sustainable innovation, sustainable innovation: radical or incremental, dynamic capacities for sustainable innovation, role of stakeholders in sustainable innovation, and drivers of sustainable innovation.

Keywords: sustainable innovation, tourism organizations, sustainable business model

Author Biographies

Mercedes Hernández, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL ESTADO DE MEXICO

Licenciada en Turismo, estudiante del máster en Estudios Turísticos

Elva Esther Vargas, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL ESTADO DE MEXICO.

Licenciado en Turismo, Magíster en Administración, Doctor en Ciencias Ambientales, Profesor Investigador de la Facultad de Turismo y Gastronomía, miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, nivel II.

Alejandro Delgado, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL ESTADO DE MEXICO

Licenciada en Turismo, Máster en Estudios Turísticos, profesora de tiempo completo en la Facultad de Turismo y Gastronomía.

Juan Manuel Montes, UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDELLIN

Ingeniera Química de la Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia) y Doctora en Proyectos de Innovación Tecnológica en Ingeniería de Producto y Procesos de la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya (España), Profesora Asociada de Administración Doctora y Líder del Grupo de Investigación CITIE (Ciencia, Tecnología, Innovación y Emprendimiento) de la Universidad de Medellín, Investigador Senior reconocido por el Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Colombia.

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Published

2022-02-01

How to Cite

Hernández, M., Vargas, E. E., Delgado, A., & Montes, J. M. (2022). Sustainable Innovation: Concepts and Challenges for Tourism Organizations. Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, 14(2). Retrieved from https://academica.turistica.si/index.php/AT-TIJ/article/view/274

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2021)

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