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Accounting for decarbonisation and reducing capital at risk in the S&P500
Haslam, Colin; Tsitsianis, Nick; Lehman, Glen; Andersson, Tord; Malamatenios, John (2018-03-01)This article accounts for carbon emissions in the S&P 500 and explores the extent to which capital is at risk from decarbonising value chains. At a global level it is proving difficult to decouple carbon emissions from GDP ... -
Accounting for voluntary hospices in England: A business model perspective
Lee, Edward; Haslam, Colin; Theodosopoulos, Grigorios; Tsitsianis, Nicholas (2018-07)This paper accounts for the sustainability of voluntary hospices in England that provide palliative end of life care for patients. A critical evaluation of the challenges facing hospices in England can be located within a ... -
Achieving research impact in tourism: : Modelling and evaluating outcomes from the UKs Research Excellence Framework
Phillips, Paul; Page, Stephen J.; Sebu, Joshua (2020-06-01)The marketisation of higher education has emerged as a global trend with a focus on using metrics to assess performance. This has led to the closer scrutiny by government in assessing value for money and effectiveness of ... -
Acts of hidden franchisee innovation and innovation adoption within franchise systems
Watson, Anna; Senyard, Julienne; Dada, Olufunmilola (Lola) (2020-04-02)Franchising, as an imitative business model, provides a challenging context to create and manage innovation, as franchisors may wish to limit their franchisees’ innovative activities to ensure network consistency. Drawing ... -
Adopting interoperability solutions for online tourism distribution
Reino, Sofia; Alzua Sorzabal, Aurkene; Baggio, Rodolfo (2016-02-01)Purpose – The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that make the adoption of interoperability solutions for online tourism distribution (OTD) more likely by small operators and to develop an evaluation framework ... -
Applying the Motivation, Opportunity, Ability (MOA) model, and Self-Efficacy (S-E) to better understand student engagement on Undergraduate Event Management Programs
Jepson, Allan; Ryan, Gerard (2018-04-11)Considering the motivation, opportunity, ability (MOA) model and the self-efficacy (S-E) component of the social cognitive theory (SCT), this article aims to examine through a series of four research questions whether such ... -
Appreciating Formal and Informal Knowledge Transfer Practices within Creative Festival Organizations
Stadler, Raphaela; Fullagar, Simone (2016-02-08)Purpose – Problem-solving approaches to research have dominated the not-for-profit festival management field. Little attention has been paid to how festival organizations successfully create cultures where knowledge transfer ... -
Assessing The Value Of Hotel Online Reviews To Consumers.
Reino, Sofia; Massaro, Maria Rita (Springer Nature, 2016)Previous research studied the impact of travel online reviews. However, this is quantitative and lacks of conceptual frameworks to ensure consistency. Only a few of these have considered influencing variables (i.e. ... -
Average Scores Integration in Official Star Rating Scheme
Mellinas, Juan Pedro; Reino, Sofia (2019-09-17)Purpose: Evidence suggests that electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) plays a highly influential role in decision-making when booking hotel rooms. The number of online sources where consumers can obtain information on hotel ... -
Barriers to leisure participation for people with dementia and their carers : An exploratory analysis of carer and people with dementia’s experiences
Innes, Anthea; Page, Stephen J.; Cutler, Clare (2016-11-01)Leisure has emerged as a prominent research theme within the growing body of knowledge on dementia, with a focus on physical activity. Yet participation in any form of leisure presupposes an ability to freely choose to ... -
The Bi-objective Periodic Closed Loop Network Design Problem
Jelodari Mamaghani, Elham; Davari, Soheil (2020-04-15)Reverse supply chains are becoming a crucial part of retail supply chains given the recent reforms in the consumers’ rights and the regulations by governments. This has motivated companies around the world to adopt ... -
Business engagement in a civil society : Transitioning towards a dementia-friendly tourism and visitor economy
Connell, Joanne; Page, Stephen; Sheriff, Ian; Hibbert, Julia (2017-08-01)Dementia is a growing global health condition primarily, though not exclusively, associated with ageing populations. This paper examines dementia awareness and the perspectives of businesses and organisations in the visitor ... -
Business to Business Marketing (4th edition)
Brennan, David; Canning, Louise; McDowell, Raymond (SAGE Publications, 2017-06) -
Case study: Destination readiness for dementia-friendly visitor experiences: A scoping study : Destination readiness for dementia-friendly visitor experiences: A scoping study
Connell, Joanne; Page, Stephen J. (2019-02-01)Ageing and dementia are major societal challenges affecting many countries, with around 46.8 million people worldwide estimated to be living with dementia. These estimates suggest that the worldwide population of people ... -
Case Study: Wellness, tourism and small business development in a UK coastal resort: Public engagement in practice
Page, Stephen; Hartwell, Heather; Johns, Nick; Fyall, Alan; Ladkin, Adele; Hemmingway, Ann (2017-06-01)This article examines the scope of well-being as a focus for tourism and its potential as a tool for small business development, particularly the opportunities for tourism entrepreneurs in coastal resorts. The study reports ... -
Comparing Chinese and Arab Cultural Constructs: Guanxi and Wasta
Houjeir, Roudaina; Khan, Amna; Brennan, David (2017-09-05)We start from the premise that cultural considerations are important both to understand inter-firm relationships and networks (from the scientific perspective), and to manage relationships and networks (from the managerial ... -
Compassion on University Degree Programmes at a UK University: The Neuroscience of Effective Group work
Gilbert, Theo; Doolan, Martina; Beka, Dr Sylvia; Spencer, Neil; Crotta, Dr Matteo; Davari, Soheil (2018-06-04)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the neuroscience that underpins the psychology of compassion as a competency. We explain why this cognitive competency is now taught and assessed on modules of different ... -
Conceptualising the Impact of Festival and Event Attendance upon Family Quality of Life (QOL)
Jepson, Allan; Stadler, Raphaela (2017-02-15)Quality of Life (QOL) research has been quite well explored in medicine, psychology and the social sciences although it has received very little attention within festival and event studies. This proposition paper is both ... -
Conclusion : Prospects for tourism in Asia
Michael Hall, C.; Page, Stephen J. (Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-09-15)One of the immediate problems the researcher faces in reconstructing patterns of tourism visitation, activity and expenditure is the absence of up-to-date, reliable and consistent tourism statistics. Whilst the United ... -
Controversy and Doxa: Sustainable Food Policy and the English Vegetable Sector
Moorhouse, Jan; Brennan, David Ross (2021-01-29)Purpose: The authors explore the market agora and the shaping of markets as controversies over the meaning and practices related to sustainability evolved. This study aims to explore what happened in a market-oriented ...