Contributions to Economics

A Comprehensive Approach from Economic and Management Points

By: Samuelson Wei-Chiang Hong

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International tourism is expected to be a major vehicle of economic development in industrializing countries in the 21^st century, especially for Asia. To generate long-term growth, countries with tourism-based economies must develop strategies for employing their comparative advantages to achieve competitive advantages. However, competitiveness in the tourist industry is multi-dimensional and complex. This study evaluates the competitiveness of the Taiwanese tourism sector by a multi-dimensional framework. The theoretical model proposes that the competitiveness of tourist destinations should be composed of Ricardian comparative advantages (like the conditions of natural endowments and the degree of technological change); Porterian competitive advantages; tourism management, i.e., providing high quality education and job training, public goods, support services and reduced transaction costs to enhance comparative and competitive advantages; and environmental conditions.

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Abbreviations	p. IX
Introduction	p. 1
Competition in the Tourism Industry	p. 1
Domestic-Perspective Competition	p. 1
International-Perspective Competition	p. 2
Summary	p. 3
Motivation	p. 4
Perspectives on Competitiveness	p. 4
Competitiveness Evaluations	p. 5
Summary	p. 6
Problem Statement	p. 7
Evolution of Competitiveness	p. 7
Composition of Tourism Competitiveness	p. 9
Contributions	p. 10
References	p. 12
Literature Reviews	p. 19
Exogenous Comparative Advantage Theory	p. 20
Enlightenment of Adam Smith's Absolute Advantage	p. 20
Introduction and Discussion	p. 21
Summary	p. 22
Endogenous Comparative Advantage Theory	p. 22
Specialization Processes	p. 23
Technological Innovation	p. 25
Summary	p. 25
Competitive Advantages	p. 26
Introduction	p. 26
Debates, Adjusted Models, and Successors	p. 29
Summary	p. 32
Competitiveness and Evaluation Methodology	p. 33
Definitions of Competitiveness	p. 33
Evaluation Methodology	p. 37
Tourism Competitiveness Researches	p. 43
Overview of Tourism Competitiveness Researches	p. 43
Crouch and Ritchie's Contributions	p. 45
References	p. 47
Research Methods	p. 53
Evaluative Indicators for Tourism Competitive Information	p. 53
Comparative Advantages	p. 54
Competitive Advantages	p. 58
Tourism Management	p. 63
Environment Conditions	p. 67
Influential Effects of Tourism Competitive Information	p. 70
RCA-Originated Influential Effects	p. 70
PCA-Originated Influential Effects	p. 73
Evaluation Methodology and Procedure	p. 75
Evaluation Indicators	p. 76
AHP to Evaluate Weights of Indicators	p. 76
References	p. 85
Weight of Indicators and Decision Analyses	p. 89
AHP Questionnaire Survey Procedure	p. 89
Weight of Indicators Analysis	p. 90
Weight Analysis on Principal Evaluation Dimensions	p. 90
Weight Analysis on Comparative Advantages	p. 91
Weight Analysis on Competitive Advantages	p. 93
Weight Analysis on Tourism Management	p. 95
Weight Analysis on Environment Conditions	p. 96
Statistical Analyses and Feasible Decisions Considerations	p. 98
References	p. 101
Conclusions and Future Works	p. 103
Conclusions	p. 103
Future Works	p. 106
Reference	p. 106
Appendix	p. 107
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