Developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: Tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in Libya

This paper identifies specific types of dynamic capabilities that enable tourism firms to survive the crisis caused by the Libyan civil war. The literature on dynamic capabilities has matured, but little is known about the specific types of dynamic capabilities that enable firms to survive turbulent...

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Main Authors: Mansour, H.E.L., Holmes, Kirsten, Butler, Bella, Ananthram, Subra
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75988
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author Mansour, H.E.L.
Holmes, Kirsten
Butler, Bella
Ananthram, Subra
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Holmes, Kirsten
Butler, Bella
Ananthram, Subra
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description This paper identifies specific types of dynamic capabilities that enable tourism firms to survive the crisis caused by the Libyan civil war. The literature on dynamic capabilities has matured, but little is known about the specific types of dynamic capabilities that enable firms to survive turbulent conditions. Using case studies of eight Libyan tourism firms, we find that ongoing interactions between firms and their environments and the specific actions taken by managers and employees are crucial to firms' survival and adaptation to the new environment. Our paper makes a theoretical contribution to the dynamic capabilities and crisis management literature.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-759882020-04-24T07:27:48Z Developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: Tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in Libya Mansour, H.E.L. Holmes, Kirsten Butler, Bella Ananthram, Subra This paper identifies specific types of dynamic capabilities that enable tourism firms to survive the crisis caused by the Libyan civil war. The literature on dynamic capabilities has matured, but little is known about the specific types of dynamic capabilities that enable firms to survive turbulent conditions. Using case studies of eight Libyan tourism firms, we find that ongoing interactions between firms and their environments and the specific actions taken by managers and employees are crucial to firms' survival and adaptation to the new environment. Our paper makes a theoretical contribution to the dynamic capabilities and crisis management literature. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75988 10.1002/jtr.2277 fulltext
spellingShingle Mansour, H.E.L.
Holmes, Kirsten
Butler, Bella
Ananthram, Subra
Developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: Tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in Libya
title Developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: Tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in Libya
title_full Developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: Tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in Libya
title_fullStr Developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: Tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in Libya
title_full_unstemmed Developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: Tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in Libya
title_short Developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: Tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in Libya
title_sort developing dynamic capabilities to survive a crisis: tourism organizations' responses to continued turbulence in libya
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75988