Purpose: This article aims to characterize factors of dynamic capabilities and analyze the relationship between them. The case study is particularized for the tourism sector.Design/methodology: This study has a quantitative approach. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire applied to a sample of 136 tourism companies on the Colombian Caribbean Coast, specifically in Cartagena de Indias. For the explanation and interpretation of the information collected, multivariate factorial analysis and the Chi-square association test were used.Findings: This research reveals the association and identification of the dynamic capabilities of innovation, adaptation and absorption with the positive behavior of companies in the tourism sector of the Colombian Caribbean (Cartagena de Indias), thus becoming sources for the optimization of strategic actions that make it possible to take advantage of opportunities and mitigate threats from the dynamic environment. In addition, if these capabilities are combined with each other, they become platforms for the development of new competitive advantages, giving rise to a new dynamic capability: the systemic one. Research limitations/implications:The study only covers companies in a specific sector and geographic location. Future studies should extend the analysis too their industries and territories.Practical implications: From a management perspective, it is suggested that those responsible for making decisions in tourism companies articulately implement dynamic capabilities for the development of competitive advantages and the use of their resources.Originality/value: One of the main contributions of the research is the identification of the systemic capacity for the academic literature of the dynamic capabilities.
Como es muy conocido, examinando los dos escalafones más importantes de la competitividad, Colombia se ha ubicado en un período largo de tiempo, en la franja media, de acuerdo con el puesto alcanzado en cada ranking. Además, las tasas de crecimiento del país han dependido más del vaivén de los precios de los commodities que de la orientación de la economía hacia la generación de valor para el mercado. Estos dos factores vienen presentándose en un período largo de tiempo, por lo que se puede decir que el fenómeno de baja competitividad y, por tanto, bajo crecimiento, es un hecho estructural. La sensación que se tiene es que Colombia no ha podido avanzar en la materia. Como es obvio, esta situación se vuelve común y la población comienza a preocuparse por lo que está pasando: que somos un país regular desde el punto de vista competitivo. Como respuesta, gente de economía y negocios en el país viene planteando la necesidad de elevar la productividad, haciendo eco de voces que han resaltado esta variable como el elemento central en la economía mundial actual. Pero realmente se debe formular la pregunta: ¿Es la productividad suficiente? Esto es ¿si le apostamos a la elevación de la productividad, se puede superar el problema de la competitividad?
As it is well known, by examining the two most important competitive scales, we find that Colombia has been placed in the middle for a long period of time, according to the position achieved in each ranking. Besides, the country’s growth rates have depended more on the price fluctuations of commodities rather than on the direction of the economy for generating value in the market. These two factors have existed for a long period of time, so it can be said that the phenomenon of under competitivity, and therefore of under growth, is a structural one. The overall sensation is that Colombia has not been able to move forward on this matter. As it is obvious, this situation becomes commonplace and the population starts to worry about what is happening: the fact that we simply are an average country from the competitive point of view. As an answer, economic and business people and concerning entities within the country have proposed the need to increase productivity, echoing those voices that have underlined this variable as a key element in today’s world economy. But a question must really be asked: Is productivity enough? This means, If we aim towards an increase in productivity, can we overcome the competitivity problem?
El poder competitivo de la innovación representa un esfuerzo por examinar la relación que existe entre la competitividad y la innovación y aclarar cómo hacerse competitivo a través de la gerencia innovadora. Se parte del hecho de que la competitividad está determinada por una fórmula, en la cual participan el valor creado por la empresa, su costo unitario de producción y la forma cómo la compañía se enlaza con el entorno. Esta ecuación se aplica a la innovación mediante la expresión del valor por el indicador más utilizado para medirla: la participación de los productos nuevos en las ventas totales. En esta obra se aclaran las estrategias disponibles para competir mediante la innovación, se profundiza en su naturaleza, se estudia con detenimiento el carácter y el funcionamiento de la imaginación, y se aclaran y clasifican los sistemas de innovación como capacidad dinámica y se analiza la manera cómo se gestiona la innovación. Todo lo cual permita ampliar la competitividad por la vía innovadora.
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