Nowadays, companies face a big challenge in adopting a responsible behaviour towards the community and the environment throughout their business activities. We consider that Corporate Social Responsibility in tourism industry is still searching for consist ency in policies, programs and...

Nowadays, companies face a big challenge in adopting a responsible behaviour towards the community and the environment throughout their business activities. We consider that Corporate Social Responsibility in tourism industry is still searching for consist ency in policies, programs and...

The authors (Langviniençe, 2014; Prentice, 2020; Grasso & Sergi, B.S. Eds., 2021) claim that over the past few decades, tourism has continuously expanded and strived to become one of the largest and fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Tourism is primarily a vital industry for the social and...

The authors (Langvinienė, 2014; Prentice, 2020; Grasso & Sergi, B.S. Eds., 2021) claim that over the past few decades, tourism has continuously expanded and strived to become one of the largest and fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Tourism is primarily a vital industry for the social and...

A Mátra településeinek jó része társadalmi-gazdasági problémákkal küzd, melyeket jól jellemez az elvándorlás, a magas munkanélküliség, alacsony vállalkozássűrűség, illetve jövedelem. Az Észak-magyarországi Régióban végzett kutatásainkban már korábban...

This article challenges claims that liberalising state regulated markets in developing countries may induce lasting economic development. The analysis of the rise of tourism in Egypt during the last three decades suggests that the effects of liberalisation and structural adjustment are...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die potentiellen Beschäftigungseffekte von Direktinvestitionen der Unternehmen des Dienstleistungssektors für die Schweiz. In einer theoretischen Perspektive werden zunächst die Konsequenzen der Besonderheiten von Dienstleistungsgütern gegenüber Industriegütern...

The current paper analyzes the importance and potentials of the tourism sector for economic development. It is divided into four major parts. After a short introduction, section two presents some theoretical insights into the topic of economic development. Commenting on the most relevant...

Firms productivity is crucially influenced by knowledge spillovers generated either by other firms located nearby or by direct contacts with consumers or by foreign demand in the case of traded products. In this paper we propose a new channel of efficiency-enhancing knowledge diffusion, which...

This paper analyses the impact of Rural Development Program (RDP) measures focusing on tourism have on the growth of tourism and on the economy in rural areas. We first explored tourism in NUT2 regions in the EU with a spatial data analyses and then we applied spatial econometric analyses on...