Open AccessDevelopment Of Strategic Organizational Learning As A Competitive Advantage In The "Paladars" Of The Sector Sme’s Horeca In The Havana, Cuba
Author(s) -
Héctor Nuricumbo-Castro,
Manuel Moguel-Liévano,
Manuel González-Pérez
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2016.v12n13p67
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , ignorance , independence (probability theory) , competitive advantage , organizational learning , learning organization , knowledge management , industrial organization , business , marketing , political science , computer science , mathematics , statistics , ecology , law , biology
The research develops a model of Strategic Organizational Learning (SOL) to acquire and build institutional knowledge as a long-term competitive advantage in family businesses known as paladars. It aims to consolidate and strengthen the SME Horeca sector in Havana, Cuba. The proposed methodology is not experimental and correlational cross-sectional. The Knowledge Transfer equation was implemented to measure the SOL based on the proposed model. Also, it was used to determine the relationship between learning and competition. The equation was validated. The results indicated that most paladars present an SOL Medium/Regular, and independence exists between competition and learning. However, there is great ignorance to foster the organizational culture in the HORECA sector. This study suggests that the arrival of US competition causes these establishments perish.