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Strategic reflexivity in the hotel industry - a value-based analysis
Thrassou, Alkis; Vrontis, Demetris; Bresciani, Stefano - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 2/3, pp. 352-371
In an incessantly altering global tourism industry, hotels are forced to develop new strategic models. Models that do not simply fit new competitive conditions, but perpetually and automatically predict and adapt to these, according to the pace and nature of change. The aim of this research is...
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Determinants of performance in the hotel industry - an empirical analysis of Italy
Bresciani, Stefano; Thrassou, Alkis; Vrontis, Demetris - In: Global Business and Economics Review 17 (2015) 1, pp. 19-34
Among the diverse services of the tourism sector, this paper concentrates on the hotel industry, which includes a set of companies that is homogenous in production and competitive setting. The hotel industry is a key component of the tourism sector since it is fundamental to the provision of all...
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Exploring the impact of international human resource management practices on firm performance
Naidu, Suwastika; Chand, Anand - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 11 (2015) 1, pp. 19-33
In the recent decade, the global tourism industry is showing trends of increasing visitor arrivals in the developing countries. On one hand, this implies that more tourist dollar is coming into small island developing states; on the other hand, it means that there will be more need for...
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Royal delicacies at peasant prices: cross-national differences, common grounds – towards an empirically supported theory of the informal economic activities of migrants
Rezaei, Shahamak - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 109-154
Turkish groceries and fast food restaurants, Chinese barbecues, Pakistani kiosks, Iranian pizzerias and carpet stores, Arabic kebab houses, erotic artists from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, exchange agencies across Denmark and many other EU countries, a growing number of wholesale...
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Maximising profits: Do revenue managers have the skills?
Varini, Kate; Burgess, Cathy - In: International Journal of Revenue Management 4 (2010) 2, pp. 163-178
This paper explores the evolving role of the revenue manager and it will argue the need for a formal revenue management (RM) qualification. When RM is deployed ineffectively, this raises the financial risk inherent in the concept. Service firms need to clearly define RM roles and ensure those...
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Innovationstätigkeit im Mittelstand: Messung und Bewertung
Maaß, Frank; Führmann, Bettina - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2012
Unternehmen (KMU) im Vergleich zu Großunternehmen in Deutschland. Hierzu wird die vorhandene Literatur ausgewertet und die … KMU innovativ sind. Dies ist insbesondere hinsichtlich der technologischen Innovationen zu beobachten. Neueste … zeigt sich eine besondere Stärke der KMU. In der Gesamtbetrachtung sind die KMU deutlich häufiger innovativ als bislang …
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Basel II und Auswirkungen auf den Mittelstand: Total Quality Management und das Bewertungsrisiko von KMU
Gürtler, Marc; Schunck, Stefan - Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2002
KMU eine Erhöhung ihrer Kapitalkosten bzw. sogar die Gefahr, dass ihnen keine weiteren Kredite gewährt werden. Ein … positives Rating ist deshalb ein grundsätzliches Ziel eines KMU. Eine Möglichkeit zur Steigerung der Bonität ist das Total … Transparenz eine Bewertung der KMU durch Banken erleichtert. …
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Involvement of small and medium sized enterprises in the private realisation of public buildings
Heinecke, Bastian - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2002
This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...
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Analysis of barriers and obstacles in knowledge transfer between universities and SME
Markowski, Norbert; Grosser, Katherina; Kuhl, Rita - Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences - 2008
(SME), which still hold significant, untapped potential. In this empirical study, 47 companies were questioned on their … allem Klein- und Mittelunternehmen (KMU), die hier noch erhebliches, ungenutztes Potential aufweisen. In dieser empirischen …
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Innovationskooperationen und Wissenstransfer von Unternehmen im Raum Jena
Kaps, Katharina; Pfeil, Silko; Sauer, Thomas; Stoetzer, … - Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft, Fachhochschule Jena - 2011
Wissenstransferaktivitäten von schwerpunktmäßig kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) in der Region Jena. Die Studie konzentriert sich auf drei …-sized enterprises (SME) in and closely around Jena (Thuringia). The study focuses on three aspects: How do the different channels used … contacts face-to-face areessential for the success of these relations. Although the regional SME collaborate with numerous …
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