Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and...

Retailers talk about giving value to consumers, but the literature yields no clear definition of value. This study represents an initial attempt to define value empirically from a retailer and consumer perspective based on consumer user experience with apparel products and retailers chosen to...

Purpose In recent years, network science has become a dynamic and promising discipline. This study aims to provide a brief summary of the subject and the application to the tourism domain. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a non-exhaustive survey of the literature. Findings The...

Professor Gaido analyses the future of the winter sports resort in the Alps. He explains the reasons for the stagnation on the demand side on the base of empirical results. He suggest a more consumer oriented approach which takes into account that wintersports are only one single product in the...

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) have been troubled with the problem of expatriate premature return. This paper suggests addressing this problem by conducting realistic expatriate assignment previews (REAPs) for expatriate candidates. A model is proposed to explain the mechanism between REAPs...

Product image formation process is a valuable insight for correct understanding of consumer behaviour. When product is a tourism destination, image formation is even more important due to the inability of pretest the tourist product. This framework gives place to the present research on tourism...