Papers by Valentina Della Corte
Quality and quantity, Feb 14, 2024
Blockchain technology (BT) has attracted increasing attention in various research domains in rece... more Blockchain technology (BT) has attracted increasing attention in various research domains in recent years, particularly in the tourism industry where investments in blockchain-based solutions have witnessed remarkable growth. Scholars recognize BT as a disruptive innovation that has the potential to revolutionize the management of tourism processes and enhance traveler experiences. However, despite this growing interest, the literature on BT's application in the tourism sector is still in its early stages compared to other internet-related technologies. This research paper addresses the gap in understanding the challenges and opportunities of implementing and accepting BT within tourism. Specifically, it focuses on the critical aspects of security and trust, as they play pivotal roles in influencing tourists' behavioral intentions towards BT adoption. The study extends the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model, incorporating security and trust as relevant antecedents, to comprehensively examine the dynamics driving BT adoption within the tourism context. The proposed model and findings contribute to filling the gaps in existing literature and offer valuable information for tourism players and policymakers to formulate strategies promoting BT acceptance in the tourism sector. By advancing understanding of BT adoption factors and end users' perspectives, this research facilitates the industry's transition towards integrated and seamless experiences for travelers, thus shaping the future of tourism through blockchain technology.
Routledge eBooks, Apr 7, 2017
International journal of business and management, May 17, 2017
Literature on entrepreneurial creativity has been widely developed in the last decades, with atte... more Literature on entrepreneurial creativity has been widely developed in the last decades, with attention both to the process and to its origins and antecedents. The aim of this paper is to systematize the literature on the topic, in order to better clarify the concept of entrepreneurial creativity in its main features and components. The issue still shows rather fragmented contributions on the concept of entrepreneurial creativity in different disciplines, within a very complex multidimensional construct. Therefore, we propose a literature review whose main purpose is to get to an overview of the state-of-art on entrepreneurial creativity and to identify still unanswered issues within this stream of research.
Management and Organization Review, Mar 1, 2017
The Routledge Handbook of Hospitality Management, 2014
World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2020
The world is shrinking now more than ever due to new scientific and technological breakthroughs t... more The world is shrinking now more than ever due to new scientific and technological breakthroughs that expand the boundaries of human knowledge, resulting in improvements in transportation, communication, space exploration and educational technologies. Today’s students will compete in a technological, diverse, multi-cultural world and must be prepared to thrive in this futuristic environment. Therefore, it is vital that today’s pedagogy produce lifelong learners, who can succeed in a global pulpit. To ensure our educational technology progresses at the rate demanded by today’s ubiquitous digital learners, we review emerging technologies and traditional teaching methods and propose desirable changes. Future companies will need employees with specific Internet of Things connected additive manufacturing skills across the value stream, including computer-aided design, machine operation, raw material development, robotics and supply chain management; but these are only island of exce...
Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering, 2019
Industry 4.0 can be considered the 21st century's industrial revolution and will soon be the ... more Industry 4.0 can be considered the 21st century's industrial revolution and will soon be the new form of manufacturing delight. The definitive customer would experience manufacturing requests determined by artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automated technologies linked with data science support for gauging customer necessities. Phenomenally, Industry 4.0 is rapidly changing the firm's management and organizational systems, and competencies, as well as making its environment much more explored, even if more complexed than in the past. This new industrial revolution would possess systems with transformative technologies for managing interconnected systems between its physical assets and computational capabilities. Such enterprises would require skilled workforce to improve and operate advanced manufacturing tools and systems, and investigate the machine data, clients, and global capitals, resulting in an escalating need for trained employees proficient in cross-fu...
Event Management, 2018
The aim of this research is to illustrate that in event planning and organization several actors ... more The aim of this research is to illustrate that in event planning and organization several actors are involved and each of them in specific local communities plays a key active role in the event's success. Event managers and socioinstitutional actors are increasingly looking at events as a mechanism to enhance tourism development in the regions where the events are organized. Therefore, the empowerment of residents and their involvement in the process of territorial development becomes of paramount importance. In this sphere, service-dominant logic is the main theoretical framework of interest, as it embraces the assumption that a host community's involvement in the process of valuation of local traditions, environment, and knowledge of the territory is an essential factor in both tourist and cultural events. Service-dominant logic enables all social and economic actors to be recognized as key actors in resource integration, service provisioning, and value cocreation. Further...
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The paper aims at analyzing whether the inclusion of a cultural site in the WHL (World Heritage L... more The paper aims at analyzing whether the inclusion of a cultural site in the WHL (World Heritage List) can be considered a strategic factor in the process of creating value for the whole destination and its stakeholders. Since one of the main objectives of heritage ...
Corporate Ownership and Control, 2012
The aim of the paper is to carry out a literature review of studies on dynamic capabilities in or... more The aim of the paper is to carry out a literature review of studies on dynamic capabilities in order to find possible gaps that symbolize the current confusion around this research stream. The paper draws a systematic literature review methodology to answer the research questions through an overview of current debate on dynamic capabilities and knowledge-based dynamic capabilities. This methodology puts in evidence that there are still unresolved theoretical aspects due to the lack of empirical works. Indeed, this research aims to make a contribution to the current literature on dynamic capabilities, trying to cover the existing gaps and directing the further research efforts. This paper has a significant implication for the understanding of value creation process.
Management and Organization Review, 2009
International Journal of Tourism Research, Feb 13, 2018
This paper has a double challenge: (a) focusing on distrustful situations in interfirm collaborat... more This paper has a double challenge: (a) focusing on distrustful situations in interfirm collaboration; (b) clarifying the concept and role of destination governance, with specific attention to the situations of distrust or difficult processes of trust building between potential or actual partners. These objectives are verified in an empirical setting. It has been conducted a statistical survey on tourism firms operating in Italy, and through a dependent analysis, we have verified a very low real approach towards the idea of a governing pivotal actor in these well developed tourist areas. The current study has verified whether and to what extent distrust persists and if the diffusion of trust depends on the presence of leading actors also comparing the 2 areas.
Corporate Ownership and Control, 2014
The aim of this research paper is twofold: first, to verify whether and to what extent employees'... more The aim of this research paper is twofold: first, to verify whether and to what extent employees' productivity influences firm's value creation and performance; secondly, if and to what extent employees appropriate part of firm's value. We focus empirically on a selected sample of firms in airline industry, in order to check if personnel's productivity creates value, thus contributing to firm performance and sustainable competitive advantage. The reason why we chose this industry is because in this sector operations are critical factors in firm performance.
International journal of business and management, May 25, 2016
This paper aims at exploring the link between internationalization strategies and local identity.... more This paper aims at exploring the link between internationalization strategies and local identity. More precisely, this study analyzes how firms manage this relationship, understanding if a firm can express the local identity and to what extent this latter can be extended through without jeopardizing the essential soul of its products/services. The analysis is developed according to a double level that includes the recognition of both distinctive resources and competences and the specific relational capabilities necessary in the internationalization process. Furthermore, the strength of this paper is represented by the examination of different types of firms (single location full-service restaurants, chain restaurants and fast food restaurants) operating in the food service sector.
The Marketing Review, Nov 30, 2017
European Planning Studies, Feb 6, 2020
This paper investigates the role of open innovation in the success of restaurants. Our research q... more This paper investigates the role of open innovation in the success of restaurants. Our research questions are as follows. 'Is open innovation a rational strategy for a small restaurant to attract and maintain customers? Which open innovation strategies should a small restaurant use?' We constructed our research model of open innovation ecosystem of restaurants with ingredients open innovation, recipe open innovation and service open innovation to analyse open innovation in small restaurants, which is a worldwide phenomenon. We chose four successful restaurants from Naples, one restaurant from South Korea, and a North Korean restaurant as our case studies using participant observation, in-depth interviews and semi-structured questionnaires, with the results indicating the following. First, open innovation is essential for the success of small restaurants. Second, if any small restaurant adopts a closed innovation strategy with respect to any of food ingredients, recipes or service, it should choose an open innovation strategy or open innovation platform with regard to the others to maintain its competitive advantage compared to other restaurants in the neighbourhood. Third, an open innovation platform of any of food ingredients, recipes or service, can generate additional revenue by selling independent ingredients or services.
2022 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE), Oct 26, 2022
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Papers by Valentina Della Corte
This is the reason why the current research deepens the literature on strategic entrepreneurship, adopting a specific focus on entrepreneurial capabilities.
Furthermore, the paper examines, through a case study analysis, two districts (Databenc and Visit Peak District & Derbyshire) in order to understand the exploited entrepreneurial capabilities in the star-up phase and its consequent commercialization.
The first contribution on the innovation in the service industry refers to Barras (1986) and his “reverse product cycle”, shading light on the technological dimension of innovation. Further studies on the theme open the boundaries of the research, identifying other fields of study on innovation in the service industry. Within them, the marketing and the relationship with the customers gain increasing attention from the scholars.
The aim of this paper is to investigate about the role of innovation in favoring the creation of a closer relationship between the firm and its customers through the use of the web and its tools, considering the importance they are gaining in the last years. We focus on the telecommunication sector, investigating about firms’ initiatives in identifying web tools that are able to support this process.
Design/methodology/approach - We adopt satisfaction surveys since they are useful in order to gather information about visitors’ experiences, asking them to rate their visits using a Likert scale and to provide opinion about different innovative tools.
Findings - Empirical results show that cultural products are not always perceived as valuable because of the lack of attention in promotional and valorization activities, in which innovation can have a key role in improving customers’ experience.