Zusammenfassung Aktuell ist zu beobachten, dass deutsche Familien für die Verrichtung häuslicher Pflegearbeit zunehmend auf Pflegekräfte aus Osteuropa zurückgreifen. Aufgrund der schwachen Regulierung und des Charakters der Arbeit sind die Pflegekräfte darauf verwiesen, ihre Arbeits- und...

Zusammenfassung Touristische Destinationen müssen sich permanent den veränderten Marktbedingungen anpassen. Die Aufgaben werden vielfältiger und sind nur in Netzwerken unter Einbeziehung der jeweils wichtigsten Partner aus der Destination zu bearbeiten. Die Kernaufgabe der DMO 3.0 ist damit...

Purpose – The late 2000s Great Recession led to a surge of bank failures in the USA with nearly 300 banks failing from 2009 to 2010. Recalling the farm crises of the 1980s where the farm sector was pinpointed as one of the major precursors of such crises, this study is an attempt to validate...

Purpose – To conduct an analysis of the bibliometric presence of a patient group, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, within its relevant biomedical sub‐field. Design/methodology/approach – Publications in the multiple sclerosis sub‐field for 1988‐1999 in the Research Outputs Database...

Purpose – To identify the papers, and publishing journals, describing psychiatry, surgery and paediatrics research funded by the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. To make comparisons with non‐NHS research and examine the journal impact factors, and importance to clinicians, of...

Purpose – This paper's aim is to examine the citation impact of Iranian funded research publications and compare it with research which received no funding. Design/methodology/approach – Using a bibliometric method, the study investigated 80,300 Iranian publications published from 2000 to...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of one productive development program (PROPYME) in a developing nation like Costa Rica. This program seeks to increase the capacity of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to innovate. Design/methodology/approach Impacts have been...