2017
DOI: 10.1108/ijchm-10-2015-0546
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The importance of destination attractiveness and entrepreneurial orientation in explaining firm performance in the Sardinian accommodation sector

Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of successful business performance among accommodation firms by focusing on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and destination attractiveness. Design/methodology/approach A web-based e-mail survey was undertaken in the Sardinian accommodation sector in 2012. The sample included 224 accommodation firms and analyses were performed using ordered logit regressions. Findings The results suggest no differential impact of EO on sales and profit… Show more

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“…The literature review shows that there is a limited number of strategic entrepreneurship models, and Ireland, Hitt and Sirmon's model [2003] is still the most used one. As for SMTEs performance, despite the seemingly endless number of factors influencing it, many authors categorize these factors into two groups -external and internal factors -which is confirmed by Molina-Azorin et al [2009] and Fadda and Sørensen [2017].…”
Section: Research Structurementioning
confidence: 93%
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“…The literature review shows that there is a limited number of strategic entrepreneurship models, and Ireland, Hitt and Sirmon's model [2003] is still the most used one. As for SMTEs performance, despite the seemingly endless number of factors influencing it, many authors categorize these factors into two groups -external and internal factors -which is confirmed by Molina-Azorin et al [2009] and Fadda and Sørensen [2017].…”
Section: Research Structurementioning
confidence: 93%
“…Different studies show that the performance of a tourism company is influenced by both external and internal factors [Molina-Azorin et al, 2009;Fadda, Sørensen, 2017]. Among the external factors, the tourist destination, in which a company operates, is viewed as a key factor.…”
Section: Performance Of Smtesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Recent research states that the context in which a firm operates can affect this relationship. Indeed Fadda and Sørensen (2017) underline that the attractiveness of the location in which a firm operates might moderate the EO-performance relationship. From this line of research, some environmental factors in newly liberalized markets could angulate the positive impact of EO on company performance outcomes.…”
Section: Eo and Performance Outcomesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From this line of research, some environmental factors in newly liberalized markets could angulate the positive impact of EO on company performance outcomes. Thus, as the contingency theory states, a single organizational model with success in all contexts does not exist (Fadda and Sørensen, 2017).…”
Section: Eo and Performance Outcomesmentioning
confidence: 99%