Determinants of Tunisian hotel proﬁtability: The role of managerial efﬁciency

dc.contributor.author	Aissa, Sami Ben	en
dc.contributor.author	Goiaed, Mohamed	en
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-12T20:50:35Z	en
dc.date.available	2018-10-12T20:50:35Z	en
dc.date.issued	2015	en
dc.description.abstract	Using ﬁnancial data derived from 27 hotel companies operating in Tunisia, the paper reports an analysis of hotel proﬁtability. Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Return On Assets (ROA) analysis managerial efﬁciency is shown to be important when holding geographical and operating contracts as constants. Nonetheless these two aspects have important implications for hotel proﬁtability. Hotel size, level of indebtedness, exposure to crisis events and levels of managers' education are also inﬂuential. The implications for management tenure and optimal age of a hotel are discussed	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85357	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Tourism Management	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Economic and managerial performances	en
dc.subject	Hotel	en
dc.subject	DEA	en
dc.subject	Profitability	en
dc.subject	Panel data	en
dc.title	Determinants of Tunisian hotel proﬁtability: The role of managerial efﬁciency	en
dc.type	Article - Refereed	en