“…In general, it is determined that cooperation with business organizations such as suppliers, buyers, consultants, and other competing companies directly favors business innovation processes. Also, it has been observed that business innovation is facilitated with the collaboration of support organizations such as technology centers, universities, public agencies, and trade associations, which are favored (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 2000;Gallaud, 2013;Cantù et al, 2015b;Marasco et al, 2018;Fuentes et al, 2019;Castillo-Vergara & Torres, 2019). Considering the previous antecedents, and the exploratory nature of this study of firms in the tourism sector in Chile, the following hypotheses are proposed (Figure 1…”