Increasing the Efficiency of Enterprises in Tourism Sector Using Innovative Management Methods and Tools

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The strengths of the article is original and interesting considerations with is consistent with the pattern of research.

Solid methodology of the research with statistical analysis.

Therefore contribution to existing knowledge is considerable. Also advantage of the research is perfect organization & readability.

I cannot find the weaknesses of the assessed article. Model article worthy of imitation.

In generally it is excellent article and very interesting considerations, which is consistent with the pattern of research.

A very good review article with the analysis of statistics on the topic under study.

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

thank you for the positive review of our article, we really appreciate it.

Reviewer 2 Report

In the literature review, currently the article covers Balance Scorecard and Controlling as current performance management, measure and monitoring system/process. It would be a good idea to review some more similar but recently proposed processes as well to increase the currency of the article. For example, in an article from Rozario, Sophia Diana, et al. "Enabling Corporate Sustainability from a Talent Acquisition Perspective." Journal of Sustainability Research 2.2 (2020). there is a model (DSRVG MODEL) proposed for talent acquisition purpose and uses measures and monitors the performance of the interview applicant. A review on such newly proposed models along with seminal processes like the Balance Scorecard and Controlling would add more value.

Otherwise, all other sections have been outlined very well and presented with care and consideration. It was a good read.

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

thank you for your positive review and inspiring comments, which contributed to the improvement of the quality of our article. According to your notes, the literature review section was supplemented by selected research studies related to performance measurement systems, as well as systems for talented employees. These studies have helped us to fill the research gap in the issue we addressed.

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear Author,

I was happy to read this paper which provides promising research. Your paper is interesting and addresses an emerging topic.

The authors examine “Increasing the Efficiency of Business Management Using Innovative Management Methods and Tools” is an interesting work concerning the study of innovative methods in business management in the tourism sector.

On the one hand, I found the paper to be overall well written and much of it to be well described. I felt confident that the authors performed careful and thorough field processing. The paper has an overall good structure and I only have a few comments and remarks meant to improve its addressability to the readers. However, I would like to point out some aspects to improve their manuscript. I explain my concerns in more detail below. I ask that the authors specifically address each of my comments in their response.

-TITLE. It is advisable to match the title of the article to its content. It would be advisable to refer to the tourism industry in the title.

-ABSTRACT: Must reduce the number of words and conform to journal guidelines: A single paragraph of about 200 words max.

-INTRODUCTION. It is recommended to include a paragraph on the original contribution of the article and its contribution to the advancement of knowledge. It is also recommended to justify the interest of the choice of the Slovak Republic as the territorial unit of study.

-MATERIALS AND METHODS. The representativeness of the sample must be justified. 515 questionnaires were sent out and 105 responses were obtained, is this sample representative. Also, it is recommended that the choice of method be better justified, incorporating references to other studies.

-CITATION. The citation should be revised, in the article, I have found misquoted literal text. For example, in lines 46 - 52 literal text is taken from the following reference: Attila, A. T. The Impact of the Hotel Industry on the Competitiveness of Tourism Destinations in Hungary. Journal of Competi-403 tiveness 2016, 8, 85-104. However, that text is not cited in quotation marks, nor is pagination indicated. For citations embedded in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers; for example, [5] (p. 10), or [6] (pp. 101-105). On the other hand, you should revise the reference section and adapt it to the journal's guidelines:

(Aranceta-Bartrina 1999a) Aranceta-Bartrina, Javier. 1999a. Title of the cited article. Journal Title 6: 100–10.

(Aranceta-Bartrina 1999b) Aranceta-Bartrina, Javier. 1999b. Title of the chapter. In Book Title, 2nd ed. Edited by Editor 1 and Editor 2. Publication place: Publisher, vol. 3, pp. 54–96.

(Baranwal and Munteanu [1921] 1955) Baranwal, Ajay K., and Costea Munteanu. 1955. Book Title. Publication place: Publisher, pp. 154–96. First published 1921 (optional).

(Berry and Smith 1999) Berry, Evan, and Amy M. Smith. 1999. Title of Thesis. Level of Thesis, Degree-Granting University, City, Country. Identification information (if available).

(Cojocaru et al. 1999) Cojocaru, Ludmila, Dragos Constatin Sanda, and Eun Kyeong Yun. 1999. Title of Unpublished Work. Journal Title, phrase indicating stage of publication.

(Driver et al. 2000) Driver, John P., Steffen Röhrs, and Sean Meighoo. 2000. Title of Presentation. In Title of the Collected Work (if available). Paper presented at Name of the Conference, Location of Conference, Date of Conference.

In sum, I again thank you for giving me this opportunity to learn from your research project and I wish you the very best.

Best Regards,

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

thank you for your positive review and inspiring comments, which contributed to the improvement of the quality of our article. As you requested, we addressed each of your comments:

TITLE - Title of the paper was adjusted to the tourism industry.

ABSTRACT - Abstract was reduced and conformed to the journal guidelines (maximum 200 words).

INTRODUCTION - In the article, we have added information about tourism, which is related to the above issues and the reasons why we focused on researching this topic. We also wrote a justification for choosing the Slovak Republic for our research.

MATERIALS AND METHODS - The representativeness of the sample and the choice of method was justified. We also added several research studies focused on similar issues using the same research method. We have expanded the literature with these researches and the methods used.

CITATION - Reference section was adapted to the journal guidelines.

Round 2

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear author,

I believe that the authors have made a remarkable effort to improve the article. They have expanded the bibliography and included current references. They have also included some additional description of the method. They have incorporated and justified the limitations of the study. They have justified its importance by adding some academic contributions that have previously used this method.  They have also adapted the article to the journal's standards (abstract and citation).

As for the territorial unit of analysis, although its range remains limited, the authors have included some arguments that could justify their choice.

Wish you all the best. Best regards,