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      Fuentes de conocimiento e imágenes de la innovación en micro y pequeñas empresas de turismo: agencias de viajes y hoteles en Bogotá y Pereira Translated title: Knowledge sources and images of innovation in micro and small-sized tourism enterprises: travel agencies and hotels in Bogotá and Pereira

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          Resumen El objetivo del documento es identificar las fuentes de conocimiento a las que acuden micro y pequeños empresarios del sector turismo y si éstas son utilizadas como base para generar innovación. Se realizaron entrevistas semi estructuradas a los gerentes de seis hoteles y nueve agencias de viajes en las ciudades de Bogotá y Pereira. Los resultados evidencian que los empresarios acuden a fuentes de conocimiento propio, familiar y del mercado, dejando de lado el conocimiento especializado proveniente de procesos de investigación y/o de entidades de orden regional y nacional. También se aprecia que las imágenes que se han construido sobre la innovación están relacionadas con dimensiones como: prácticas diferenciadoras, novedad o mejora, implementación de herramientas tecnológicas y validación de la innovación por el mercado. Se concluye que el uso limitado de las fuentes no logra modificar la base de recursos de manera sustancial, por lo tanto, dificulta la posibilidad de generar innovación.

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          Abstract The aim of this paper is to identify the sources of knowledge to entrepreneurs attending the tourism sector and establish whether the sources are used as a basis to generate innovation. Semi-structured interviews to six hotel managers and nine travel agencies from the tourism sector in the cities of Bogota and Pereira were made. The results show that employers turn to their own sources of knowledge, their family and the market, leaving aside the specialized knowledge from research processes and / or from regional or national institutions order. It is also appreciated that the images that they have been built about innovation are related to dimensions such as differentiating practices, novelty or improvement, implementation of technological tools and validation of innovation by the market. It is concluded that the limited use of sources fails to modify the resource base substantially, therefore, this makes it difficult to generate innovation.

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                Revista de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación
                Revista Investig. Desarro. Innov.
                Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Duitama, Boyacá, Colombia )
                2027-8306
                2389-9417
                June 2017
                : 7
                : 2
                : 217-230
                Affiliations
                [1] Bogotá orgnameUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada Colombia maria.morales@ 123456unimilitar.edu.co
                [2] Bogotá orgnameUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada Colombia maria.ortiz@ 123456unimilitar.edu.co
                [3] Bogotá orgnameUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada Colombia yenni.duque@ 123456unimilitar.edu.co
                [4] Bogotá orgnameUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada Colombia
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                S2027-83062017000100217
                10.19053/20278306.v7.n2.2017.6081
                f31d7e2c-20ca-4d07-9dbc-f369fa9625da

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 29 August 2016
                : 24 November 2016
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