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Tourism disaster resilience scorecard for destinations (TDRSD): the case of Manta, Ecuador

Basurto-Cedeño, Estefania Mercedes; Pennington-Gray, Lori - In: International Journal of Tourism Cities 2 (2016) 2, pp. 149-163

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop nine criteria for tourism disaster resilience scorecard for … destinations (TDRSD) by using the “disaster resilience scorecard for cities, based on UNISDR’s ten essentials”. As a surrogate for … management plan of the destination, while providing an evaluation of the engineering resilience of the tourism sector of Manta in …

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Communication in the heart of policy and the conduct of conduct

Kraaier, Niels Martijn - In: Journal of Communication Management 20 (2016) 1, pp. 75-90

Purpose – In 2001, Dutch politician Jacques Wallage introduced the concept of “communication in the heart of policy”, which sought to bridge the perceived gap between the government and the populace. He also advocated for a stronger focus on the proper representation of cabinet ministers...

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Title keywords and subject descriptors: a comparison of subject search entries of books in the humanities and social sciences

Voorbij, Henk J. - In: Journal of Documentation 54 (1998) 4, pp. 466-476

In order to compare the value of subject descriptors and title keywords as entries to subject searches, two studies were carried out. Both studies concentrated on monographs in the humanities and social sciences, held by the online public access catalogue of the National Library of the...

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Surviving a cluster collapse: risk aversion as a core value

Schiele, Holger; Hospers, Gert‐Jan; van der Zee, Debbie - In: Journal of Business Strategy 33 (2012) 5, pp. 14-21

Purpose – This paper analyses firms, which survived in a collapsed regional cluster. The target is to analyze whether the principles for enduring success identified researching success factors of very old firms also apply in such an environment. Design/methodology/approach – The authors...

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Reforming the Dutch water chain: how radical ambitions turned into a moderate pace of change

Argento, Daniela; Jan van Helden, G. - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 5 (2009) 3, pp. 321-343

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how and why the initially ambitious reform of the Dutch water sector turned into a moderate pace of change. The explanations are based on institutional theory. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a case study at the organizational...

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Coping with targets: performance measurement in The Netherlands police

Hoogenboezem, Jaap A.; Hoogenboezem, Dirk B. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 54 (2005) 7, pp. 568-578

Purpose – The article aims to understand why performance management schemes or targeting were introduced in the Dutch police organisation after 2002. This question is relevant for two reasons. First, Dutch political culture is traditionally not overly concerned with performance of public...

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Performance management analysis: a case study at a Dutch municipality

de Waal, A.A.; Gerritsen‐Medema, G. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 55 (2006) 1, pp. 26-39

Purpose – Recently a tool called the performance management analysis (PMA) was developed, which can help an organisation evaluate its degree of performance drive. The purpose of this article is to describe the application of this tool at a Dutch municipality. Design/methodology/approach –...

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Public management reforms and public sector employment relations in The Netherlands

Steijn, Bram; Leisink, Peter - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 20 (2007) 1, pp. 34-47

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to study the overall development of public sector industrial relations in The Netherlands. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the main literature on the topic and relevant policy texts. There are interviews with key individuals referenced...

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Opening up one's everyday negotiations to inspection

Gastelaars, Marja - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 22 (2009) 1, pp. 46-56

Purpose – This paper reflects on the output of four ethnographic research projects examining the implementation of the Dutch Inspection for Work and Income. These four reports were to open up the “black box” concerning the everyday negotiations involved in implementation and particularly...

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The Netherlands in the twenty‐first century

Wilderom, C.P.M.; Joldersma, F. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 9 (1996) 7, pp. 60-71

process should not be dictated by the client, but by the community of all relevant external and internal stakeholders. In …

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