Diagnóstico de la Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en el Sector Hotelero de la Región Caribe Colombiana

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to describe the behavior of the hotel sector in Cartagena de Indias, analyzing the importance of the size of hotels in relation to each type of innovation between the years 2008-2014. For the development of the study, a descriptive methodology of correlation is used. A dependency link between innovation and its management field is formed, that is the identification of training actions on innovative activities as a variable dependent on the size of the organizations. Within the results of the study, it is evident that the variable size does not constitute a determinant when the hotels under study incorporate processes of technological innovation, product, process, or market in an internal way, However, in the case of external innovation processes, small hotels have a low share in relation to medium and large hotels.