Zusammenfassung Wie kaum eine zweite Branche verkörpert Tourismus Internationalisierung par excellence: So sind nicht nur Angebot und Nachfrage weitgehend internationalisiert, sondern es gehört auch zum wesentlichen Merkmal der Dienstleistung als solcher, dass sie – zumindest im...

Explores corporate communication as a global business practice and as an academic field of study. Presents the strategic nature of corporate communication, current practices, forces shaping it and its key functions. Discusses the issues of meeting the challenge of the future.

Fifteen years ago, I found it easy to be in favor of international capital mobility — the free flow of investment financing from one country to another. Then it was easy to preach for an end to all systems of controls on capital that hindered this flow. Now it is harder.

For anyone involved in moving large numbers of people, indeed in any aspect of crowd management, the biggest threats are ignorance of crowd behavioural dynamics and complacency. When the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) in Hong Kong was faced with excessive passenger growth, serious...

Examines the general macroeconomic crisis of the Venezuelan economy outlining its recent history and the seriousness of the present situation and points out how this crisis is especially serious for small firms. Presents information on the current state of small firms in Venezuela ‐ their...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify the core issues that organisational leaders are facing internationally, as a result of a globalised and rapidly changing international economic environment. Appropriate leadership competencies and skills that enable organisational leaders to...

Addresses the issue of business failure. Identifies different types of business failure and provides a framework for further research into this aspect of strategic management. Draws from the management literature to describe the causes and processes of each of the failure contexts covered and...

Presents a discussion of liquidity‐based financial crisis. An example is used to illustrate the application of a conceptual model in dealing with this kind of crisis. Concludes that systemic planning based on the ideas put forward can help managers better prepare for financial crisis.