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Strategic groups and performance in the Spanish hotel sector

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  • Enrique Claver-Cortés
  • Jorge Pereira-Moliner
  • José F. Molina-Azorín

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This study uses the strategic group theory to identify business strategies and competitive advantages implemented by Spanish hotels, which are grouped together according to three variables (size, chain affiliation, and category) and the degree of development of the different business strategies. An analysis carried out with the aim of checking the potential existence of significant differences in performance among the strategic groups revealed that the highest performance levels are achieved by larger-sized, chain-affiliated, and higher-category hotels as well as by establishments which base their competitive advantage on category and capacity or size and internal management.

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  • Enrique Claver-Cortés & Jorge Pereira-Moliner & José F. Molina-Azorín, 2009. "Strategic groups and performance in the Spanish hotel sector," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(7), pages 943-961, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:29:y:2009:i:7:p:943-961
    DOI: 10.1080/02642060902749567
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    1. Kanittha Pattanasing Author-Email: p_kanitt@hotmail.com & Somnuk Aujirapongpan & Suwit Srimai, 2019. "Dynamic capabilities and high performance organization of hotel business: empirical investigation into world class tourism destination," Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, vol. 25(2), pages 377-401, December.
    2. Roxana Elena POPȘA, 2018. "Developments on the International Hotel Chain Market," Expert Journal of Business and Management, Sprint Investify, vol. 6(2), pages 141-146.
    3. Sainaghi, Ruggero & Phillips, Paul & Zavarrone, Emma, 2017. "Performance measurement in tourism firms: A content analytical meta-approach," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 36-56.

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