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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
business, management and accounting
Entrepreneurship in tourism firms: A mixed-methods analysis of performance driver configurations
Tourism Management, Volume 74, Year 2019
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Tourism firms’ financial performance is determined by a complex interplay of factors, both internal and external to the firm. Predominant internal factors are their entrepreneurial behavior and financial resources. External factors refer to the network of actors contributing to the tourism product as well as market and competitive uncertainties. Employing fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on quantitative data from a survey of 113 owner-managers of small and medium-sized tourism firms from Austria, this study investigates configurations of factors that lead to high firm performance. Results reveal six different configurations, which can be grouped into high or low environmental uncertainty settings and highlight the relevance of multidimensional Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), financial endowment, and personal and professional networks. Using a sequential mixed-methods approach, 13 qualitative follow-up interviews with owner-managers from the sample help to gain deeper insights into the identified configurations and to formulate successful paths to higher tourism firm performance. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
Authors & Co-Authors
Kallmuenzer, Andreas
France, La Rochelle
Excelia Business School
Kraus, Sascha
France, Paris
École Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur
Statistics
Citations: 101
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.tourman.2019.04.002
ISSN:
02615177
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Quantitative