While the biofouler Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) is known to cause great economic losses in North America, studies reporting the problem in Europe are much scarcer. This paper explores the industrial effects of the species in Portugal, the gateway by which the bivalve entered Europe around...

Purpose: The desired balance between human activity and environmental development and protection requires a clear and equitable distribution of responsibilities, regarding consumption and behavior toward natural and cultural resources. This paper aims to take a look at the relationship between...

Purpose: This paper aims to critically review the contributions made by the authors of the papers selected for this global trends issue and to present the main lessons for tourist organizations and destinations. Design/methodology/approach: A content analysis of the papers presented in this...

Purpose: This paper aims to introduce the papers in this issue and to explain the pertinence of the strategic question. Design/methodology/approach: A brief context for the strategic question is provided, as well as the issue alignment and a content analysis of the papers selected. Findings:...

This article has the following specific objectives: to identify the reasons for implementing SAP ERP; to identify the main benefits and problems resulting from its adoption; to understand in what way accounting is integrated in SAP ERP; to analyse how SAP ERP influences the accountants' role....

Purpose: This paper aims to introduce the papers in this issue and explain the pertinence of the strategic question. Design/methodology/approach: A brief context for the strategic question is provided, as well as the issue alignment and a content analysis of the papers selected. Findings: From...

Purpose: This paper aims to critically review the contributions made by the authors of the papers selected for this global trends issue and to present the main lessons for tourist organizations and destinations. Design/methodology/approach: A content analysis of the papers presented in this...

A process to store solar energy to be used as thermal energy, with controlled input, may be represented by a stochastic process Xn, N = 0, 1, 2, ... with initial value Xo and a sequence of independent, identically distributed (i.i.d.) nonnegative random variables, Yi, i [epsilon] , where Xn + 1...

Consider a stochastic process {Xn}, n = 0, 1, 2, ... with initial value X0 and a sequence of independent, random variables, {Yi}, i [epsilon] N with exponential distribution with parameter one, where Xn+1 = max(Xn, [alpha]Xn + Yn+1), 0 [alpha] 1. In this paper, we show that this sequence...