Capacities and Competencies as Sources of Competitive Advantage: The Case Study of Latvian Hotels

This paper focuses on describing how capacities and competences could be use for achieving a sustainable competitive advantage within hotels management since tourism has gained a special position in the export of services and regional development and entrepreneurship in Latvia, and played a signific...

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Main Authors: Ilona BAUMANE, Rebekka VEDINA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura ASE 2011-05-01
Series:Revista de Management Comparat International
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Online Access:https://www.rmci.ase.ro/no12vol2/09.pdf
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spelling doaj-art-9d613ef5b52c4323a0796ed99d5ad8302025-08-20T02:21:03ZengEditura ASERevista de Management Comparat International1582-34582601-09682011-05-01122301381Capacities and Competencies as Sources of Competitive Advantage: The Case Study of Latvian Hotels Ilona BAUMANE0Rebekka VEDINA 1 University of Latvia University of Tartu; ESADE, Ramon Llull University,This paper focuses on describing how capacities and competences could be use for achieving a sustainable competitive advantage within hotels management since tourism has gained a special position in the export of services and regional development and entrepreneurship in Latvia, and played a significant role in the rapid transition from ineffective planning to full-scale competition. In this study the focus is on Latvian hotels, since hospitality industry and tourism in general mirror the development of this country, presenting the process through which competencies and capacities can be used as determinants of the competitive advantage. https://www.rmci.ase.ro/no12vol2/09.pdfcompetitive advantagehotelscapacitiescompetenciestourism
spellingShingle Ilona BAUMANE
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Capacities and Competencies as Sources of Competitive Advantage: The Case Study of Latvian Hotels
Revista de Management Comparat International
competitive advantage
hotels
capacities
competencies
tourism
title Capacities and Competencies as Sources of Competitive Advantage: The Case Study of Latvian Hotels
title_full Capacities and Competencies as Sources of Competitive Advantage: The Case Study of Latvian Hotels
title_fullStr Capacities and Competencies as Sources of Competitive Advantage: The Case Study of Latvian Hotels
title_full_unstemmed Capacities and Competencies as Sources of Competitive Advantage: The Case Study of Latvian Hotels
title_short Capacities and Competencies as Sources of Competitive Advantage: The Case Study of Latvian Hotels
title_sort capacities and competencies as sources of competitive advantage the case study of latvian hotels
topic competitive advantage
hotels
capacities
competencies
tourism
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