Systemic Complementarity in Tourist Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Considering the Socio-Ecological System

Authors

  • Jacqueline Y. Sánchez-García IPN
  • Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla IPN
  • Oswaldo Morales-Matamoros IPN
  • Jesús Jaime Moreno-Escobar IPN
  • Juan E. Núñez-Ríos IPN
  • Tanya Arenas-Resendiz IPN

Keywords:

Tourism MSMEs, complementarity, Soft Systems Methodology, Emergence, Socio-ecological Systems.

Abstract

In Mexican context, the tourism sector has prioritized the income generation, without consider social and ecological dimensions and the impact on ecosystems and social inequality. Characterizing tourist Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), some aspects are identified such as heterogeneity, absence of international standards as well as the inability to cope the disruption of the environment.

This paper proposes to implement the systemic complementarity concept as an alternative to bring closer the tourist MSMEs to the exelixis considering the socio-ecological system, in which it operates. The methodological approach is carried out through the Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), given that this methodology allows considering the subjectivity and complexity in problematic situations integrating relevant actors.

Regarding the findings a conceptual model is proposed based on a associative transformation among MSMEs emphasizing the use of variety, considering its integration. Also, this model seeks to provide emergent properties to the whole system that determine internal functioning and amplify capacities to transcend in its current context. 

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Author Biographies

Jacqueline Y. Sánchez-García, IPN

PhD. Student At Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Mecánica in Systems Engineering.

Researcher at   Grupo de Investigación en Sistémica y Turismo.

Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla, IPN

Professor and Researcher of Instituto Politécnico Nacional / México.

Research Coordinator at Grupo de Investigación en Sistémica y Turismo 

Oswaldo Morales-Matamoros, IPN

Professor and Researcher of Instituto Politécnico Nacional / México.

Researcher at   Grupo de Investigación en Sistémica y Turismo 

Jesús Jaime Moreno-Escobar, IPN

Professor and Researcher of Instituto Politécnico Nacional / México.

Juan E. Núñez-Ríos, IPN

PhD. Student At Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Mecánica in Systems Engineering.

Researcher at   Grupo de Investigación en Sistémica y Turismo.

Tanya Arenas-Resendiz, IPN

PhD. Student At Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Mecánica in Systems Engineering.

Researcher at   Grupo de Investigación en Sistémica y Turismo.

Published

2017-08-25