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Uwarunkowania współpracy w turystyce w procesie dyfuzji innowacji w regionie
Determinants of cooperation in tourism in the process of innovation diffusion in a region

Author(s): Małgorzata Januszewska, Elżbieta Nawrocka
Subject(s): Economy, Tourism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: innovation diffusion in tourism; cooperation;determinants of cooperation in a region;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to identify the primary determinants of cooperation in tourism in the process of innovation diffusion in a region. The analysis of subject literature was the main research method applied in examining the theoretical foundations explaining the problemsof cooperation in the process of innovation diffusion, with particular emphasis on tourism.Apart from the analysis a synthesis was performed, which resulted in developing a modelof innovation diffusion determinants in tourism, constituting the cooperation effect of institutionsat various levels. The institutional approach was adopted in the problem discussion. In itscourse four mutually related dimensions were identified, i.e.: capacity for establishing cooperativerelations of an economic and social nature in the area of innovation, cooperation levels ininnovation diffusion and also the motives of cooperation in the field of innovation.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 28-37
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish