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applied to tourism, hospitality and leisure. Chapters analyse the progress of recent research ventures, exploring fascinating … case studies to further illustrate important concepts such as virtual tourism and slow tourism. Both the important … students researching tourism, hospitality and leisure, international business and innovation. It will additionally be …
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This multidisciplinary work explores ways of making environmental policy decisions in managing public goods and natural parks with the goal of maximizing economic benefits to society. The contributors to the volume seek the best strategies for improving the environmental sustainability and...
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looking to use economics as a framework for analyzing tourism topics, as well as environmental researchers and public policy …
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This important book highlights the conflicts between economic growth and the conservation of nature in the context of sustainable development. It places particular emphasis on biological diversity and examines possible policies for resolving conflicts which arise from the contrasting goals of...
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The contingent valuation technique for measuring the economic value of environmental goods and services has become increasingly popular in recent years and has many advantages over other revealed or stated preference methods. It has been criticised, however, for being inconsistent with economic...
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Travel Behaviour is a challenging and original volume, adding to the growing literature focusing on understanding transportation systems. The book capitalises on actual scientific and applied developments in Europe, the importance of EC policies and the resultant trend in studying differences...
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The book begins with a discussion of how shutting down the pipelines of funding is as important as dismantling the terrorist cells themselves. Next, the book covers the various means and methods used by terrorist groups to raise money, and examines how money is transferred globally to finance...
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"Product counterfeits and other brand infringements represent a growing and substantial risk to firms, consumers, and … benefit from adopting Brand Protection and the Global Risk of Product Counterfeits as course reading, research, or a valued …
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"A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime discusses the evolution of a field, whose growing relevance among scholars … and policymakers is partly related to the persistence of crime and violence around the world and partly to the remarkable … progress made in recent years in the economic analysis of individual and organised crime. Such progress is related to the so …
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1. Innovation policies in a globalised world -- 2. The Japanese model of low government intervention -- 3. The South Korean model of increasing privatisation of industrial R&D -- 4. The Singaporean model of increasing government intervention -- 5. The Malaysian experience -- 6. The South African...
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