Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Bedeutung und Bewertung von touristischen Sport-Events zur Beurteilung ihrer Förderwürdigkeit durch die öffentliche Hand. Anhand bestehender Instrumente der Event-Wirkungsforschung und der strategischen Bewertung von Events wurden...

There is increasing discussion within the communication industry about benchmarking and best practice. The concepts, derived from manufacturing industry, are now being used to compare and analyse communication functions and practices. To a certain extent this has been driven by organisations...

Purpose – The recent performance literature suggests that policies that enhance corporate environmental performance are more likely to lead to sustainable development, as these strategies are connected to superior technical efficiency. This paper aims to investigate the possible link between...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the environmental management policies and practices of the top 50 hotel companies as disclosed on their corporate web sites. Design/methodology/approach – This study employed content analysis to review the web sites of the top 50 hotel...

Corporate social disclosure has, since the early seventies, attracted the interest of various user groups. As a result, a long history of research into corporate social disclosure practice is observable in developed countries particularly the United States and Western Europe. However, very...