This paper investigates the host's relationship with their commercial home and its influences on product construction. Intangible dimensions of hospitality are explored through interviews and photographs. Commercial home hosts are interviewed using photographs taken of their property to...

Abstract: Purpose – To report on an investigation amongst small firm owner-managers in the service sector into potential demand for an MBA. Design/methodology/approach – Relevant recent literature is critiqued concerning small firms and learning, and MBAs and small firms. A description is...

This paper contributes to a better understanding the self-catering accommodation sector by considering its nature and scope within Scotland, the UK and the international context. It reviews the available literature search and also presents an exhaustive search of the Internet. The term “self...

Using high frequency data, we have studied empirically the change of volatility, also called volatility derivative, for various time horizons. In particular, the correlation between the volatility derivative and the volatility realized in the next time period is a measure of the response...