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An exploratory study of gay travelers: socio-demographic analysis
Ro, Heejung; Olson, Eric D.; Choi, Youngsoo - In: Tourism Review 72 (2017) 1, pp. 15-27
Purpose This exploratory study aims to examine gay travelers’ travel psychographics (allocentricity and … psychocentricity) in relation to openness about sexual orientation, collective self-esteem and socio-demographic variables. Design … collective self-esteem is positively correlated with allocentricity. Also, gay couples showed higher allocentricity than single …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015034431
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Openness and urban concentration in Europe, 1870-1990
Nitsch, Volker - 2001
confirm earlier findings of a negative relationship between openness and city size for the period from 1970 to 1990, but are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295591
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Why has China Grown so Fast? The Role of Structural Change
Ding, Sai; Knight, John - 2009
including the degree of openness, institutional change and sectoral change, based on a cross-province dataset. Our methodology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301486
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Automated Evaluation of Open Government Data Portals: A Case Study
Nascimento, Fabiano Rodrigo Alves; Cesar da Rocha, Junior; … - In: International Journal of Electronic Government Research … 14 (2018) 3, pp. 57-72
The quality of public data made available by governments is a crucial factor in achieving greater transparency and also for such data to be used effectively by society. Several models of quality evaluation of open data portals have been proposed in recent years. The vast majority of these models...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012044411
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Open Fuzzy Synchronized Petri Net: Formal Specification Model for Multi-agent Systems
Kouah, Sofia; Saïdouni, Djamel Eddine; Kitouni, Ilham - In: International Journal of Intelligent Information … 12 (2016) 1, pp. 63-94
Designing Multi agent systems needs a high-level specification model which supports abstraction, dynamicity, openness … fuzziness, openness and interaction with environment. The proposed model called Open Fuzzy Synchronized Petri Nets (OFSyPN for … short) associates action name with transitions and enables openness feature and interaction with environment. Each action …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012045485
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Mobility and Service Innovation: A Critical Examination of Opportunities and Challenges for the Canadian Public Sector
Roy, Jeffrey - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 3 (2016) 4, pp. 43-56
This article examines the Canadian public sector's efforts to devise mobile service capacities predicated upon efficiency, engagement, and innovation, and how such capacities are intertwined with both the advent of Gov 2.0 and the inertia of traditional public administration. The author's...
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An Open Perspective for Educational Games
Silveira, Ismar Frango; Villalba-Condori, Klinge Orlando - In: Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR) 11 (2018) 1, pp. 18-28
In the field of computers in education, educational digital games have potential to involve more issues of motivation and involvement, considering their possibilities for higher level of interaction and engagement. However, years of research have shown that the impact of educational games is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012049147
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State Capacity and the Quality of Policies: Revisiting the Relationship between Openness and the Size of Government
Chuaire, María Franco; Scartascini, Carlos G.; … - 2014
The literature has identified that countries with higher levels of openness tend to present a larger government sector … as a way to reduce the risks to the economy that openness entails. This paper argues that there are a number of policies … between openness and the size of government might be mediated by the quality of its public sector. While countries with weak …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314159
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Bank Efficiency and Openness in Africa: Do Income Levels Matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2010
This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 … low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and … economic cost of banks in sampled countries, with trade openness more detrimental than financial openness. Banks in middle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390762
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The Effects of Trade Openness on Regional Inequality in South Korea
Heo, Soojeong; Oh, Jinhwan - 2015
This paper is to analyze the effect of trade openness on regional inequality of South Korea. Trade has been the driving … force of Korea¡¯s economic growth since the 1960¡¯s and it still expands its trade openness through active participation on … bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements. In regard to this, this study measures the impact of Korea¡¯s trade openness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400570