RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Economic competitiveness: effects of clustering, innovation strategy and the moderating role of location in the colombian hotel industry T2 Competitividad económica: los efectos del clustering, la estrategia de innovación y el rol moderador de la localización en la industria hotelera colombiana A1 Rodríguez Victoria, Orietha Eva A1 González Loureiro, Miguel A1 Puig Blanco, Francisco K1 Industrial cluster K1 Organizational innovation K1 Hotel industry K1 Colombia K1 Competitiveness K1 Cluster industrial K1 Innovación organizativa K1 Industria hotelera K1 Colombia K1 Competitividad K1 D22 K1 L83 K1 R11 K1 O33 K1 O25 K1 Economía K1 Economics K1 Geografía K1 Geography K1 Sociología K1 Sociology AB Clustering in service industries has scarcely been investigated, while there is huge evidence of a positive impact on innovation and competitiveness in the case of manufacturing industries. We address this by exploring the potential moderator effect that location externalities have on the triangular relationshipbetween clustering, innovation and competitiveness. In this empirical study of 131 hotels located nationwide in the emerging destination of Colombia, we found a negative moderated mediation effect. The impact on competitiveness is higher when the location holds low levels of resources. We uncovered and discuss one of the reasons for explaining the heterogeneous impact of clustering on service firms. PB Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR) SN 2340-2717 YR 2017 FD 2017 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31602 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31602 LA eng NO Universidad de Valencia DS MINDS@UW RD 28-mar-2024