Hospitality and service industries Books

Book SynopsisTourism has long been associated with improved health, resulting in a boom of spas, yoga and rejuvenation treatments. Medical tourism itself is a more recent example of niche tourism, with increasing numbers of people travelling abroad in search of cosmetic enhancement and solutions to various serious medical conditions often by surgery. Medical Tourism looks at the background and rise of health tourism, new emerging facets of the sector, and examines how medical tourism benefits local health care providers, economies and the tourism industry as a whole. It offers a unique overview of an emerging component of the tourist industry and a distinct and controversial element of health provision.Table of Contents1: Introduction: Patients without Borders 2: The Antiquity of Health Tourism 3: Mind and Matter: Health Tourism or Cosmetic Surgery? 4: The Rise of Medical Tourism 5: Medical Tourism and the New Asia 6: Marketing Medical Tourism 7: The Economics of Medical Tourism 8: Extremes, Ethics and Inequality 9: But is it Tourism? 10: Global Health

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Book SynopsisTourism has long been considered a source of social inequality, and as the industry continues to expand rapidly there is an increasing need for a better understanding of its consequences. Providing a synthesis of tourism as a source of injustice, Tourism and Inequality addresses a wide range of interrelated forms of inequality, investigating its association with class, nation, ethnicity, race, gender, disability and age. Chapters examine routes towards social justice and initiatives that aim to advance poverty alleviation, fair trade, ethics and human rights. The analysis of a wide variety of case studies from around the world allows an exploration into the ways that tourism can be used positively to alleviate the impacts of social injustice. Providing a unique multidisciplinary perspective, the authors aim to lead the way towards a more socially responsible future for tourism practise.Table of ContentsPart I: Inequalities for consumers 1: Tourism, Disability and Mobility Jennie Small and Simon Darcy 2: Tourism and Visual Impairment Victoria Richards, Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard and Diane Sedgley 3: Equal Access for All? Regulative mechanisms, inequality and tourism mobility C. Michael Hall Part II: Inequalities for producers 4: Sex Tourism and Inequalities Jacqueline Sánchez Taylor 5: Access and Marginalisation in a Beach Enclave Resort Sheena Carlisle 6: Fair Trade in Tourism - a marketing tool for social transformation? Angela Kalisch 7: Tourism and Human Rights Stroma Cole and Jenny Eriksson Part III: Prospects for reducing Inequalities 8: Social Tourism for Low-Income Groups: Benefits in a UK and Irish Context Lyn Minnaert and Jane Stacey and Bernadette Quinn, Kevin Griffin 9: Tourism and Welfare: Ethics, Responsibility and Well-being Derek Hall and Frances Brown 10: Pro-Poor Tourism - Can tourism contribute to poverty reduction in less economically developed countries? Dorethea Meyer 11: Urban beaches as social tourism installations: Case studies of Paris Plage and Bristol Urban Beach Tim Gale 12: Justifying tourism: Justice through tourism Freya Higgins-Desboilles

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Book SynopsisThe effects of tourism on the ecology and natural environment of tourist destinations are hotly debated and research has expanded in the field of ecotourism and sustainability. This book considers the positive contributions that tourism can make to the conservation of global biodiversity by reviewing and analysing the economic and political contributions of tourism to conservation through establishment of private game and wildlife reserves, lodges and tourist facilities. Featuring 100 international case studies from private marine reserves to bird watching lodges, this book covers key topics including sources of capital and operational funding, corporate and organisational structure, marketing strategies, primary conservation outcomes and spin-off effects, links to public protected areas, future plans and global trends.Table of ContentsI: Preface 1: Introduction Part 1: Global Leaders 2: &Beyond 3: Wilderness Safaris 4: Natural Habitat Adventures 5: Last Descents Part 2: Regional Patterns 6: Asia 7: Oceania 8: Australia 9: Arctic and Antarctic 10: France and Francophone Nations 11: South and Central America 12: Southern and East Africa 13: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisTourism has the potential to contribute to world peace, and through appropriate management, to address current realities such as globalization, migration, conflicts, prejudices and poverty. By providing a range of international perspectives and case studies, this book discusses the interrelation between peace, conflict resolution and tourism, the role of industry and the role of the individual, and tourism as a catalyst for change and development. Exploring the ideas that there is more to peace than the absence of war and that there is more to tourism than economic interests, this book is the first of its kind and an essential resource for researchers, students and policymakers in tourism and related subjects.Table of Contents1: Tourism and a Culture of Peace 2: Tourism and Inter-Cultural Understanding or Contact Hypothesis Revisited 3: Challenging Peace through Tourism: Placing Tourism in the Context of Human Rights, Justice and Peace 4: Tourism which erases borders: An Introspection into Bosnia and Herzegovina 5: Warming up Peace: An Encounter between Egyptian Hosts and Israeli Guests in Sinai 6: Border Tourism Attractions as a Space for Presenting and Symbolizing Peace 7: The Role of Sport Events in Peace Tourism 8: Domestic Tourism and Peace: The Atlanta Peace Trails Experience 9: Effects of the August 2008 War in Georgia on Tourism and Its Resources 10: Volunteer Tourism in Palestine 11: Re-evaluating Political Tourism in the Holy Land 12: Northern Ireland Re-emerges from the Ashes: the Contribution of Political Tourism towards a more Visited and Peaceful Environment 13: How Stable is Peace Linked with Tourism? The case of Mt. Geumgang Tourism Development Project on the Korean Peninsula 14: Divided or Reunited? Prospects for the Cyprus Tourism Industry 15: Tourism and Reconciliation

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Book SynopsisIslands are the most vulnerable and fragile of tourism destinations and will experience even more pressure as the combined impacts of economic, social and environmental change accelerate in the future. In order to understand the process of island tourism development, response to change and challenges and their journey to sustainability, this book provides insights and instruction on topics including social, cultural, environmental and economic aspects of island tourism. It contains essential information for policymakers, planners, researchers, managers and operators within the tourism industry.Table of Contents1: Introducing Sustainable Perspectives of Island Tourism PART I: ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE PERSPECTIVES OF ISLAND TOURISM 2: Aliens in an Ancient Landscape: Rabbits, Rats andTourists on Macquarie Island 3: From Sand Mining to Sand Bashing in About 30 Years:a Difficult Journey Towards Sustainable Tourism for Fraser Island 4: Managing Tourism on Green Island, Great Barrier ReefMarine Park: Conservation, Commerce and Compromises 5: Tourism and Sustainability in the Lakshadweep Islands 6: The Risk of Climate Change for Tourism in the Maldives PART II: SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE PERSPECTIVES OF ISLAND TOURISM 7: Host and Guest Perceptions of Tourism Impacts in Island Settings: a Malaysian Perspective 8: Island Casino Development: an Antithesis of Socioculturally Sustainable Tourism. The cases of St Croix and Christmas Islands 9: Social Sustainability of Tourism in a Culture of Sensuality, Sexual Freedom and Violence:Trinidad and Tobago 10: Sustainable Host–Guest Interactions on Islands: Bruny and Magnetic Islands 11: Sustainable Tourism in High-latitude Islands:Shetland Islands PART III: ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE PERSPECTIVES OF ISLAND TOURISM 12: Rejuvenating Paradise: Changing Products, Changing Markets and Changing Visitor Behaviour in Mauritius 13: Sustainable Island Tourism: the Case of Okinawa 14: Tourism in Mediterranean Islands: a Comparative Analysis 15: Sustainable Tourism Transportation in Hawaii:a Holistic Approach 16: Planning for Sustainable Island Tourism Development in the Maldives 17: Conclusions and Implications for Sustainable IslandTourism

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Book SynopsisEvent management studies are fast growing in popularity, covering a diverse range of activities such as music and film festivals, concerts, sporting events and conferences. This textbook gives a broad and practical coverage of the major themes in events. Outlining both the historical developments and current state of the industry, whilst also taking into account wider political and cultural issues, the book covers the different elements of planning, project management, health and safety, funding, operations, human resources, marketing and logistics that are vital for successful management. Critical issues such as impacts, sustainability and legacy of events are also discussed. Supported by international case studies and review questions, Events Management provides a current and up-to-date view of the industry in this field.Table of ContentsI: Introduction Part 1: Context and concepts 1: Culture and the Event Experience - Ghislaine Povey & Jo-Ansie Van Wyck 2: Developing the Event Concept - Alison Booth 3: Event Networks and Supply Chains - Geoff Dickson Part 2: Event Planning & Operations Management 4: Funding. Sponsorship and Financial Management - Caroline Wiscombe 5: Delivering Live Events - Peter Robinson, Ade Oriade & Steve Gelder Part A: The Event Idea Part B: Pre-Event Planning Part C: The Big Day! Part D: The Big Tidy-Up 6: Successful Staffing of Events - Sine Heitmann & Christine Roberts 7: Marketing Events - Debra Wale & Andrew Ridal 8: Managing a Quality Experience - Ade Oriade 9: Sustainable Events Management - Sine Heitmann & Dr. Dávid Lóránt Part 3: Critical and contemporary issues 10. Event Strategy - Crispin Dale & Dimitri Tassiopolous 11: Event Legacy - Geoff Dickson II: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTourism studies at Masters level are often divided into subsets of tourism such as environmental tourism, rural tourism and sports tourism. This textbook provides an overview of types of tourism, and common themes studied in courses to allow undergraduate students to become familiar with a wide range of tourism topics at a foundation level, allowing them to make an informed decision about their future studies and career. It will also be a useful text for providing a broad brush introduction to the major topics that are covered in undergraduate courses. Popular subjects like urban tourism, festivals and events and heritage and cultural tourism are covered.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: From Mass Tourism to Niche Tourism 3: Tourism Geographies & Economies 4: Tourist Behaviour 5: Environmental Tourism 6: Authenticity 7: Image, Semiotics & Identity 8: Urban and Community Tourism 9: Rural Tourism 10: Arts, Festivals & Events 11: Sports & Adventure Tourism 12: Heritage Tourism 13: Cultural Tourism 14: Film Tourism 15: Dark Tourism 16: Gay Tourism 17: Gastronomy 18: Religious Tourism 19: Medical Tourism 20: Cruise Tourism 21: Concluding comments

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Book SynopsisTourism has long been considered a source of social inequality, and as the industry continues to expand rapidly there is an increasing need for a better understanding of its consequences. Providing a synthesis of tourism as a source of injustice, Tourism and Inequality addresses a wide range of interrelated forms of inequality, investigating its association with class, nation, ethnicity, race, gender, disability and age. Chapters examine routes towards social justice and initiatives that aim to advance poverty alleviation, fair trade, ethics and human rights. The analysis of a wide variety of case studies from around the world allows an exploration into the ways that tourism can be used positively to alleviate the impacts of social injustice. Providing a unique multidisciplinary perspective, the authors aim to lead the way towards a more socially responsible future for tourism practise.Table of ContentsPart I: Inequalities for consumers 1: Tourism, Disability and Mobility Jennie Small and Simon Darcy 2: Tourism and Visual Impairment Victoria Richards, Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard and Diane Sedgley 3: Equal Access for All? Regulative mechanisms, inequality and tourism mobility C. Michael Hall Part II: Inequalities for producers 4: Sex Tourism and Inequalities Jacqueline Sánchez Taylor 5: Access and Marginalisation in a Beach Enclave Resort Sheena Carlisle 6: Fair Trade in Tourism - a marketing tool for social transformation? Angela Kalisch 7: Tourism and Human Rights Stroma Cole and Jenny Eriksson Part III: Prospects for reducing Inequalities 8: Social Tourism for Low-Income Groups: Benefits in a UK and Irish Context Lyn Minnaert and Jane Stacey and Bernadette Quinn, Kevin Griffin 9: Tourism and Welfare: Ethics, Responsibility and Well-being Derek Hall and Frances Brown 10: Pro-Poor Tourism - Can tourism contribute to poverty reduction in less economically developed countries? Dorethea Meyer 11: Urban beaches as social tourism installations: Case studies of Paris Plage and Bristol Urban Beach Tim Gale 12: Justifying tourism: Justice through tourism Freya Higgins-Desboilles

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Book SynopsisVolunteer tourism has increased in popularity and prevalence and is no longer considered only a small section of alternative tourism. It is now part of the mainstream tourism industry and tourism experience for many people. Concentrating on the experience of the volunteer tourist and the host community, this new book builds on the view of volunteer tourism as a positive and sustainable form of tourism to examine a broader spectrum of behaviours and experiences and consider critically where the volunteer tourist experience both compliments and collides with host communities, using multiple case studies.Table of ContentsI: Preface II: List of Tables III: List of Boxes IV: List of Figures 1: Introduction 2: Alternative Tourism Experiences 3: Community Development in Volunteer Tourism Destinations 4: Volunteer Tourism Organisation 5: Types of Volunteer Tourism Organisation 6: Volunteer Tourism Projects: A Proposed Mechanism to Improve Working with Local Communities 7: Volunteer Tourism: an Existential Perspective 8: Communities as more than ‘Other’ in Cross-Cultural Volunteer Tourism 9: Looking at the Future of Volunteer Tourism; Commodification, Altruism and Accreditation

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Book SynopsisProviding a wide range of case studies in sustainable tourism planning, this authoritative work presents cases at both international and national levels as well as on a regional, sub-regional, urban, local and site scale. Drawing on the author's world-wide experience and with contributions from professionals in the field, this book takes a comparative approach relating to different economic, political and temporal dimensions, examining established initiatives both in the context of the standards of the time and from a modern perspective looking back. With an emphasis on sustainability, this unique collection is an essential resource for tourism planners, researchers and students.Table of ContentsPART I: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SCALES OF TOURISM AND LEISURE PLANNING 1: World and National Systems of Heritage Resource Classifi cation (RMP) 2: Planning for Tourism in a Post-industrial Society - a National Case Study from the UK (RMP) 3: Planning for Economic Reconstruction and Change in a Post-war Communist State: Case Study of Poland (RMP) 4: The Pilbara: a Sub-national Australian Study in 21st Century Resource Development Planning 5: The Netherlands: a European Case Study of a Nation Planning with an Over Abundance of Water 6: Israel: a Middle Eastern Case Study of Planning in a Mediterranean/Desert Edge Location (RMP) 7: Denmark: a Scandinavian Case Study of Regional Conservation Planning for Tourism and Recreation 1960-1980 (RMP) 8: Maldives' Tourism Development: a Test Case in the Indian Ocean for Conservation and Economic Development in an Islamic State (RMP towards STP) 9: Sustainable Transport to Tourist Destination Countries PART II: REGIONAL TOURISM PLANNING AND NATURAL RESOURCE PLANNING 10: Introduction to Mountain Region Planning for Conservation and Tourism 11: Introduction to the High Tatras and the Slovak High Tatras Case Study 12: The Polish Part of the High Tatras: the High Tatras and the Zakopane Areas 13: Subregional Resource Conservation Planning: the Firth of Clyde, 1970 - the First New European Strategy for Integrated Leisure and Tourism Development 14: Upland Classical National Park Eco-model: the Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, 1990 15: Community-based Desert Ecotourism, Ancient Cities and Nomadic Cultures - Case Study 1: Petra, Wadi Rum and Aqaba, Jordan - Case Study 2: Tamanrasset and the Hoggar Mountains of the Sahara, Southern Algeria - Case Study 3: Incense Trail of Nabbatean Cities in the Negev, Southern Israel - Case Study 4: Egyptian Ecotourism and Desert Tourism 16: Introduction to UK Upland Planning for Countryside Conservation, Recreation and Tourism - Case Study 1: National Park Planning and Management - Case Study 2: The Upper Derwent Valley in the Peak District National Park - Case Study 3: The Tarka Project in Devon 17: Post-industrial Regional Tourism Planning: the South Wales Valleys - Strategy for Development and Conservation in the 1980s 18: Nature and Culture: Developing a Rural Region's Heritage Trails Through Dolenjska and Bela Krajina in Slovenia 19: Host Cultures and Tourism: Is a Culture Sustainable? 20: Mid-Wales Festival of the Countryside: a Model of Events to Reinforce Rural Culture and Life 21: Den Norske Turistforening - a Voluntary Sector Sustainable Programme in Norway 22: Cycling in the Netherlands - a Sustainable Move Forward for a Whole Nation PART III: COASTAL AND MARITIME PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT 23: Adriatic Coastal Development Planning by Federal Yugoslavia (Now Croatia), 1960-1980 24: Planning the Coastline: England and Wales 1960-1970 25: Mediterranean Action Plan and Blue Plan 26: Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment in the Mediterranean 1980-2009 27: 'Working with the Sea': the 2008 Dutch National Response to Global Warming and Sea Rise PART IV: HISTORIC CITIES AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PLANNING 28: Historic Cities as Sustainable Tourist Destinations 29: Edinburgh: Post-war Urban Planning and Conservation in a World Heritage City 30: Urban Event Tourism: Edinburgh - the Festivals and Many 'Tourisms' 31: Salzburg: Management and Tourism in an Austro-Hungarian Festival City 32: Colonial Williamsburg: a Conserved and Renovated Settlement as a Managed Cultural, Educational and Tourist Centre 33: The Sustainable Historic City Centre: Munich as a Model 34: Post-industrial Urban Centre Landscape Transformation: Central Birmingham (UK) as a Test Case 1960-2010 35: Sustainable Transport in and at Tourist Destination Areas (TDAs) PART V: LOCAL AND SITE SCALE OF TOURISM AND LEISURE SERVICES PLANNING 36: Heritage Conservation Planning, at the Site Scale: Management and Interpretation 37: Historic Sites: Case Studies of Three Battlefields - Case Study 1: Gettysburg, Virginia, USA - Case Study 2: Culloden, Scotland, UK - Case Study 3: Waterloo, Belgium 38: Tivoli: a Unique Danish 'Pleasure Ground' and Theme Park 39: US Heritage Parks and High-capacity Theme Parks in Virginia 40: The New Museumology - Site Interpretation and Animation 41: Regional Park Systems, Identity and Outdoor Recreation in Metropolitan Areas - Case Study: The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA), Detroit 42: Beaulieu, UK: Recycling an Historic Private Estate as a Major Tourist Attraction 43: Integrated Community Building Complexes: Experimental Provisions in the Netherlands and the UK - Case Study 1: The Pioneer Health Centre, Peckham, London (1935) - Case Study 2: The 'Meerpaal', Dronten in Flevoland (1967) - Case Study 3: 't Karregat in Eindhoven (1973) - Case Study 4: The 'Agora', Lelystad in Flevoland (1977) PART VI: 'SLICING THE CAKE DIFFERENTLY' - RESORTS, SPAS, PILGRIMAGES AND CITY TOURISM 44: Introduction 45: Resorts are Not Forever - Case Study 1: The Scheveningen Story - Case Study 2: UK 'Sea-Change Programme 2008' - Case Study 3: Bournemouth - a Sustainable Resort? 46: Long-life Pilgrimage Tourism and its Destinations 47: Cities as Sustainable Tourism Destinations"

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Book SynopsisMost tourism activities take place at a destination, and destination serves as a fundamental unit of analysis in any modelling of the tourism system. However, destination marketing and management is a complex subject that requires a comprehensive, holistic and systematic approach. From the demand side, travellers have a choice of available destinations; from the supply side, destination marketing organizations are competing for attention from a highly competitive marketplace. Taking an integrated and comprehensive approach, this book focuses on both the macro and micro aspects of destination marketing and management. Some key areas covered include the consumer decision making process, product development and distribution and the use of emerging technologies in destination marketing.Table of ContentsPart One: Destination Marketing and Management: Concepts, Structures and Policies 1: Introduction of Destination Marketing and Management: Scope, Definition and Structures 2: Destination Planning and Policy: Process and Practice Part Two: Destination Marketing: Understanding Consumer Decision Making 3: Travel Motivation, Benefits, and Constraints to Destinations 4: Travel Decision Making: the Experiential Stance 5: Destination Information Search Strategies 6: Experiential Consumption and Destination Marketing Part Three: Destination Marketing: Research, Branding and Image Communication 7: Destination Marketing Research: Issues and Challenges 8: Destination Branding and Positioning 9: Destination Image Development and Communication Part Four: Destination Product Development and Distribution 10: The Evolution of Tourism Products in St Andrews, Scotland: From Religious Relics to Golfing Mecca 11: Distribution Channels in Destination Marketing and Promotion 12: Destination Marketing Systems: Critical Factors for Functional Design and Management 13: eTourism Critical Information and Communication Technologies for Tourism Destinations 14: Web 2.0 Online Community Destination Marketing 15: Events and Destination Marketing Part Five: Managing Stakeholders at Destinations 16: Collaborative Destination Marketing: Principles and Applications 17: Tourism Development and Destination Community Residents Part Six: Safety and Crisis Management at Destinations 18: The Importance of Safety and Security for Tourism Destinations 19: Destination Crisis Management Part Seven: Managing Competitiveness and Sustainability and Embracing Challenges and Opportunities 20: A Model of Destination Competitiveness and Sustainability 21: Destination Management: Challenges and Opportunities

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Book SynopsisManaging and co-ordinating tourism in a destination requires the organisation and co-operation of a large number of sectors, businesses, local authorities and individuals. Since tourism is an important driver in many economies destination governance in tourist destinations needs to be done well, to achieve economic aims and maintain sufficient infrastructure. This book provides a guide to the theoretical and methodological understanding of how to implement best practice governance procedures, with case studies illustrating good performance.Table of Contents1: Tourist Destination Governance: Practice, Theory and Issues 2: Tourist Destination Governance Challenges and Concerns: Questions of Development, Community Involvement, Responsiveness and Future Outcomes 3: Governance Approaches in New Tourism Destination Countries: Introducing Tourism Law in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam 4: Tourism in St Andrews: Conflicting Governance in the Mecca of Golf 5: Issues and Pressures on Achieving Effective Community Destination Governance: A Typology 6: The Role of Knowledge in Good Governance for Tourism 7: Tourist Destination Governance Decision-Making: Complexity, Dynamics and Influences 8: Responding to Crises in Thailand: A Governance Analysis 9: Controversial Ecotourism and Stakeholder Roles in Governance: 'Swim with Humpback Whales' in Vava'u 10: Community Empowered Tourism Development: A Case Study 11: Tourist Destination Governance Approaches and Solutions: Structural Change, Community Engagement, Networks and Collaborations 12: Structural Change and Re-engineering in Tourism: A Chance for Destination Governance in Grisons, Switzerland? 13: Design of Tourism Governance Networks 14: A Stakeholder Approach for Sustainable Community-based Rural Tourism Development in Thailand 15: Dynamics of Destination Governance: Governance and Metagovernance in the Composite Industrial Environment of Destinations 16: Tourist Destination Governance: Some Approaches and Suggestions for Future Research

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Book SynopsisTourism impacts on locations in many ways - socially, environmentally, culturally, and economically. This book examines some well established controversies in tourism and some newly emerging controversial aspects associated with tourism as an activity and a business. Controversies involving clashes between visitors and host communities, the rights and wrongs of eco-tourism, the impacts of mega-events, the legitimacy of dark tourism, and the costs and benefits of medical and wildlife tourism are assessed. This book is an interesting and thought provoking work ideal for tourism students, researchers and academics.Table of ContentsI: The Editors and Contributors II: Foreword III: Acknowledgements IV: Introduction 1: Of Ethics, Leisure and Tourism: the 'Serious Fun of Doing Tourism' 2: A Common Tourism Policy for the European Union:A Historical Perspective 3: Authenticity and Commodification: the Selling of Mayan Culture in Mexico's Mayan Riviera 4: Authenticity versus Development: Tourism to the Hill Tribes of Thailand 5: Controversies in Medical Tourism 6: Ethical Issues in Trophy Hunting 7: Ecotourism: A Maturing Discourse with Some Established Controversy 8: Ethnic Panopticon: a Controversy in Aboriginal Tourism 9: Gaming in the USA: Historical Development, Controversies and Current Status 10: Golf Tourism: the Case of Cyprus 11: Residential Tourism or Lifestyle Migration: Social Problems Linked to the non-Definition of the Situation 12: Surrealist Pilgrims, Melting Clocks in Marble Halls: Dark Tourism for a Post-Modern World 13: The Golden Jubilee of Independence and Panafest in Ghana: "All that Glitters is Not Gold" 14: The Ideological Role of Intergovernmental Organizations on the Promotion of International Tourism 15: The Paradoxes of Tourism Encounters in the Mass Tourism Spaces of The Gambia 16: Tourism or Conservation? a Controversy in Chitwan National Park, Nepal 17: Volunteer Tourism: Commodified Trend or New Phenomena V: Conclusion VI: Index

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Book SynopsisAfter decades of solid growth, the worldwide ocean cruise sector has become a noticeable economic factor and a significant employer. In the way it combines social, technological and natural systems to form its products, cruise tourism is an increasingly attractive area of study; particularly with regards to the managerial challenges posed by the interaction of these systems. This book brings together industry know-how, managerial experience and academic rigour to cover some of the most important and interesting managerial challenges associated with ocean cruises.Table of ContentsPart I: The Cruise Industry 1: The Demand for Ocean Cruises - Three Perspectives 2: Development of the Cruise Industry Structure - the Supply Side 3: Regulatory Frameworks of the Cruise Industry 4: Impacts of Cruising Part II: Cruise Line Corporate Management 5: Cruise Line Strategies for Keeping Afloat 6: Core Cruise Operator Processes and Systems: Overview and Challenges 7: Cruise Lines' Purchasing and Logistics Management 8: Human Resource Management in the Cruise Industry Part III: Cruise Line Marketing Management 9: Marketing Communications in the Cruise Industry 10: Pricing and Revenue Management for Cruises 11: Cruise Packages Part IV: Cruise Product Management 12: Cruise Product Development 13: Itinerary Planning 14: Shore-side Activities 15: Service Quality and the Cruise Industry Part V: Cruise Operations Management 16: Hotel Operations Management on Cruise Ships 17: Food and Beverage Operations 18: Safety and Security Management 19: Cruise Ship Marine Operations Part VI: Cruise Futures 20: Cruise Sector Growth - Prospects, Challenges, Responsibilities

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Book SynopsisFrameworks are the foundation of good scholarship. They structure, organize and communicate research, underpin individual studies and shape the field of study as a whole. This book provides the first comprehensive and systematic review and critique of frameworks for tourism research. Theoretical, conceptual, analytical and integrative frameworks are all covered in detail, with the features, use, strengths and limitations of each form discussed and illustrated using a wide range of examples and applications across the field of tourism studies.Table of Contents1: Introduction: Frameworks and Tourism Research 2: Theoretical Frameworks 3: Conceptual Frameworks 4: Analytical Frameworks 5: Integrative Frameworks 6: Multi-purpose Matrices 7: Process Frameworks 8: Systems, Networks and Composite Frameworks 9: Selecting and Developing Frameworks 10: Frameworks and Future Directions in Tourism Research

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Book SynopsisWith contributions from international experts this book provides a broad discussion of cultural tourism as a concept and the way it is implemented in diverse regions around the world. Addressing the notion of cultural tourism and what it means to tourism as an industry, and also types of cultural tourism offered to tourists and experienced by them. Many international case studies will be included on specific instances of cultural tourism, and current topics such as cultural tourism's relationship to sustainability are discussed.Table of Contents1: Introduction to Cultural Tourism Philosophy and Management 2: Managing Heritage and Cultural Tourism Resources 3: The Impact of Cultural Tourism on Host Communities 4: Cultural Tourism: Global and Local Perspectives? 5: Cultural Sites and their Management: Co-creation of Value or Co-creation of Experience 6: Mobile Interpretation at Cultural Attractions: Insights into Users and Non-Users of Audio-Guides 7: Emerging Concepts and Case studies of Eco-cultural Tourism 8: Re-Inventing British Culture: Multi-Culturalism and Travel 9: Case Study 1: Irish Cultural Tourism - Case Study of Policy Development 10: Case Study 2: Archaeotourism - The Past is our Future? 11: Case Study 3: Urban Generation and Culture: Maltese Example 12: Case Study 4: The Cultural Tourism Sustainability Mix Applied to the Development of Contemplative Tourism in Limburg - The Netherlands 13: Case Study 5: Network of Hungarian Rural Heritage Farmhouses 14: Case Study 6: Managing Heritage and Cultural Tourism Resources in Dubrovnik 15: Case Study 7: Urban Generation and Cultural Development of Girona 16: Case Study 8: Reflection on the Constituent Elements of Cultural Tourism: Theatre Festivals. A Case Study of Temporada Alta (Girona, Spain) 17: Case Study 9: The London 2012 Olympic Games: The Cultural Tourist as a Pillar of Sustainability 18: Case Study 10: Reenactment as an aspect of Cultural Tourism 19: Case Study 11: Music, Money and Movement

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Book SynopsisTourism is one of the world's biggest industries. Responsible tourism is concerned with the effects of tourism on people, ecology, and communities, and seeks to ameliorate these impacts by providing tourism which benefits host communities, improves working conditions, involves the local community, promotes cultural heritage, and benefits the environment. This book discusses responsible tourism as a whole, including the politics, policy and planning behind it, and major sub-topics such as poverty reduction, the environment, transport, governance, wildlife tours and heritage.Table of Contents1: Introduction PART 1: Responsible Tourism and Responsibilities 2: The Responsible Tourism Debate 3: International Transport and Climate Change: Taking Responsibility Seriously 4: The Consumers of Tourism PART 2: The Central Tenets of Tourism 5: Destination Communities and Responsible Tourism 6: Environmental Performance 7: The Politics of Tourism and Poverty Reduction 8: Governance and Responsible Tourism PART 3: Responsible Tourism in Action? 9: Adventure Tours: Responsible Tourism in Practice? 10: Responsible Wildlife Tourism in Africa 11: Cultural Heritage: World Heritage Sites and Responsible Tourism in Argentina 12: Hospitality Enterprise - a Key Influence 13: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn today's society, hidden beliefs can subtly guide the management of parks, such as treating them as natural resources rather than national assets. Resulting management practices often lead to deferred maintenance on park infrastructure, causing inadequate protection from vandalism, poaching, and theft of artefacts. A sad demise, often due to an out-dated belief that parks are non-essential leisure services rather than necessities for a vibrant modern life. This book challenges the reader to examine the core beliefs that created our public parklands, comparing them with the beliefs that guide contemporary park stewardship in an effort to improve the management of parks and reassess their purpose in modern life.Table of ContentsA: Foreword Part I: Growing Parks in the Fields of Belief 1: The Ecology of Belief - It's all in the Connections 2: The Power and Theory of Belief - The Real Limits of Preservation 3: The Ecology, Energy, and Dynamics of Belief 4: Norms, Ethics, and Beliefs in Our Parks 5: Organizational Beliefs - From Visionary to Functionary 6: Beliefs, as Values, Possessions, and Lenses Part II: Ploughing the Fertile Fields of Belief 7: Credibility, Authenticity, Believability, and Park Maintenance 8: Patterns of Thinking - Structures of Believing 9: The Nesting Habits of Beliefs - and the Belief Tree 10: The Symbolism of Beliefs: Signs, Symbols, Icons, and Omens 11: This I Believe - Discovering Your Belief System 12: Belief Bites - Truisms, Metaphors, Aphorisms, and the Wisdom of the Ages 13: Beliefs as Environmental Super Highways and Roadblocks Part III: Exploring the Far-Flung Fields of Belief 14: Belief-Based Science and Research Methods 15: From Beliefs to Science and Back Again 16: The Politics of Belief - Park Wildlife as a Case Study 17: Environmental Beliefs as Spiritual, Sacred, and Religious 18: Toward Environmental Sanity through the Ecology of Belief 19: Parks as Belief - Making Peace with Paradox 20: Afterword: The Human Need Maslow Rejected - The Need to Believe B: Appendix: A Kit of Belief-Based Tools for Interpreting Environmental Issues

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Book SynopsisThe Chinese insurance industry has experienced rapid development during the past decade. This original book is the first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents a comprehensive review on alternative methodologies for analyzing firm efficiency.The authors suggest alternative ways to improve performance of insurance companies in China and make useful policy recommendations on regulation, competition and development of the insurance industry. They expand the applications of data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis in the literature on technical efficiency and discuss managerial implications for both insurance companies and policymakers.Performance of the Chinese Insurance Industry under Economic Reforms will be significant for academic researchers and students of economics, finance and business. Managers of financial institutions in China and the rest of the world will find this important book intriguing, as will policymakers and regulators working in the financial and insurance industries.Trade Review‘Performance of the Chinese Insurance Industry under Economic Reforms is an excellent account of the development and efficiency of the Chinese insurance sector. The book is a significant read for academic researchers, policymakers, and students of economics, finance, and business, in particular for those interested in the complex insurance sector in China’s dynamic economy. . . this is an important book for both an academic and a policy audience. As the first empirical study of its kind, it provides insights in the development and key issues for China’s insurance sector.’ -- Christine Loh, China InformationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. China’s Insurance Market – Development Issues 3. Review of Efficiency Studies in the Insurance Sector 4. Efficiency Concepts and DEA Measures 5. DEA Applications to Insurance Companies in China 6. Managerial Implications: Further Exploration 7. SFA Applications and Robustness of DEA Results 8. Malmquist Index Development of Insurance Companies in China 9. Conclusion, Policy Recommendations and Further Research Directions Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a complete picture of the development of competitive balance in the major European football countries over an extended period of time, along with some policy prescriptions for the governance of the European football market. It presents three new indices which show that European football competitions become less exciting over time. It is also shown that the lower the average number of goals per match, the more imperfect the referee and the stronger the home and away (dis)advantage, the higher the level of competitive balance will be. In the final chapter it is argued that to safeguard the competitive balance and the longstanding traditions of European football, a decommercialization of football is required. Using standard welfare economic theory, the author shows that free-of-charge public broadcasting is the preferred policy. This book is highly relevant for sports economists, higher vocational and academic students in sports studies and for policymakers in football governing bodies and competition policy agencies.Trade Review'Always wanted to know which European football league offers the most exciting competition? Or, when defensive play and erratic referees enhance the suspense? Interested to find out how a return to the situation of the non-commercial 1950s can prevent a collapse of the top leagues? If you also want to learn how to do your own football statistics, then this book by Mr. Loek Groot is the football book you have been waiting for all these years.' -- Harrie Verbon, Tilburg University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Using Football Statistics: The Basic Techniques 2. Competitive Balance: Sport’s Most Precious Good 3. Static Competitive Balance 4. Competitive Balance Based on Team Quality 5. Dynamic Competitive Balance 6. The Future of European Football: Back to the 1950s Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis study forms an entirely new area of research on Small Island Tourism Economies (SITEs). It addresses the importance of uncertainty in monthly international tourist arrivals and country risk indicators to the macroeconomy. Conditional volatilities are estimated for international tourist arrivals, and an economic interpretation from the estimated results is provided. In achieving these two objectives, this work presents an extensive assessment of the important characteristics and the impact of tourism in SITEs in relation to their gross domestic product, balance of payments, employment and foreign direct investment, among other factors. This book is unique in giving emphasis to macroeconomic implications rather than an industry focus.The Economics of Small Island Tourism will appeal to academics at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels involved in environmental and tourism management as well as tourism economics.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Matteo Manera 1. Introduction 2. Salient Features of Small Island Tourism Economies 3. A Survey of Empirical Analysis in Tourism Demand 4. Economic Profiles, Tourism Composition and Trends in Country Risk in Small Island Tourism Economies 5. Models of Symmetric and Asymmetric Conditional Volatility: Structure, Asymptotic Theory and Applications to Tourism Demand 6. Modelling Uncertainty in International Tourist Arrivals to Maldives 7. Modelling Country Risk and Volatility in Small Island Tourism Economies 8. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisTourism and Sustainable Economic Development highlights the opportunities and risks of nature-based tourism for economic development and explores selected strategies for sustainability. The prospect of tourism growth is a potential source of major challenges and considerable threats on a number of levels. The concept of sustainable tourism development has thus become the focus of the debate on this subject. This invaluable book aims to provide useful analytical and empirical tools in support of the idea that sustainability is not just about regulating and controlling the negative impacts of tourism. It is also about policies and actions that aim to reinforce the benefits and reduce the costs of tourism, in order to make it more profitable now and in the future.The chapters focused on economic modelling offer a valuable overview of the main issues currently debated at the academic level. The book also illustrates a number of empirical instruments that will provide a useful reference for academics and policymakers interested in how to put theory into practice. This study will be of great value to economists, geographers and to those who have a direct or indirect interest in tourism economics.Trade Review'An exceptionally well informed and meticulous scholarly analysis of the source of tourism as both a boon to and a bane upon the economies of developing nations. . . highly recommended for college library collections and personal reading lists on the subject of international economics in general, and the economic impact of tourism in particular.' -- - Library Bookwatch, Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: MODELLING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT 1. Tourism, Growth and Pollution Abatement Fabio Cerina 2. Specialised Trade, Growth Differentials and the Performance of Tourism Economies Simone Valente 3. Tourism Development and Environmental Quality: Long-Run Effects of Monopoly Power Sauveur Giannoni and Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis 4. The Economics of Local Tourist Systems Guido Candela, Paolo Figini and Antonello E. Scorcu 5. Inbound Tourism and Internal Migration in a Developing Economy Jean-Jacques Nowak and Mondher Sahli 6. Tourism, Jobs, Capital Accumulation and the Economy: A Dynamic Analysis Chi-Chur Chao, Bharat R. Hazari, Jean-Pierre Laffargue, Pasquale M. Sgrò and Eden S.H. Yu PART II: MEASURING AND ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF TOURISM 7. The Volatility of Growth and Tourism Earnings Anil Markandya and Suzette Pedroso-Galinato 8. Managing Value-at-Risk in Daily Tourist Tax Revenues for the Maldives Michael McAleer, Riaz Shareef and Bernardo da Veiga 9. Uncovering the Macrostructure of Tourists’ Preferences: a Choice Experiment Analysis of Tourism Demand to Sardinia Rinaldo Brau and Davide Cao 10. Linking Environmental Quality Changes and Tourism Demand with the Repeat Visits Method Sophie Avila-Foucat and Juan L. Eugenio-Martin 11. Social Carrying Capacity of Mass Tourist Sites: Theoretical and Practical Issues about its Measurement Silva Marzetti Dall’Aste Brandolini and Renzo Mosetti Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book offers a critical interpretation of the traditional social and economic accounts of sport. It provides an incisive analysis of professional sport and defines alternative foundations to the present model. The authors demonstrate that professional sport is an extremely complex phenomenon encompassing many unique factors depending on its global reach, financing and organization. In particular they address three significant issues: an analysis of the relationship between sport and economic development in order to explain the place of professional sport in modern societies a study of the main difficulties facing the organization of professional sports in terms of financing, collective bargaining and the consequences of revenue sharing for competitive balance an exploration of alternatives to current governance structures which would involve a return to professional ethics. This insightful and topical book is essential for academics and students of sport management, researchers of the economics of sport, managers of clubs and federations involved in professional sports, as well as civil servants and journalists.Trade Review‘One of the strong points of the book is the global perspective taken by the authors. . . The authors make a convincing case that professional sport is a phenomena of richer countries, both in terms of demand and supply, and of sporting success. . . I liked the book. . .’ -- Ruud H. Koning, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und StatistikTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Economic History of Professional Sport 2. Significance and Measurement of the Economic Impact of Professional Sport 3. Economic Development and Sporting Performance on a Worldwide Scale 4. What is at stake in the New Economic Relationships between Professional Sport and Television? 5. The Segmentation of the Sports Labour Market: Three Examples 6. Models of Organization of Professional Sport and Competitive Balance 7. The False Justification of Sport as a Global Public Good 8. Doping as a By-Product of Professional Sport Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisLess than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes, they would have had to use a government-issued coupon. Today the Chinese fashion industry is one of the most dynamic in the world - it not only supplies fashions to the increasingly discerning domestic market, but also provides one-third of the clothing sold in the global market. How did this phenomenal transition come about? What can the growth of the Chinese fashion industry tell us about the post-Mao China? What roles do the local and the global play in the dramatic changes? This book offers a historically informed, ethnographically grounded and interpretive analysis of contemporary Chinese fashion and the fashion industry. It examines the interplay of state politics, market forces, local social and cultural factors, and the global political economy, both in the rise of the Chinese fashion industry and in the life and work of Chinese fashion professionals. As the first ethnographic account of the Chinese fashion industry in the post-Mao era, The Chinese Fashion Industry combines first-hand accounts with sophisticated cultural analysis to offer new insights, and will be of interest to students and scholars of fashion, anthropology and China.Trade ReviewThe analyses are timely and important, and Zhao shows conclusively that many of our assumptions about fashion, the market, and modernization do not apply simplistically in the case of China. The book is short and readable and would be of interest to anthropologists working on material culture, globalization, and fashion and would be accessible to students and the general public. -- Jack David Eller * Anthropology Review Database *The book is a “must-read” for anyone who wants to know about China’s fashion scene. Zhao has contributed many unique and interesting insights that are informed by his scholarly background in anthropology. His ability to challenge established theories and traditional views deserves admiration from both scholars and general readers. Another noteworthy point is Zhao’s accessible yet informed writing style. This is not just a book for scholars in the field, but also an interesting text for anyone who wants to understand more about Chinese political, social and economic culture, as it has applied to the fashion industry. -- Christine Tsui, Parsons The New School for Design * The China Journal, No. 72 *Table of ContentsI. Introduction II. Rise of the Chinese Fashion Industry Chapter 1: The Growth of Chinese Textile and Apparel Industries Chapter 2: What Do Changing Chinese Fashions Really Tell Us? III. Creating Fashion in China Chapter 3: Designing a National Style: The Tangzhuang Phenomenon Chapter 4: For the Sake of Art or for the Market? The Cultural Economy of Fashion Design Chapter 5: Creating Fashion on the Runway, Chinese Style Chapter 6: Making Clothes for International Markets IV. Conclusion: Clothing, Modernization, and Globalization Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis‘Eloquent, entertaining and accessible.’ FT AdviserWhen Kevin Rodgers embarked on his career in finance, dealing rooms were filled with clamouring traders and gesticulating salesmen. Nearly three decades later, the bustle has gone and the loudest noise you’re likely to hear is the gentle tapping of keyboards. Why Aren’t They Shouting? is one banker’s chronicle of this silent revolution, taking us from an age of shouted phone calls and alpha males right up to today’s world of computer geeks and complex derivatives. Along the way, Rodgers offers a masterclass in how modern banking actually works, exploring the seismic changes to the global financial industry over the last thirty years. Above all, his story raises a deeply troubling question: could it be that the technology that has transformed banking – and that continues to do so – is actually making it ever more unstable?‘A welcome addition to the panoply of must-read titles about banking before, during and after the crisis … by someone who was actually at the centre of the industry at the time.’ Euromoney‘An animated first-person narrative about the reality of banking … lively and engaging.’ LSE Review of BooksTrade ReviewAn animated, first-person narrative about the reality of banking … lively and engaging … Rodgers takes your hand and walks you through the history of finance. * LSE Review of Books *A welcome addition to the panoply of must-read titles about banking before, during and after the crisis … by someone who was actually at the centre of the industry at the time. * Euromoney *A rip-roaring ride through the dealing floors of the world’s financial market … the storyline is eloquent, right up there with the calibre of the master of the genre, Michael Lewis. * Financial Advisor *This is an enjoyable, fast-paced yet informative book … readers will be absorbed and fascinated by the inner workings of an industry that is essential to all our lives. * International Investment *A truly insightful look into the history of technology and what it could mean for banking’s future * Small Business Trends *

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first study to survey, over a ten-year period, innovations and the industrial formation process of online game business, and global strategies of major Korean online game companies. It focuses on the innovative factors which made the Korean online game industry grow tremendously and successfully to gain competitiveness in the global game industry. These include: the main factors stimulating online game business; virtual business created by online games as well as an examination of the role of the Korean government at the beginning and developmental period of the online gaming business.This book also contains authentic and accumulated research conducted over five years in the international domain of the online game industry. This research unveils diverse strategies of game companies and presents cognitive differences toward the online game business where various convergences will occur between the online game and other Internet businesses.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a unique collection of important academic contributions made in the field of tourism and the environment in the last 30 years. Dr. Becken has carefully selected seminal articles which together represent a wide range of theoretical and applied pieces of research and offer detailed examples from different geographical areas. Any scholar or practitioner with an interest in the area of tourism's environmental impacts and interactions will find this excellent reference collection very useful.Trade Review‘. . . Tourism and the Environment provides a very useful compendium of seminal papers and an overview of the evolution and complexity of this field of study. The editor of the volume, Susanne Becken, is a well-established and highly regarded scholar in the field, and her expert knowledge in the selection of papers ensures a useful and highly informative volume. . . a very useful reference volume for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.’ -- Dianne Dredge, Australian Journal of Environmental Management‘Becken in this well designed book fills a major gap in the tourism studies literature. This book will be an essential reference for all who want to be informed about the evolution of thought involving the interrelationship between tourism and the environment.’ -- Clem Tisdell, University of Queensland, Australia‘Tourism activity and the natural environment are closely interrelated. This volume provides a timely selection of contributions to the literature pertaining to that relationship. It covers conceptual/theoretical insights as well as empirical and methodological research. The book will be valuable to a diverse readership including academic researchers, policymakers and practitioners.’ -- Twan Huybers, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction The Evolution of Research on Tourism and the Environment Susanne Becken PART I CONCEPTS AND THEORY 1. Gerardo Budowski (1976), ‘Tourism and Environmental Conservation: Conflict, Coexistence, or Symbiosis?’ 2. Erlet Cater (1995), ‘Environmental Contradictions in Sustainable Tourism’ 3. Helen Briassoulis (2002), ‘Sustainable Tourism and the Question of the Commons’ 4. Bryan Farrell and Louise Twining-Ward (2005), ‘Seven Steps Towards Sustainability: Tourism in the Context of New Knowledge’ PART II LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 5. John J. Pigram (1980), ‘Environmental Implications of Tourism Development’ 6. Debra J. Enzenbacher (1992), ‘Antarctic Tourism and Environmental Concerns’ 7. Paul Messerli (1987), ‘The Development of Tourism in the Swiss Alps: Economic, Social, and Environmental Effects. Experience and Recommendations From the Swiss MAB Programme’ 8. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (1999), ‘Climate Change, Coral Bleaching and the Future of the World’s Coral Reefs’ PART III GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 9. Geoffrey Wall and Catherine Badke (1994), ‘Tourism and Climate Change: An International Perspective’ 10. Alice Bows, Paul Upham and Kevin Anderson (2005), ‘Executive Summary’ 11. A. Walz, G.-P. Calonder, F. Hagedorn, C. Lardelli, C. Lundström and V. Stöckli (2008), ‘Regional CO2 Budget, Countermeasures and Reduction Aims for the Alpine Tourist Region of Davos, Switzerland’ PART IV BEHAVIOUR, VALUES AND ATTITUDES 12. Edgar L. Jackson (1986), ‘Outdoor Recreation Participation and Attitudes to the Environment’ 13. Brian Wheeller (1993), ‘Sustaining the Ego’ 14. Nagothu Udaya Sekhar (2003), ‘Local People’s Attitudes Towards Conservation and Wildlife Tourism Around Sariska Tiger Reserve, India’ 15. Graham Miller (2001), ‘Corporate Responsibility in the UK Tourism Industry’ PART V MARKETS AND PRODUCTS 16. Richard Butler (1992), ‘Alternative Tourism: The Thin Edge of the Wedge’ 17. R.S. de Groot (1983), ‘Tourism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands’ 18. James Higham and Michael Lück (2002), ‘Urban Ecotourism: A Contradiction in Terms?’ PART VI MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING 19. Edward Inskeep (1987), ‘Environmental Planning for Tourism’ 20. P.F.J Eagles and S.F. McCool (2004), ‘Management of Visitors in National Parks and Protected Areas’ 21. Xavier Font (2007), ‘Ecotourism Certification: Potential and Challenges’ 22. Mark B. Orams (1995), ‘Using Interpretation to Manage Nature-based Tourism’ PART VII POLICY AND ECONOMICS 23. John A. Dixon, Louise Fallon Scura and Tom van’t Hof (1993), ‘Meeting Ecological and Economic Goals: Marine Parks in the Caribbean’ 24. Shaul Krakover (1985), ‘Development of Tourism Resort Areas in Arid Regions’ 25. Paul Peeters, Stefan Gössling and Susanne Becken (2006), ‘Innovation Towards Tourism Sustainability: Climate Change and Aviation’ 26. Rosaleen Duffy (2006), ‘The Potential and Pitfalls of Global Environmental Governance: The Politics of Transfrontier Conservation Areas in Southern Africa’ 27. Peter Forsyth, Larry Dwyer and Harry Clarke (1995), ‘Problems in Use of Economic Instruments to Reduce Adverse Environmental Impacts of Tourism’ PART VIII METHODS 28. Paolo Figini, Massimiliano Castellani and Laura Vici (2007), ‘The Externalities Between Tourists and Residents: A Study of Rimini Using Discrete Choice Models’ 29. Paul A. Walker, R. Greiner, D. McDonald and V. Lyne (1999), ‘The Tourism Futures Simulator: A Systems Thinking Approach’ 30. Tim Bahaire and Martin Elliott-White (1999), ‘The Application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Sustainable Tourism Planning: A Review’ 31. Colin Hunter (2002), ‘Sustainable Tourism and the Touristic Ecological Footprint’ 32. Jozef W.M. van Doorn (1986), ‘Scenario Writing: A Method for Long-Term Tourism Forecasting?’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisMany facets of place branding, such as identities, image, promotion or sense of place, have been around for a long time. However, the need to analyse their nature in the context of branding and to examine their relationships in detail has grown rapidly in the last decade or so, as places all over the world have put branding activities higher than ever in their agenda. This important new book examines and clarifies key aspects of the recently popularised concept of place branding, expounding many controversies, confusions and discords in the field. The expert contributors clarify several unresolved issues surrounding the application of place branding, in particular its multiple goals. They provide a detailed analysis of the role of local communities in place branding strategies, and illustrate not only how, but also why brand management should be implemented. Case studies from a range of jurisdictions and cultural and political viewpoints are drawn upon, each illustrating an array of issues or techniques in specific economic, cultural and geographical contexts. This book provides a theoretically informed but practically oriented overview and discussion of the increasingly popular field of place branding as an instrument of place management. As such, it will strongly appeal to both academics and practitioners in the fields of place marketing, place branding, local development, tourism planning and development, tourism marketing, cultural geography, urban and regional planning. Consultants in local authorities, national and regional tourism boards will also find this to be a fascinating read.Trade Review‘The study and practise of place branding has reached a point where so much has been undertaken from a range of disciplines, each with its own terminology, methodology, and theoretical foundations, that the resulting mass requires distillation. Towards Effective Place Brand Management addresses this need by bringing together a collection of articles that comprehensively reflects upon the evolution of place branding, the state of our knowledge, and most importantly, the need for strategic thinking as we move forward.’ -- Statia J. Elliot, Annals of Tourism ResearchTable of ContentsContents: 1. Place Branding: Where Do We Stand? Mihalis Kavaratzis and Gregory Ashworth 2. Place Branding Theory: A Cross-domain Literature Review from a Marketing Perspective Graham Hankinson 3. Is Corporate Branding Relevant to Places? Mihalis Kavaratzis 4. Place Marketing, Local Identity and Branding Cultural Images in Southern Europe: Nea Ionia, Greece and Pafos, Cyprus Alex Deffner and Theodore Metaxas 5. Branding Madrid: From ‘Madrid Global’ to ‘Global Madrid’ María Cristina Mateo and Gildo Seisdedos 6. Managing Otherness: The Political Economy of Place Images in the Case of Tuscany Nicola Bellini, Anna Loffredo and Cecilia Pasquinelli 7. Place-making or Place Branding? Case Studies of Catalonia and Wales Assumpció Huertas Roig, Annette Pritchard and Nigel Morgan 8. Branding Aalborg: Building Community or Selling Place? Anette Therkelsen, Henrik Halkier and Ole B. Jensen 9. Mind the Gap: Reputation, Identity and Regeneration in Post-Industrial Cities Myfanwy Trueman, Nelarine Cornelius, Mirza Mohammed Ali Baig and Joyce Liddle 10. The ‘Be Berlin’ Campaign: Old Wine in New Bottles or Innovative Form of Participatory Place Branding? Claire Colomb and Ares Kalandides 11. Place Satisfaction of City Residents: Findings and Implications for City Branding Andrea Insch and Magdalena Florek 12. Semiotics and Place Branding: The Influence of the Built and Natural Environment in City Logos Gary Warnaby and Dominic Medway 13. Personality Association as an Instrument of Place Branding: Possibilities and Pitfalls Gregory Ashworth 14. Conclusion: In Search of Effective Place Brand Management Gregory Ashworth and Mihalis Kavaratzis References Index

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary Handbook combines both mainstream and heterodox economics to assess the nature, scope and importance of leisure activity. Surprisingly, the field of leisure economics is not, thus far, a particularly integrated or coherent one. In this Handbook a wide ranging body of international scholars get to grips with this issue, taking in the traditional income/leisure choice model of textbook microeconomics and Becker's allocation of time model along the way. They expertly apply economics to some usually neglected topics, such as boredom, sleeping and social networking which encourages a move towards an integrate field of economics of leisure. Contributions from further afield by Veblen, Sctivosky and Bourdieu also feature prominently. Applying a mix of theoretical and empirical work, undergraduate students in modules on sport/leisure economics as well as sport/leisure management will find this important resource invaluable. Contributors: V. Ateca-Amestoy, G. Bakker, A. Balestrino, S. Banerjee, G. Black, S. Cameron, A. Collins, A. Cooke, J. Cox, L. David, G. Doyle, P.E. Earl, V.G. Fitzsimons, V. Flambard, M. Fox, S. Hussels, K. Jackson, G. Larsen, L.J.A. Lenten, L. Mintz, D. O'Reilly, D. Paton, T.-C. Peng, R.K. Pillania, S. Scott, A.B. Trigg, N. Vaillant, D.L. Wheeler, F.-C. WolffTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Overview of the Economics of Leisure Samuel Cameron PART I: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF LEISURE 2. On Economics, Leisure and Much More Alessandro Balestrino 3. Towards a Bourdieusian Economics of Leisure Andrew B. Trigg 4. Leisure and Subjective Well-being Victoria Ateca-Amestoy PART II: WORK/LEISURE BALANCE 5. The Economics of Sleep and Boredom Samuel Cameron 6. Half Full or Half Empty: The Economics of Work–Life Balance Samuel Cameron and Mark Fox 7. Working from Home: Leisure Gain or Leisure Loss? Samuel Cameron and Mark Fox 8. Contradictions of Capitalism in Health and Fitness Leisure Simeon Scott PART III: PEOPLE AND PLACES AS LEISURE 9. Dating as Leisure Véronique Flambard, Nicolas Vaillant and François-Charles Wolff 10. Home Improvements Peter E. Earl and Ti-Ching Peng 11. Reconsidering the Silk Road: Tourism in the Context of Regionalism and Trade Patterns Karen Jackson PART IV: SPECTATING AND EVENTS 12. Leisure Tribe-onomics Darragh O’Reilly 13. The Significance of Commercial Music Festivals Gretchen Larsen and Stephanie Hussels 14. The Rise and Decline of Drive-in Cinemas in the United States Mark Fox and Grant Black 15. Entertainment and Economic Contributions of the Indian Hindi Movie Industry Rajesh K. Pillania and Subhojit Banerjee 16. Leisure Time, Cinema and the Structure of Household Entertainment Expenditure, 1890–1940 Gerben Bakker 17. Long-run Trends and Factors in Attendance Patterns in Sport: Australian Football League, 1945–2009 Liam J.A. Lenten 18. The Changing Demands of Leisure Time: The Emergence of Twenty20 Cricket David Paton and Andrew Cooke PART V: DIVERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS 19. The Economics of the Video-gaming Leisure Market Joe Cox 20. Competitive Forces in the US Recreational Vehicle Industry Mark Fox, Lane David and Grant Black 21. Magazines Gillian Doyle 22. The Impact of New Technology on Leisure Networks Vincent G. Fitzsimons 23. Girls Just Want to Have Fun? Internet Leisure and Women’s Empowerment in Jordan Deborah L. Wheeler and Lauren Mintz 24. Sexual Leisure Markets Alan Collins Index

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Book SynopsisIn this authoritative collection, Professor Andreff presents the most significant articles published over the last decade or so by leading scholars in the field of sports economics. The volumes cover a wide spectrum of approaches to the subject. Some articles delve more deeply into existing issues such as the economic impact of professional sport, sports events and sports facilities. Some extend sports economics into new areas such as the measurement of the overall US sports economy, the economic underdevelopment of sports in developing countries and the global trade in sports goods. Others offer a synthetic view of important recent developments in the field, including the demand for sport, facility finance, the economics of promotion and relegation in sports leagues and competitive balance. Professor Andreff has written a comprehensive new introduction which gives a thorough overview of this topical subject. Table of ContentsContents: Volume I ] Acknowledgements Introduction Wladimir Andreff PART I THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SPORTS MARKETS 1. Gerd Ahlert (2000), ‘Reasons for Modelling Sports in a Complex Economic Model: Two Examples’ 2. Brad R. Humphreys and Jane E. Ruseski (2009), ‘Estimates of the Dimensions of the Sports Market in the US’ 3. James G. Mulligan and Emmanuel Llinares (2003), ‘Market Segmentation and the Diffusion of Quality-Enhancing Innovations: The Case of Downhill Skiing’ 4. Stefano DellaVigna and Ulrike Malmendier (2006), ‘Paying Not to Go to the Gym’ 5. Lawrence M. Kahn (2007), ‘Markets: Cartel Behavior and Amateurism in College Sports’ 6. Jeffery Borland and Robert Macdonald (2003), ‘Demand for Sport’ 7. Harry Arne Solberg (2006), ‘The Auctioning of TV Sports Rights’ 8. John Gannon, Kevin Evans and John Goddard (2006), ‘The Stock Market Effects of the Sale of Live Broadcasting Rights for English Premiership Football: An Event Study’ 9. Jaume García, Leví Pérez and Plácido Rodríguez (2008), ‘Football Pools Sales: How Important Is a Football Club in the Top Divisions?’ PART II THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPORTING EVENTS AND SPORT FACILITIES 10. Arne Feddersen, Wolfgang Maennig and Philipp Zimmermann (2008), ‘The Empirics of Key Factors in the Success of Bids for Olympic Games’ 11. Holger Preuss (2005), ‘The Economic Impact of Visitors at Major Multi-sport Events’ 12. Robert A. Baade and Victor Matheson (2000), ‘An Assessment of the Economic Impact of the American Football Championship, the Super Bowl, on Host Communities’ 13. Marc Lavoie and Gabriel Rodríguez (2005), ‘The Economic Impact of Professional Teams on Monthly Hotel Occupancy Rates of Canadian Cities: A Box-Jenkins Approach’ 14. Paul M. Downward and Rita Ralston (2006), ‘The Sports Development Potential of Sports Event Volunteering: Insights from the XVII Manchester Commonwealth Games’ 15. Andrew Zimbalist and Judith Grant Long (2006), ‘Facility Finance: Measurement, Trends, and Analysis’ 16. Eva Marikova Leeds, Michael A. Leeds and Irina Pistolet (2007), ‘A Stadium by Any Other Name: The Value of Naming Rights’ PART III PROFESSIONAL SPORTS: ECONOMIC DESIGN, FINANCE AND EFFICIENCY 17. Stefan Szymanski (2003), ‘The Economic Design of Sporting Contests’ 18. Luca Rebeggiani and Davide Tondani (2008), ‘Organizational Forms in Professional Cycling: An Examination of the Efficiency of the UCI Pro Tour’ 19. Dennis W. Carlton, Alan S. Frankel and Elisabeth M. Landes (2004), ‘The Control of Externalities in Sports Leagues: An Analysis of Restrictions in the National Hockey League’ 20. Roger G. Noll (2002), ‘The Economics of Promotion and Relegation in Sports Leagues: The Case of English Football’ 21. Stefan Kesenne (2007), ‘Does a Win Bonus Help to Increase Profit or Wins in Professional Team Sports?’ 22. Wladimir Andreff and Paul D. Staudohar (2000), ‘The Evolving European Model of Professional Sports Finance’ 23. Guido Ascari and Philippe Gagnepain (2007), ‘Evaluating Rent Dissipation in the Spanish Football Industry’ 24. Peter von Allmen (2001), ‘Is the Reward System in NASCAR Efficient?’ 25. Carlos Pestana Barros, Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio and Stephanie Leach (2009), ‘Analysing the Technical Efficiency of the Spanish Football League First Division with a Random Frontier Model’ 26. Fiona Carmichael and Dennis Thomas (2008), ‘Efficiency in Knock-out Tournaments: Evidence from EURO 2004’ Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction to both volumes by the editor appears in Volume I PART I ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM, COMPETITIVE BALANCE AND ATTENDANCE 1. Andrew S. Zimbalist (2002), ‘Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues: An Introduction’ 2. John Vrooman (2009), ‘Theory of the Perfect Game: Competitive Balance in Monopoly Sports Leagues’ 3. Luigi Buzzacchi, Stefan Szymanski and Tommaso M. Valletti (2003), ‘Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Outcome: Open Leagues, Closed Leagues and Competitive Balance’ 4. Rodney Fort and James Quirk (2004), ‘Owner Objectives and Competitive Balance’ 5. Stefan Szymanski (2004), ‘Professional Team Sports Are Only a Game: The Walrasian Fixed-Supply Conjecture Model, Contest-Nash Equilibrium, and the Invariance Principle’ 6. Brad R. Humphreys (2002), ‘Alternative Measures of Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues’ 7. Cind Du Bois and Bruno Heyndels (2007), ‘It’s a Different Game You Go to Watch: Competitive Balance in Men’s and Women’s Tennis’ 8. John L. Solow and Anthony C. Krautmann (2007), ‘Leveling the Playing Field or Just Lowering Salaries? The Effects of Redistribution in Baseball’ 9. David Forrest and Rob Simmons (2006), ‘New Issues in Attendance Demand: The Case of the English Football League’ 10. Daniel A. Rascher and John Paul G. Solmes (2007), ‘Do Fans Want Close Contests? A Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis in the National Basketball Association’ 11. Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys (2007), ‘Ticket Prices, Concessions and Attendance at Professional Sporting Events’ PART II LABOUR MARKET FOR TALENTS, PAY AND PERFORMANCE 12. Lawrence M. Kahn (2000), ‘The Sports Business as a Labor Market Laboratory’ 13. Martin B. Schmidt and David J. Berri (2004), ‘The Impact of Labor Strikes on Consumer Demand: An Application to Professional Sports’ 14. Stephen Hall, Stefan Szymanski and Andrew S. Zimbalist (2002), ‘Testing Causality between Team Performance and Payroll: The Cases of Major League Baseball and English Soccer’ 15. Gerald W. Scully (2002), ‘The Distribution of Performance and Earnings in a Prize Economy’ 16. Bernd Frick and Joachim Prinz (2007), ‘Pay and Performance in Professional Road Running: The Case of City Marathons’ 17. Egon Franck and Stephan Nüesch (2008), ‘Mechanisms of Superstar Formation in German Soccer: Empirical Evidence’ 18. Stefan Kesenne (2003), ‘The Salary Cap Proposal of the G-14 in European Football’ 19. David J. Berri, Michael A. Leeds, Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael Mondello (2009), ‘The Role of Managers in Team Performance’ PART III GAME THEORY APPLIED TO SPORTS 20. Mark Walker and John Wooders (2001), ‘Minimax Play at Wimbledon’ 21. Ignacio Palacios-Huerta (2003), ‘Professionals Play Minimax’ 22. David Romer (2006), ‘Do Firms Maximize? Evidence from Professional Football’ PART IV INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS IN SPORTS ECONOMICS 23. Madeleine Andreff and Wladimir Andreff (2009), ‘Global Trade in Sports Goods: International Specialisation of Major Trading Countries’ 24. Wladimir Andreff (2001), ‘The Correlation between Economic Underdevelopment and Sport’ 25. Andrew B. Bernard and Meghan R. Busse (2004), ‘Who Wins the Olympic Games: Economic Resources and Medal Totals’ 26. Evan Osborne (2006), ‘Baseball’s International Division of Labor’ 27. Bernd Frick (2009), ‘Globalization and Factor Mobility: The Impact of the “Bosman-Ruling” on Player Migration in Professional Soccer’ PART V ECONOMIC DYSFUNCTIONS IN SPORTS 28. David Forrest, Ian McHale and Kevin McAuley (2008), ‘”Say It Ain’t So”: Betting-Related Malpractice in Sport’ 29. Mark Duggan and Steven D. Levitt (2002), ‘Winning Isn’t Everything: Corruption in Sumo Wrestling’ 30. Wolfgang Maennig (2005), ‘Corruption in International Sports and Sport Management: Forms, Tendencies, Extent and Countermeasures’ 31. Nicolas Eber and Jacques Thépot (1999), ‘Doping in Sport and Competition Design’ 32. Aleksander Berentsen (2002), ‘The Economics of Doping’ 33. Brian L. Goff, Robert E. McCormick and Robert D. Tollison (2002), ‘Racial Integration as an Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Sports Leagues’ 34. Neil Longley (2000), ‘The Underrepresentation of French Canadians in English Canadian NHL Teams’ 35. Robert Hoffmann, Lee Chew Ging, Victor Matheson and Bala Ramasamy (2006), ‘International Women’s Football and Gender Inequality’

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Book SynopsisThere are already many papers and books on the causes and course of the current financial crisis, but this is the first and, for the moment, only such book to focus on the regulatory response to it. There are two main attributes that a bank needs to remain in business during a period of turmoil, liquidity to enable it to pay its debts when due, and capital, to absorb losses. Both have been insufficient. Charles Goodhart describes what went wrong and what needs to be done, alongside discussions of deposit insurance, credit rating agencies, prompt corrective action, etc.Charles Goodhart is the senior British economist specialising in financial stability issues. As the turmoil began, continued and exploded into crisis, he has kept up a series of commentaries, all since September 2007. These have been brought together, plus some new and additional material, to provide the reader with an overview of what went wrong in the regulatory framework for the financial system, and what now needs to be done to put that right. This will be required reading for financial regulators, practitioners in banking and finance, academics and students of finance, and those just wanting to know what went wrong and what to do now.Trade Review'Goodhart's contribution. . . exhibits all the features which we have come to expect from him over the years: clarity, originality and an effort at all times to be constructive rather than destructive. It is the most thoughtful account and analysis of the crisis to have been published so far.' -- Central BankingTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Background to the 2007 Financial Crisis 3. Lessons from the Crisis for Financial Regulation: What We Need and What We Do Not Need 4. Central Banks’ Function to Maintain Financial Stability: An Uncompleted Task 5. A Less Hazardous Way to Protect Depositors – FT Article 6. The Regulatory Response to the Financial Crisis 7. Liquidity and Money Market Operations: A Proposal 8. Liquidity Risk Management 9. Now is Not the Time to Agonise Over Moral Hazard – FT Article 10. A Proposal for How to Avoid the Next Crash – FT Article with Avinash Persaud 11. A Party Pooper’s Guide to Financial Stability – FT Article with Avinash Persaud 12. The Boundary Problem in (Financial) Regulation 13. How, if at all, Should Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) be Regulated? 14. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisProfessional services are increasingly seen as an important foundation for future economic growth and prosperity. Yet research on innovative and entrepreneurial processes in professional services has been surprisingly scarce. This Handbook provides a collection of original contributions from leading scholars outlining the current stock of knowledge in the area as well as providing directions for further research. The expert contributors discuss entrepreneurship and innovation from a number of different perspectives, including the entrepreneurial professional team, the entrepreneurial firm and the institutional environment. The first part of the book looks at the challenges of entrepreneurship specific to the professional service firm while the second explores the creation and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities in the professional service team. Part III turns to the organization and Part IV to the management and growth of the entrepreneurial professional service firm. The final part discusses the interplay between professions, firms and the institutional environment. Researchers, scholars and PhD students in the areas of entrepreneurship and professional service firms along with advanced students of management will find this volume of great value. Contributors: J. Benders, D.M. Brock, T. Clark, L. Empson, R. Fincham, J. Flood, J. Glückler, H. Gruber, A. Halinen, K. Handley, S. Heusinkveld, E. Jaakkola, K. Laursen, L. Lefsrud, B.R. Lowendahl, V. Mahnke, N. Malhotra, M. Mohe, M. Mone, T. Morris, D. Muzio, N. Nikolova, M. Reihlen, S. Segal-Horn, J. Sieweke, M. Smets, M. Stollfub, L. Strannegard, A. Sturdy, R. Suddaby, R.-J. van den Berg, P. Vejrup-Hansen, A. Werr, M. WoywodeTrade Review’For too long, both researchers and practitioners have presumed that professional service firms follow the status quo when they should better understand how these professionals set the rules for globalization. This handbook reminds us that professionals are as much the shock-troops of capitalism as the multinational corporations that they serve. As this Handbook shows, the leading firms successfully compete with each other by fostering entrepreneurship and innovation in order to service an institutional system that undergirds the international economy.’ -- Christopher McKenna, University of Oxford, UK’Professional service firms are critical agents of contemporary economies and understanding them has become a central focus of recent scholarship. This very timely and well organized Handbook brings together several leading scholars who explore how we might think and theorize about professional service firms and their entrepreneurial behaviours. The Handbook will become a key source for the growing community of researchers in this area.’ -- Royston Greenwood, University of Alberta, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Studying Entrepreneurship in Professional Services Markus Reihlen and Andreas Werr PART II: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL TEAM 2. Knowledge Integration as Heedful Interrelating: Towards a Behavioral Approach to Knowledge Management in Professional Service Firms Andreas Werr 3. Dealing with Errors in Professional Service Firms Martin Stollfuß, Jost Sieweke, Michael Mohe and Hans Gruber 4. A Space for Learning? Physical, Relational and Agential Space in a Strategy Consultancy Project Karen Handley, Andrew Sturdy, Robin Fincham and Timothy Clark 5. Innovating through Clients Natalia Nikolova PART III: ORGANIZING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM 6. Professional Service Firms, Knowledge-based Competition, and the Heterarchical Organization Form Markus Reihlen and Mark Mone 7. Changing Career Models and Capacity for Innovation in Professional Services Michael Smets, Timothy Morris and Namrata Malhotra 8. Diversity and Experience as Entrepreneurial Value Drivers in Professional Engineering Consulting Firms Volker Mahnke, Keld Laursen and Per Vejrup-Hansen 9. Leadership in Entrepreneurial Professional Service Firms Lars Strannegård PART IV: MANAGING AND GROWING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM 10. Entrepreneurial Strategies for Professional Service Firms Bente R. Løwendahl 11. New Practice Development in Professional Service Firms: The Role of Market Sensing Stefan Heusinkveld, Jos Benders and Robert-Jan van den Berg 12. Marketing in Professional Service Firms: Turning Expertise into Customer Perceived Value Aino Halinen and Elina Jaakkola 13. The Globalizing Professional Service Firm: Managerial and Organizational Challenges David M. Brock and Susan Segal-Horn 14. A Network Approach to the Internationalization of Business Service Firms Johannes Glückler 15. Beyond Dichotomies: A Multi-stage Model of Governance in Professional Service Firms Laura Empson PART V: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM AND ITS INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT 16. Institutional Entrepreneurship: A Literature Review and Analysis of the Maturing Consulting Field Michael Smets and Markus Reihlen 17. After the Gold Rush: The Role of Professionals in the Emergence and Configuration of Organizational Fields Lianne Lefsrud and Roy Suddaby 18. The Emergence and Dynamics of Venture Capital in Germany: An Organizational Field Based Approach Michael Woywode 19. Entrepreneurship, Managerialism and Professionalism in Action: The Case of the Legal Profession in England and Wales Daniel Muzio and John Flood Index

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Book SynopsisNature-based Tourism and Conservation unearths new or neglected principles relevant to tourism and recreational economics, environmental valuation and economic theory. Its three parts have chapters on nature-based tourism and its relationships to conservation including case studies dealing with the consequences of World Heritage listing of natural sites, Antarctic, subtropical and tropical national park-based tourism and an NGO's conservation efforts modeled on ecotourism. The final part focuses on tourism utilizing particular wildlife, including sea turtles, whales, penguins, royal albatross, glow-worms and tree kangaroos.Trade ReviewThis book tackles the two edge sword of non consumptive wildlife tourism: on net does it add to or detract from species conservation? The book does so with a treasure trove of original survey research on the supply and demand for wildlife tourism on both public and private lands from Antarctica to rainforests to marine wildlife. The economic analysis is one of the first to apply new behavioral economics to analyzing tourists' choices. - John Loomis, Colorado State University, US Does nature-based tourism help or hinder biodiversity conservation? The answer provided by this authoritative volume is that it depends on context and type of tourism and is no easy panacea. Indeed it can result in an under supply of nature conservation from an economic point of view. This book provides an excellent synthesis, supported by case studies, of the tourism - conservation trade off problem, it will appeal to both academic and practitioner audiences. - R. Kerry Turner, CBE, University of East Anglia, UK This book encapsulates a lifetime's scholarly work between the authors. It sets out the platform upon which nature-based tourism may be discussed and debated, which it then enriches by a series of case examples, mostly drawn from personal experience. In doing so it performs a valuable service to all interested in this field by capturing those detailed insights into nature-based tourism that are often only acquired by experience. - Stephen Wanhill, Editor, Tourism Economics In today's world, even nature seems to have to pay its own way. Nature-based Tourism and Conservation provides detailed real-life examples of how this is working in various parts of the world, from rainforests to Antarctica, and how the tradeoffs can best be measured. Clem Tisdell and Clevo Wilson provide a unique economic perspective to the various issues involved, providing practical illustrations of how others can incorporate the various ways of considering costs and benefits when deciding how to define the role nature-based tourism when planning conservation measures. This book will be useful to a wide range of audiences, from national protected area agencies to private land-owners who are establishing their own nature-based tourism enterprises. - --Jeffrey McNeely, International Union for Conservation of Nature, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Background 1. An Overview of Nature-based Tourism and Conservation 2. The Growing Importance of Nature-based Tourism: Its Evolution and Significant Policy Issues 3. The User-Pays Principle and Conservation in National Parks: Review and Australian Case Study Part II: Tourism, Protected Areas and Nature Conservation 4. World Heritage Listing of Australian Natural Sites: Effects on Tourism, Economic Value and Conservation 5. Antarctic Tourism: Environmental Concerns and the Importance of Antarctica’s Natural Attractions for Tourists 6. Rainforest Tourists: Wildlife and Other Features Attracting Visitors to Lamington National Park, Australia 7. Are Tourists Rational? Destination Decisions and Other Results from a Survey of Visitors to a North Queensland Natural Site – Jourama Falls 8. A Case Study of an NGO’s Ecotourism Efforts: Findings Based on a Survey of Visitors to its Tropical Nature Reserve Part III: Particular Wildlife Species or Groups of Species as Tourist Attractions 9. Tourism as a Force for Conserving Sea Turtles Under Natural Conditions 10. The Role of Open-cycle Hatcheries Relying on Tourism in Sea Turtle Conservation: A Blessing or a Threat? 11. Whale-Watching as a Tourism Resource and as an Impetus for the Conservation of Whales 12. Little Penguins and Other Seabirds as Tourist Drawcards 13. Yellow-eyed Penguins and Royal Albatross as Valuable Tourist Attractions 14. Glow-worms and Other Insects Entice Tourists 15. Tree-Kangaroos, Tourism and Conservation: A Study of a Little-known Species Part IV: This Study in Retrospect 16. General Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisVolume 3 examines how research tools affect theory advances in culture and tourism research. Using visual narrative art to explicate unconscious thinking that shapes trip plans and visits, building tree diagrams of streams of antecedent conditions associating with extreme behavior (e.g., road rage, chronic casino gambling), and research methods that go beyond quantitative/qualitative taxonomies are examples of the unique themes covered in this volume. The papers focus on how to gain meaning from data to thus look at how streams of antecedent conditions result in tourism behavior.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Preface. Cultural psyche and cross-cultural research methods. Brand image, equity, and sports sponsorship. Using an ethnographic approach to understand the adjustment journey of international students at a university in England. How consumption values affect destination image formation. Morphology of a hotel tradition: The guest questionnaire. How unconscious needs influence traveler's interpretations and preferences of alternative tours and hotels. Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research. Perspectives on Cross-Cultural, Ethnographic, Brand Image, Storytelling, Unconscious Needs, and Hospitality Guest Research. Copyright page.

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Book Synopsis"Advances in Hospitality and Leisure (AHL)", a peer-review series published annually, is seeking to deliver refreshing insights from a host of scientific investigations pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism while rendering an academic forum to stimulate discussion on current literature, contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory advancement as well as professional practices from a global perspective. The main focus of this series is to divulge the innovative methods of inquiry so as to inspire new research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected. "AHL" strives to address the needs of the populace willing to disseminate seminal ideas, concepts, and theories derived from scholarly inquiries. Potential readers may retrieve useful texts helping outline new research agendas, suggest viable topics for a dissertation work, and augment the knowledge of the new subjects of learning.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Aims and Submission Guidelines. EDITORIAL BOARD. Competitive pricing in European hotels. Case study of tourist revisit behavior in Singapore. Marathons as serious leisure tourism. Exploring communication and marketing strategies for senior travelers. The need for rejuvenation of Norfolk Island's shopping sector. Evaluating performance factors of art festivals: A case study in Taiwan. The relationships between psychological strain, organizational support, affective commitment and turnover intentions of highly educated hospitality employees. geographic information system-supported segmentation study of visitors to Majorca Island. A review of restaurant sustainable indicators. A fundamental exploration of administrative views of hospital hospitality and service excellence. The influence of external environmental factors on tourism market strategies in Africa. Advances in hospitality and leisure. Advances in hospitality and leisure. Copyright page. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides specific answers to hard questions about how to create valid metrics to measure the effectiveness of tourism advertising and the usefulness of destination marketing websites. An extensive literature review describes 40+ years of research on the effectiveness of tourism advertising and the slow advancement to using valid impact metrics - field experiments with alternative ad treatment and placements. Several authors undertake information-usefulness audits on DMO (destination management office) websites and provide practical check lists. Tourism website comparisons include: Maine, Massachusetts and New York; Genoa, Marseilles and Valencia; France, Spain and Portugal; and China, Poland, Russia and Thailand, against each other as well as the Lonely Planet websites. Content analysis of consumer-generated advertisements that promote visits to third places, in this case Starbucks coffee shops and Chipotle restaurants, makes an intriguing study. The final paper gives a thick description of the dynamics of the government's role in shaping China's domestic, inbound, and outbound tourism industry and contributes to building a behavioral theory of government-firm relationships.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Preface. Tourism advertising and marketing performance metrics. Information usefulness auditing of tourism destination websites: Assessing Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco's performance. Six drivers for high-user satisfaction of tourism websites: Performance auditing of Maine, Massachusetts, and New York's direct marketing strategies. Are tourism websites useful for travelers? Applying an information audit rubric for Mediterranean tourism destination websites. Performance auditing of tourism websites: France, Spain, and Portugal. Usefulness of Government and Private Destination Websites. Consumer-generated advertisements: Examining and creating executions for Starbucks and Chipotle commercials. Toward a behavioral theory of government–firm relationship behavior: Thick description of the dynamics of government's role in shaping China's domestic, inbound, and outbound tourism industry. Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research. Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research. Copyright page.

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Book Synopsis"Tourism in the Muslim World" provides a synthesis of thought on an influential current issue for tourism and indeed for our times, and a point of focus for tourism researchers, managers and developers in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, Maldives and Turkey, as well as the Western world, eager to increase their share in this 1.5 billion strong tourist market. Its chapters raise conceptual, practical, and thought-provoking issues for the wider tourism community as it deals with the growth of new markets and destinations in a globalized economy. This collection of culturally and geographically diverse papers feature both Muslim and non-Muslim (country) insights on this international theme. It draws on contributions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives such as law, theology, business, tourism development, sociology, anthropology, and more. "Tourism in the Muslim World" is the second title in Emerald's new book series "Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice" and will appeal to researchers and research students in the social science and management disciplines, as well as to tourism and hospitality professionals with an interest in the Muslim market.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Tourism and Islamic law. Chapter 3 Do we always understand each other?. Chapter 4 Halal. Chapter 5 Women's participation in tourism. Chapter 6 Islam and tourism. Chapter 7 Tourism in Saudi Arabia. Chapter 8 Muslim tourism in China. Chapter 9 Tourism in Turkmenistan. Chapter 10 Islamic tourism in Jordan. Chapter 11 Japanese tourism in Iran. Chapter 12 Impacts of September 11. Chapter 13 Iran. Chapter 14 The Hajj. Chapter 15 Tourism and Islamophobia. Chapter 16 Tourism shopping in Jeddah. Chapter 17 Islamicization of Promotion. Chapter 18 Arabian sights. Chapter 19 Islamic heritage in Singapore. Chapter 20 The Hajj. Chapter 21 Conclusion. References. About the Authors. Author Index. Subject Index. Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice. Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook draws together top international researchers and discusses the state of the art and the future direction of research at the nexus between sport and business. It is heavily built upon choosing, applying and evaluating appropriate quantitative as well as qualitative research methods for practical advice in sport and business research.Topics covered for analysis include sports governance, regulation and performance; media and technology; club management and team structure; place, time and spectators of sporting events; and sport branding and sponsoring. The Handbook covers research examples from elite sport to the amateur level, and from different sports, from cycling to cricket, from ice hockey to motorsports, and from football to skiing. It will be read and used by academics and PhD students as well as sports practitioners looking for useful ways of expanding knowledge, conducting research or searching for insights into the challenges of managing sport.Contributors include: C. Anagnostopoulos, T. Andersson, A.-l. Balduck, N. Böhlke, A. Bourke, M. Buelens, S. Chadwick, B. Cornwell, V. deBosscher, M. Desbordes, M. Dibben, H. Dolles, B. Frick, H. Gammelsaeter, C. Gratton, S. Greyser, A. Guala, E. Gummesson, S. Hamil, K.K. Haugen, B. Hellau, P. Hogan, H. Jansson, B. Johnson, M. Maes, N. O Reilly, L. Robinson, A. Rudd, J. Santomier, T. Schlesinger, B. Senaux, S. Shibli, E. Skille, A. Smith, S. Söderman, H.A. Solberg, B. Stewart, T. Ströbel, J. Truyens, D.M. Turco, M. van Bottenburg, G. Walters, M. Winand, H. Woratschek, T. ZintzTrade Review'This Handbook is a milestone just by its existence but also because it indeed is a robust quality handbook, doing the kind of specific job such a focused academic product should do.' -- Hans Lundberg, Idrottsforum.org‘Söderman and Dolles have assembled an impressive array of researchers to address the nexus between sport and business. In their rich collection of research on sport business theory and practice Söderman and Dolles identify research themes from governance to branding, from sport events to sport systems, and from social media to fan identity, and they specifically reflect on the application of major theoretical concepts and key research methods. The authors’ aim is to advance sport business research through critical reflection on topic selection, research design, data analysis and interpretation. Their unique approach encourages researchers, from novice to experienced, to embrace diverse theories and methods. The Handbook is recommended reading for those interested in advancing sport business research.’ -- Graham Cuskelly, Griffith University, Australia‘This insight-laden volume encompasses today's and tomorrow's research across the multifaceted landscape of the business side of sport - from branding and sponsorship to media and technology, from club management to governance. It effectively encompasses both theory and practice. Scholars, students, and practitioners will find this cogent collection of international consumer and business research knowledge and perspectives both informative and useful.’ -- Stephen A. Greyser, Harvard Business School, US‘This Handbook directly responds to the rapid professional, commercial and international development of sport. With its thoughtful structure, comprehensive coverage of topics and renowned contributors it offers a thorough analysis on the management challenges in the field. It also offers very valuable insights and guidance how the business of sport can be researched by students, academics and practitioners around the world. The book is simply a must-read for anyone interested in the management aspects of sports.’ -- Yoshiaki Takahashi, Chuo University, Tokyo, JapanTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Research on Sport and Business Harald Dolles and Sten Söderman 2. A Call for More Mixed Methods in Sport Management Research Andy Rudd and R. Burke Johnson PART II: GOVERNANCE AND PERFORMANCE 3. Researching Elite Sport Systems Using Process Benchmarking Leigh Robinson and Nikolai Böhlke 4. Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Sport Governing Bodies: A Tool on Ways Towards High Performance Mathieu Winand and Thierry Zintz 5. Comparing Apples with Oranges in International Elite Sport Studies: Is it Possible? Veerle De Bosscher, Jasper Truyens, Maarten van Bottenburg and Simon Shibli 6. Sports Governance in Ireland: Insights on Theory and Practice Ann Bourke 7. Regulation and the Search for a Profitable Business Model: A Case Study of the English Football Industry Geoff Walters and Sean Hamil 8. The Governance of the Game: A Review of the Research on Football’s Governance Hallgeir Gammelsæter and Benoit Senaux 9. Case Study Research in Sport Management: A Reflection Upon the Theory of Science and an Empirical Example Eivind Å. Skille PART III: MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY 10. Social Media and Prosumerism: Implications for Sport Marketing Research James Santomier and Patricia Hogan 11. The Economics of Listed Sports Events in a Digital Era of Broadcasting: A Case Study of the UK Chris Gratton and Harry Arne Solberg 12. The Sale of Media Sports Rights: A Game Theoretic Approach Harry Arne Solberg and Kjetil Kåre Haugen PART IV: PLACE, TIME AND SPECTATORS 13. Triple Impact Assessments of Sport Events Tommy D. Andersson 14. Sacrés Français! Why They Don’t Have Great Football Stadia; How They Will: Political, Economic and Marketing Implications of the UEFA EURO 2016 Boris Hellau and Michel Desbordes 15. Social Impacts of Hosting Major Sport Events: The Impact of the 2007 Arrival of a Stage of the Tour de France on the City of Ghent Anne-line Balduck, Marc Maes and Marc Buelens 16. What do they Really Think? Researching Residents’ Perception of Mega-sport Events Alessandro ‘Chito’ Guala and Douglas Michele Turco 17. Lessons from the Field: Spectator Research for Sport Businesses Douglas Michele Turco PART V: CLUB MANAGEMENT AND TEAMS 18. Portfolio Theory and the Management of Professional Sports Clubs: The Case of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Norm O’Reilly 19. Proposing a Relationship Marketing Theory for Sport Clubs Hans Jansson and Sten Söderman 20. The Network of Value Captures in Football Club Management: A Framework to Develop and Analyse Competitive Advantage in Professional Team Sports Harald Dolles and Sten Söderman 21. Panel Econometrics in Sports Economics Research: Player Remuneration and Sporting Performance Bernd Frick 22. Examining Corporate Social Responsibility in Football: The Application of Grounded Theory Methodology Christos Anagnostopoulos PART VI: SPORT BRANDING AND SPONSORING 23. A Review of Fan Identity and its Influence on Sport Sponsorship Effectiveness Torsten Schlesinger 24. State of the Art and Science in Sponsorship-linked Marketing T. Bettina Cornwell 25. Participant Observation in Sport Management Research: Collecting and Interpreting Data from a Successful World Land Speed Record Attempt Mark Dibben and Harald Dolles 26. Brand Equity Models in the Spotlight of Sport Business Tim Ströbel and Herbert Woratschek PART VII: REFLECTION 27. From Outside Lane to Inside Track: Sport Management Research in the Twenty-first Century Simon Chadwick 28. The Special Features of Sport: A Critical Revisit Aaron C.T. Smith and Bob Stewart 29. Outlook: Sport and Business – A Future Research Agenda Harald Dolles and Sten Söderman Index

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Book SynopsisIn many countries, the real estate sector is vulnerable to money laundering due to a high number of factors including; the high value of assets, price fluctuations and speculation within the market, difficulties in assessing the true value of a house, and the fact that the legal owner is not necessarily the economic owner. In this book, the authors identify a total of 25 characteristics which render a property susceptible to money laundering. The more such characteristics a property exhibits, the more suspicious it becomes. The authors also discover that some of these characteristics weigh heavier than others. Combining economic, econometric and criminological analysis, this multidisciplinary approach shows how to detect criminal investment in the real estate sector. This well-researched book will appeal to government authorities responsible for combating money laundering, international organizations such as the IMF, the UN, the Worldbank and the EU, as well as financial intelligence units in all countries. Real estate associations, real estate research centers, criminologists and economists will also find this book invaluable.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Economic Approach 2. The Real Estate Sector 3. Forms of Criminal Real Estate Abuse 4. Research Method and Indicators 5. Operationalizing the Indicators and Data Collection 6. Descriptive Data Analysis 7. Evaluation of the Research Method Part II: Criminological Analysis 8. Concepts, Methods and Analysis 9. Results of the Criminological Analysis 10. Major Findings of the Criminological Analysis Part III: Statistical and Econometric Analysis 11. Linking the Economic and Criminological Parts 12. Descriptive Statistics of the Dataset 13. Econometric Analysis 14. Major Findings 15. Suggestions for Further Research 16. Summary References Index

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Book SynopsisThere are already many papers and books on the causes and course of the current financial crisis, but this is the first and, for the moment, only such book to focus on the regulatory response to it. There are two main attributes that a bank needs to remain in business during a period of turmoil, liquidity to enable it to pay its debts when due, and capital, to absorb losses. Both have been insufficient. Charles Goodhart describes what went wrong and what needs to be done, alongside discussions of deposit insurance, credit rating agencies, prompt corrective action, etc.Charles Goodhart is the senior British economist specialising in financial stability issues. As the turmoil began, continued and exploded into crisis, he has kept up a series of commentaries, all since September 2007. These have been brought together, plus some new and additional material, to provide the reader with an overview of what went wrong in the regulatory framework for the financial system, and what now needs to be done to put that right. This will be required reading for financial regulators, practitioners in banking and finance, academics and students of finance, and those just wanting to know what went wrong and what to do now.Trade Review'Goodhart's contribution. . . exhibits all the features which we have come to expect from him over the years: clarity, originality and an effort at all times to be constructive rather than destructive. It is the most thoughtful account and analysis of the crisis to have been published so far.' -- Central BankingTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Background to the 2007 Financial Crisis 3. Lessons from the Crisis for Financial Regulation: What We Need and What We Do Not Need 4. Central Banks’ Function to Maintain Financial Stability: An Uncompleted Task 5. A Less Hazardous Way to Protect Depositors – FT Article 6. The Regulatory Response to the Financial Crisis 7. Liquidity and Money Market Operations: A Proposal 8. Liquidity Risk Management 9. Now is Not the Time to Agonise Over Moral Hazard – FT Article 10. A Proposal for How to Avoid the Next Crash – FT Article with Avinash Persaud 11. A Party Pooper’s Guide to Financial Stability – FT Article with Avinash Persaud 12. The Boundary Problem in (Financial) Regulation 13. How, if at all, Should Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) be Regulated? 14. Conclusions Index

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Book Synopsis'Written by some of the most prominent scholars in sports economics, this book focuses on issues that have been less investigated in the traditional literature so far. The covered topics range from specific questions of sport governance and sport finance to sport betting. In my view, the collection is a 'must' for all readers seeking to overstep the beaten track.' - Egon Franck, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandThe development of sports economics has exploded in recent years, and this well-researched and relevant book explores some of the most critical themes.Contemporary Issues in Sports Economics examines topics that have previously received little attention in the literature, such as the determinants and social impacts of sports participation including the link to crime levels. The distinguished authors also discuss some of the less investigated aspects of professional team sports, including:* sports betting, financing and governance * the impact of low scoring matches on competitive balance and fan appeal in European football* the effect on player transfers of a luxury tax on club payrolls in Major League Baseball.This invaluable book will appeal to graduate and postgraduate students in sports economics, sport management and sport sciences, as well as managers and coaches involved with clubs, leagues and federations. Sports participants, fans, bookmakers and bettors will also find much to interest them in this unique and insightful study.Contributors: W. Andreff, M. Breuer, R. Caruso, F. Daumann, P. Dawson, P. Downward, J. García, J.G. Maxcy, L. Pérez, G. Raballand, P. Rodríguez, S. SzymanskiTrade Review‘Written by some of the most prominent scholars in sports economics, this book focuses on issues that have been less investigated in the traditional literature so far. The covered topics range from specific questions of sport governance and sport finance to sport betting. In my view, the collection is a “must” for all readers seeking to overstep the beaten track.’ -- Egon Franck, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Contemporary Issues in Sports Economics: A Selection Wladimir Andreff PART I: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SPORT PARTICIPATION DETERMINANTS AND SOCIAL IMPACT 2. Participation, Spectatorship and Media Coverage in Sport: Some Initial Insights Peter Dawson and Paul Downward 3. Relational Goods at Work! Crime and Sport Participation in Italy: Evidence from Panel Data Regional Analysis over the Period 1997–2003 Raul Caruso PART II: THE ECONOMICS OF PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORTS 4. Sport Financing and Governance in Europe Stefan Szymanski 5. The Effect on Player Transfers of a Luxury Tax on Club Payrolls: The Case of Major League Baseball Joel G. Maxcy 6. The Role of Information in Professional Football and the German Football Betting Market Frank Daumann and Markus Breuer 7. Guessing Who Wins or Predicting the Exact Score: Does it Make Any Difference in Terms of the Demand for Football Pools? Jaume García, Levi Pérez and Plácido Rodríguez 8. Is European Football’s Future to Become a Boring Game? Wladimir Andreff and Gaël Raballand Index

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Book SynopsisCompetitiveness and Tourism brings together the key scholarly articles which discuss the challenges of managing, maintaining and enhancing competitive tourism destinations. This authoritative title of articles covers service sector competition; conceptual models of tourism competitiveness; the measurement and modeling of tourism competitiveness; organizing, planning and management issues; tourism marketing; price competitiveness and demand elasticity; sustainability issues and case studies of tourism competitiveness from around the world.Trade Review‘Ritchie and Crouch’s book The Competitive Destination: A Sustainable Tourism Perspective (CABI, 2003) has become one of the seminal works in tourism destination research and management. It engendered a number of major research papers; many of which I was pleased to publish in the Journal of Travel Research. I am excited to see Geoff and Brent continuing their work with the publication of this edited book. The list of chapter authors is a “who’s who” of tourism researchers and includes many key destination competitiveness papers. In the eight years since their original work, the topic of destination competitiveness has become even more important. It is one of today’s key forces driving tourism research and destination management. I fully anticipate this book will become a required reader for tourism educators, graduate students and destination managers. I anticipate it will lead to yet another surge in excellent, important research.’Table of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Geoffrey I. Crouch and J.R. Brent Ritchie PART I COMPETITIVENESS AND THE SERVICE SECTOR 1. Belay Seyoum (2007), ‘Revealed Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness in Services: A Study with Special Emphasis on Developing Countries’ 2. H. Peter Gray (1989), ‘Services and Comparative Advantage Theory’ 3. John D. Palmer (1985), ‘Consumer Service Industry Exports: New Attitudes and Concepts Needed for a Neglected Sector’ 4. Paul Krugman (1994), ‘Competitiveness: A Dangerous Obsession’ 5. J.R. Brent Ritchie and Geoffrey I. Crouch (2003), ‘Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives: The Competitive Destination’ PART II CONCEPTUAL MODELS FOR UNDERSTANDING TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS 6. J.R. Brent Ritchie and Geoffrey I. Crouch (2003), ‘A Model of Destination Competitiveness’ 7. Larry Dwyer and Chulwon Kim (2003), ‘Destination Competitiveness: Determinants and Indicators’ 8. Ernie Heath (2003), ‘Towards a Model to Enhance Destination Competitiveness: A Southern African Perspective’ 9. Eulogio Bordas (1994), ‘Competitiveness of Tourist Destinations in Long Distance Markets’ PART III MEASURING AND MODELLING TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS 10. Josef A. Mazanec, Karl Wöber and Andreas H. Zins (2007), ‘Tourism Destination Competitiveness: From Definition to Explanation?’ 11. Larry Dwyer, Robert Mellor, Zelko Livaic, Deborah Edwards and Chulwon Kim (2004), ‘Attributes of Destination Competitiveness: A Factor Analysis’ 12. Michael J. Enright and James Newton (2004), ‘Tourism Destination Competitiveness: A Quantitative Approach’ 13. Geoffrey I. Crouch (2011), ‘Destination Competitiveness: An Analysis of Determinant Attributes’ 14. Metin Kozak and Mike Rimmington (1999), ‘Measuring Tourist Destination Competitiveness: Conceptual Considerations and Empirical Findings’ 15. Geoffrey I. Crouch (2007), ‘Measuring Tourism Competitiveness: Research, Theory and the WEF Index’ 16. Maria Francesca Cracolici, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld (2008), ‘Assessment of Tourism Competitiveness by Analysing Destination Efficiency’ 17. Nishaal Gooroochurn and Guntur Sugiyarto (2005), ‘Competitiveness Indicators in the Travel and Tourism Industry’ 18. Jie Zhang and Camilla Jensen (2007), ‘Comparative Advantage: Explaining Tourism Flows’ 19. Arturo Melián-González and Juan Manuel García-Falcón (2003), ‘Competitive Potential of Tourism in Destinations’ PART IV ORGANIZING, PLANNING AND MANAGING FOR COMPETITIVENESS IN TOURISM 20. Frank M. Go and Robert Govers (2000), ‘Integrated Quality Management for Tourist Destinations: A European Perspective on Achieving Competitiveness’ 21. Evi C. Soteriou and Chris Roberts (1998), ‘The Strategic Planning Process in National Tourism Organizations’ 22. Jayoti Das and Cassandra DeRienzo (2010), ‘Tourism Competitiveness and Corruption: A Cross-Country Analysis’ 23. Ramona Gruescu, Roxana Nanu and Anca Tanasie (2009), ‘Human Resources Development and ICT Contribution to the Tourist Destination Competitiveness’ 24. Irene Daskalopoulou and Anastasia Petrou (2009), ‘Urban Tourism Competitiveness: Networks and the Regional Asset Base’ 25. Dimitris Lagos and Panayiotis G. Courtis (2008), ‘Business Clusters Formation as a Means of Improving Competitiveness in the Tourism Sector’ 26. Adam Blake, M. Thea Sinclair and Juan Antonio Campos Soria (2006), ‘Tourism Productivity: Evidence from the United Kingdom’ PART V COMPETITIVENESS AND TOURISM MARKETING 27. Dimitrios Buhalis (2000), ‘Marketing the Competitive Destination of the Future’ 28. Harsha E. Chacko (1996), ‘Positioning a Tourism Destination to Gain a Competitive Edge’ 29. Geoffrey I. Crouch (1994), ‘Promotion and Demand in International Tourism’ 30. J.R. Brent Ritchie, Geoffrey I. Crouch and Simon Hudson (1989), ‘Assessing the Role of Consumers in the Measurement of Destination Competitiveness and Sustainability’ 31. Arch G. Woodside and Steven Lysonski (1989), ‘A General Model of Traveler Destination Choice’ Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editors appears in Volume I PART I PRICE COMPETITIVENESS AND DEMAND ELASTICITY 1. Peter Forsyth and Larry Dwyer (2009), ‘Tourism Price Competitiveness’ 2. Carlos R. Azzoni and Tatiane A. de Menezes (2009), ‘Cost Competitiveness of International Destinations’ 3. Marie-Louise Mangion, Ramesh Durbarry and M. Thea Sinclair (2005), ‘Tourism Competitiveness: Price and Quality’ 4. Blair F. Stevens (1992), ‘Price Value Perceptions of Travelers’ 5. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2000), ‘Price Competitiveness of Tourism Packages to Australia: Beyond the “Big Mac” Index’ 6. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2000), ‘Sectoral Analysis of Destination Price Competitiveness: An International Comparison’ 7. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2000), ‘The Price Competitiveness of Travel and Tourism: A Comparison of 19 Destinations’ 8. Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2002), ‘Destination Price Competitiveness: Exchange Rate Changes versus Domestic Inflation’ 9. Geoffrey I. Crouch (1992), ‘Effect of Income and Price on International Tourism’ 10. Geoffrey I. Crouch (1996), ‘Demand Elasticities in International Marketing: A Meta-Analytical Application to Tourism’ 11. Rob Lawson, Juergen Gnoth and Kerry Paulin (1995), ‘Tourists’ Awareness of Prices for Attractions and Activities’ 12. Roland Craigwell and DeLisle Worrell (2008), ‘The Competitiveness of Selected Caribbean Tourism Markets’ 13. Pan-Long Tsai and Kuo-Liang Wang (1998), ‘Competitiveness of International Tourism in Taiwan: US versus Japanese Visitors’ PART II SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS 14. Salah S. Hassan (2000), ‘Determinants of Market Competitiveness in an Environmentally Sustainable Tourism Industry’ 15. J.R. Brent Ritchie and Geoffrey I. Crouch (2003), ‘Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives: The Sustainable Destination’ 16. Twan Huybers and Jeff Bennett (2003), ‘Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature-Based Tourism Destinations’ 17. Tanja Mihalič (2000), ‘Environmental Management of a Tourist Destination: A Factor of Tourism Competitiveness’ PART III CASE STUDIES OF TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS 18. Andreas Papatheodorou (2002), ‘Exploring Competitiveness in Mediterranean Resorts’ 19. Anne-Marie d’Hauteserre (2000), ‘Lessons in Managed Destination Competitiveness: The Case of Foxwoods Casino Resort’ 20. Douglas G. Pearce (1997), ‘Competitive Destination Analysis in Southeast Asia’ 21. Zafar U. Ahmed and Franklin B. Krohn (1990), ‘Reversing the United States’ Declining Competitiveness in the Marketing Of International Tourism: A Perspective On Future Policy’ 22. Michael J. Enright and James Newton (2005), ‘Determinants of Tourism Destination Competitiveness in Asia Pacific: Comprehensiveness and Universality’ 23. Christel Botha, John L. Crompton and Seong-Seop Kim (1999), ‘Developing a Revised Competitive Position for Sun/Lost City, South Africa’ 24. Barbara A. Carmichael (2002), ‘Global Competitiveness and Special Events in Cultural Tourism: The Example of the Barnes Exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto’ 25. Chulwon Kim and Larry Dwyer (2003), ‘Destination Competitiveness and Bilateral Tourism Flows Between Australia and Korea’ 26. Larry Dwyer, Zelko Livaic and Robert Mellor (2003), ‘Competitiveness of Australia as a Tourist Destination’ 27. Bill Faulkner, Elizabeth Fredline and the late Martin Oppermann (1999), ‘Destination Competitiveness: An Exploratory Examination of South Australia’s Core Attractions’ 28. Metin Kozak (2003), ‘Measuring Comparative Destination Performance: A Study in Spain and Turkey’ 29. Larry Dwyer, Nina Mistilis, Peter Forsyth and Prasada Rao (2001), ‘International Price Competitiveness of Australia’s MICE Industry’ 30. Antti J. Haahti (1986), ‘Finland’s Competitive Position as a Destination’ 31. Panisa Mechinda, Sirivan Serirat, Nongluck Popaijit, Aurathai Lertwannawit and Jirawat Anuwichanont (2010), ‘The Relative Impact of Competitiveness Factors And Destination Equity On Tourist’s Loyalty In Koh Chang, Thailand’ 32. Robertico Croes and Manuel Antonio Rivera (2010), ‘Testing the Empirical Link Between Tourism and Competitiveness: Evidence from Puerto Rico’ 33. Cheng-Fei Lee and Brian King (2009), ‘A Determination of Destination Competitiveness for Taiwan’s Hot Springs Tourism Sector Using the Delphi Technique’ 34. Jayoti Das and Cassandra E. DiRienzo (2009), ‘Global Tourism Competitiveness and Freedom of the Press: A Nonlinear Relationship’ 35. Mark M. Miller, Tony L. Henthorne and Babu P. George (2008), ‘The Competitiveness of the Cuban Tourism Industry in the Twenty-First Century: A Strategic Re-Evaluation’ 36. Ozan Bahar and Metin Kozak (2007), ‘Advancing Destination Competitiveness Research: Comparison Between Tourists and Service Providers’ 37. Enrique Claver-Cortés, José F. Molina-Azorín and Jorge Pereira-Moliner (2007), ‘Competitiveness in Mass Tourism’

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Book SynopsisWomen's sports have received much less attention from economists than from other social scientists. This Handbook fills that gap with a comprehensive economic analysis of women's sports. It also analyzes how the behavior and treatment of female athletes reflect broad economic forces.Contributors to this volume use current theoretical models and econometric tools to examine the legal, social, and economic forces that affect the experiences of female athletes. They address such traditional topics as discrimination against female athletes and coaches and the effect of athletic events on the economies of host countries. They also apply theory and estimation to new settings, such as how women respond to tournaments in skiing and figure skating or how the growing dominance of Korean women on the LPGA tour is a form of immigration.This groundbreaking book is a valuable resource for professors, students, and researchers in sports economics, sports management, and women's studies.Contributors: S.L. Averett, D.J. Berri, R. Booth, R.W. Brown, X. Che, D. Coates, J. Congdon-Hohman, S.M. Estelle, B.E. Fairweather, B. Frick, K.F. Gilsdorf, B.R. Humphreys, R.T. Jewell, J.-H. Kang, A.C. Krautmann, Y.H. Lee, Y. Lee, E.M. Leeds, M.A. Leeds, R. Levy, V.A. Matheson, S.S. Montgomery, I. Park, M.D. Robinson, R.M. Rodenberg, F. Scheel, S. Shmanske, J. Stull, V.A. Sukhatme, J. Treber, P. von AllmenTrade ReviewLeeds and Leeds have filled a gaping hole in sports economics with this revealing collection of essays. The economics of women in sports has been too long neglected. By covering everything from women as sports spectators, to women as participants in individual and team sports at the collegiate and professional levels, to women's sports internationally, Title IX, and women's differential response to incentives, this volume not only demonstrates that there is much fertile ground to be studied, but also that the subject matter is both interesting and important. --Andrew Zimbalist, Smith CollegeIn the Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports, Leeds and Leeds put together an impressive list of heavy hitters in the sociology and economics literature on sports to produce a tour de force volume. The entire spectrum of international perspectives is covered, from US, Korean, and Australian sports to world competition at the highest level of the Olympics and international championships. Whether your interest is attendance at women's events, performance and rewards in women's pro sports, gender issues in US college sports, or international performance and how women compete, this handbook is a must read for any serious fan, and for all serious scholars interested in the impacts of being female on sports performance and competitiveness. --Rodney Fort, University of MichiganTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Women, Sports, and Economics Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds PART I: WOMEN AND SPORT IN CONTEXT 1. Women’s Attendance at Sports Events Sarah S. Montgomery and Michael D. Robinson 2. Participation in Women’s Sport in Australia Ross Booth and Michael A. Leeds 3. Individual Decision-making in a Social Context: The Sociological Determinants of Female Sports Participation Judith Stull PART II: PERFORMANCE AND REWARDS IN WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 4. Gender and Skill Convergence in Professional Golf Stephen Shmanske 5. Gender Differences in Responses to Incentives in Sports: Some New Results from Golf Keith F. Gilsdorf and Vasant A. Sukhatme 6. Earnings and Performance in Women’s Skiing XiaoGang Che and Brad R. Humphreys 7. Understanding the WNBA On and Off the Court David J. Berri and Anthony C. Krautmann 8. The Goals and Impacts of Age Restrictions in Sports Ryan M. Rodenberg PART III: WOMEN IN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS 9. The Economics of Title IX Compliance in Intercollegiate Athletics Susan L. Averett and Sarah M. Estelle 10. Revenues and Subsidies in Collegiate Sports: An Analysis of NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Robert W. Brown and R. Todd Jewell 11. The Impact of Increased Academic Standards of Proposition 16 on the Graduation Rates of Women and Men in Division IA Intercollegiate Athletics B. Erin Fairweather 12. Gender Differences in Competitive Balance in Intercollegiate Basketball Jaret Treber, Rachel Levy and Victor A. Matheson 13. Coaching Women and Women Coaching: Pay Differentials in the Title IX Era Peter von Allmen PART IV: WOMEN IN OLYMPIC AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS 14. Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Empirical Evidence from 100m Races Bernd Frick and Friedrich Scheel 15. Do Men and Women Respond Differently to Economic Contests? The Case of Men’s and Ladies’ Figure Skating Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds 16. International Women’s Soccer and Gender Inequality: Revisited Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Victor A. Matheson 17. The Economic Impact of the Women’s World Cup Dennis Coates 18. An Economic Analysis of the Sudden Influx of Korean Female Golfers into the LPGA Young Hoon Lee, Ilhyeok Park, Joon-Ho Kang and Younghan Lee 19. Media Coverage and Pay in Women’s Basketball and Netball in Australia Ross Booth Index

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Book SynopsisTourism is frequently seen as a way of creating new employment opportunities in those regions which have suffered from severe de-industrialization and major cutbacks in manufacturing industry.This important book - based on new and original research - examines the economic impact, measured in employment terms, of the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish. The authors provide a detailed assessment of the direct, indirect and induced employment generated by the museum. The assessment of the museum's employment impact is placed firmly within the context of its historical development and of the region's tourism activity.Tourism, Museums and the Local Economy focuses on one particular museum, but the methodology and much of the discussion are widely applicable to the evaluation of other tourist attractions. The policy implications of the study are fully assessed by the authors who also make use of a series of international comparisons. The book will be of interest to economists, geographers and all those who have an interest in tourism, the arts and museums, and regional development. It will be an invaluable asset to planners and policymakers at both central and local government level.Trade Review'Tourism, Museums and the Local Economy offers some lessons to tourism managers and scholars. It will be a good addition to research collections in economics, regional development and public policy.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. The Purpose of the Study 2. The Development of the Museum 3. The Labour Force at Beamish 4. The Museum’s Employment Impact 5. Visitor Demand 6. Employment Potential

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together some of the most important articles on the topic of financial intermediaries. Financial Intermediaries puts recent developments into an appropriate historical setting, with seminal works by Edgeworth, Arrow, Gurley, Shaw, Baumol, Tobin and Stigler combined with more recent ones by Fischer, Black, Weiss and Stiglitz.Table of Contents1. Philippon, T. and A. Reshef (2013), ‘An International Look at the Growth of Modern Finance’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27 (2), 73–96. 2. Greenwood, R. and D. Scharfstein (2013), ‘The Growth of Finance’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27 (2), 3–28. 3. Cetorelli, N., B.H. Mandel and L. Mollineaux (2012), ‘The Evolution of Banks and Financial Intermediation: Framing the Analysis’, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review, 18 (2), 21–34. 4. Asmundson, I. (2011), ‘What Are Financial Services?’, Finance & Development, 48 (1), 46–7. 5. Carter, R.L. (1979), Reinsurance, Dordrecht: Kluwer Publishing. 6. Lewis, M.K. and K.T. Davis (1987), Domestic and International Banking, Oxford: Philip Allan. Reprinted Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1993. 7. Lewis, M.K. (1990), ‘Banking as Insurance’, in E.P.M. Gardener (ed.), The Future of Financial Systems and Services, London: Macmillan, 225–42. 8. Gurley, J.G. and E.S. Shaw (1956), ‘Financial Intermediaries and the Saving-Investment Process’, Journal of Finance, 11, 257–76. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 9. Tobin, J. (1963), ‘Commercial Banks as Creators of “Money”’, Banking and Monetary Studies, ed. D. Carson for the Comptroller of the Currency, Homewood, Illinois: R.D. Irwin, 408–19. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 10. International Monetary Fund (2014), ‘Global Financial Stability Report’, https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfsr/, accessed 13 October 2014. 11. Cochrane, J.H. (2013), ‘Finance: Function Matters, Not Size’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27 (2), 29–49. 12. Stutchbury, O.P. (1964), The Management of Unit Trusts, Nottingham: Thomas Skinner & Co. 13. Fama, E.F and K.R. French (2010), ‘Luck versus Skill in the Cross-Section of Mutual Fund Returns’, Journal of Finance, 65 (4), 1915–47. 14. Gennaioli, N., A. Schleifer and R. Vishny (2012), ‘Money Doctors’, NBER Working Paper 18174, Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. 15. French, K.R. (2008), ‘Presidential Address: The Cost of Active Investing’, Journal of Finance, 63 (4), 1537–73. 16. Baumol, W.J. (1965), ‘The Specialist: Operator of the Automatic Mechanism’, in W.J. Baumol, The Stock Market and Economic Efficiency, New York: Fordham University Press, 9–34. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 17. Demsetz, H. (1968), ‘The Cost of Transacting’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, LXXXII (1), February, 33–53. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 18. Kirilenko, A.A. and A.W. Lo (2013), ‘Moore’s Law versus Murphy’s Law: Algorithmic Trading and Its Discontents’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27 (2), 51–72. 19. Hendershott, T., C.M. Jones and A.J. Menkveld (2011), ‘Does Algorithmic Trading Improve Liquidity?’, Journal of Finance, 66 (1), 1–33. 20. Tabb, L. (2012), ‘Written Testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs by Larry Tabb, CEO, TABB Group’, 30 September, http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Testimony&Hearing_ID=f8a5cef9-291d-4dd3-ad3-10b55c86d23e&Witness_ID=f52000faa2-1cfe-48a5-b373-60bde009d3a3, accessed 20 January 2013. 21. Kirilenko, A.A., A.S. Kyle, M. Samadi and T. Tuzun (2011), ‘The Flash Crash: The Impact of High Frequency Trading on an Electronic Market’, http://papers.ssrn.comn/so13/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1686004, accessed 5 April 2013. 22. Vigna, P. and T. Lauricella (2012), ‘Sawtooth Trading Hits Coke, IBM, McDonald’s, and Apple Shares’, Wall Street Journal, 19 July, http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/07/19/sawtooth-trading-hits-coke-ibm-mcdonalds-and-apple-shares/, accessed 25 July 2012. 23. Khandani, A.E. and A.W. Lo (2007), ‘What Happened to the Quants in August 2007?’, Journal of Investment Management, 5 (4), 5–54. 24. Lehmann, B.N. (1990), ‘Fads, Martingales, and Market Efficiency’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 105 (1), 1–28. 25. Lo, A. and C. MacKinlay (1990), ‘When Are Contrarian Profits Due to Stock Market Over-reaction?’, Review of Financial Studies, 3 (2), 175–205. 26. Goldman Sachs Asset Management (2007), ‘The Quant Liquidity Crunch’, Goldman Sachs Global Quantitative Equity Group, August. Proprietary document for Goldman Sachs clients; not available to the general public. 27. Rothman, M.S. (2007a), ‘Turbulent Times in Quant Land’, US Equity Quantitative Strategies, 9 August, Lehman Brothers Equity Research, http://dealbreaker.com/_old/images/pdrf/quant.pdf, accessed 19 August 2007. 28. Rothman, M.S. (2007b), ‘View from QuantLand: Where Do We Go Now?’, US Equity Quantitative Strategies, Lehman Brothers Research. Proprietary document for Lehman clients only; not available to the general public. 29. Rothman, M.S. (2007c), ‘Rebalance of Large Cap Quant Portfolio’, US Equity Quantitative Strategies, Lehman Brothers Research. Proprietary document for Lehman clients only; not available to the general public. 30. Edgeworth, F.Y. (1888), ‘The Mathematical Theory of Banking’, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, LI, 113–27. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 31. Haubrich, J.G. and R.G. King (1984), ‘Banking and Insurance’, Working Paper 1312, National Bureau of Economic Research. 32. Orr, D. and W.G. Mellon (1961), ‘Stochastic Reserve Losses and Expansion of Bank Credit’, American Economic Review, LI (4), 614–23. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 33. Friedman, M. (1969), ‘The Optimal Quantity of Money’, in M. Friedman, The Optimal Quantity of Money and Other Essays, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1–50. 34. Keister, T. and J.J. McAndrews (2009), ‘Why Are Banks Holding So Many Excess Reserves?’, Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 15 (8), 1–11. 35. Iley, Richard A. and M.K. Lewis (2013), Global Finance After the Crisis: The United States, China and the New World Order, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar. 36. Bank for International Settlements (2010), ‘The Future of the Financial Sector’, BIS 80th Annual Report, Basel, Switzerland: Bank for International Settlements, 74–88. 37. Gurley, J.G. and E.S. Shaw (1960), Money in the Theory of Finance, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1995. 38. Keynes, J.M. (1936), General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, London: Macmillan. 39. Leland, H.E. and D.H. Pyle (1977), ‘Information Asymmetries, Financial Structure and Financial Intermediation’, Journal of Finance, 32, 371–87. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 40. Diamond, D. (1984), ‘Financial Intermediation and Delegated Monitoring’, Review of Economic Studies, 51 (166), 393–414. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 41. Fama, E.F. (1985), ‘What’s Different About Banks?’, Journal of Monetary Economics, 15, 23–39. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 42. Arrow, K.J. (1964), ‘The Role of Securities in the Optimal Allocation of Risk-Bearing’, Review of Economic Studies, 31, 91–6. 43. Arrow, K.J. (1974), ‘Insurance, Risk and Resource Allocation’, in K.J. Arrow, Essays in the Theory of Risk-Bearing, Amsterdam: North Holland, 134–43. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 44. Swary, I. and G.F. Udell (1985), ‘The Role of Collateral in Commercial Lending’, Working Paper No. 359, Salomon Brothers Center for the Study of Financial Institutions, New York University. 45. Dowd, K. (1992a), ‘Models of Banking Instability: A Partial Review of the Literature’, Journal of Economic Surveys, 6 (2), 107–32. Reprinted in M.K. Lewis (ed.), Financial Intermediaries. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, 43, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, VT, USA: Edward Elgar, 1995. 46. Dowd, K. 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Book SynopsisRecent Developments in the Economics of Education collects together the most important contributions in this rapidly developing field. Themes covered in this book include: efficiency and equity, externalities and the role of the government in providing education, the relationship between the markets for labour and education, cost functions in the education sector, the market for educators, and the economics of school choice. This volume complements an earlier volume in the series, The Economic Value of Education, edited by Mark Blaug.Trade Review'. . . a useful reference volume in which a good proportion of the more important and durable articles in the economics of education of the past 10 years will be available to students in a readily accessible form.'Table of ContentsPART I ISSUES OF EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY 1. Kenneth J. Arrow (1993), ‘Excellence and Equity in Higher Education’ 2. Henry M. Levin (1990), ‘The Economics of Justice in Education’ 3. Evert van Imhoff (1989), ‘Optimal Investment in Human Capital Under Conditions of Nonstable Population’ PART II EXTERNALITIES AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 4. David A. Kodde and Josef M.M. Ritzen (1985), ‘The Demand for Education Under Capital Market Imperfections’ 5. George E. Johnson (1984), ‘Subsidies for Higher Education’ 6. John M. Hartwick (1992), ‘Endogenous Growth with Public Education’ 7. John Creedy and Patrick François (1992), ‘Higher Education and Progressive Taxation: Equity, Efficiency and Majority Voting’ 8. Kjell Erik Lommerud (1989), ‘Educational Subsidies When Relative Income Matters’ 9. Martin Weale (1992), ‘Externalities from Education’ 10. Adam B. Jaffe (1989), ‘Real Effects of Academic Research’ 11. Robert H. Haveman and Barbara L. Wolfe (1984), ‘Schooling and Economic Well-Being: The Role of Nonmarket Effects’ 12. Edward T. Gullason (1989), ‘The Consumption Value of Schooling: An Empirical Estimate of One Aspect’ 13. Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro (1991), ‘Does Student Aid Affect College Enrollment? New Evidence on a Persistent Controversy’ 14. Elchanan Cohn and Sherrie L.W. Rhine (1989), ‘Foregone Earnings of College Students in the U.S. , 1970 and 1979: A Microanalytic Approach’ PART III ECONOMICS OF SCHOOL CHOICE 15. Edwin G. West (1991), ‘Public Schools and Excess Burdens’ 16. John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe (1988), ‘Politics, Markets, and the Organization of Schools’ 17. Henry M. Levin (1991), ‘The Economics of Educational Choice’ PART IV THE COSTS OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 18. Paul T. Brinkman and Larry L. Leslie (1986), ‘Economies of Scale in Higher Education: Sixty Years of Research’ 19. Mun C. Tsang (1988), ‘Cost Analysis for Educational Policymaking: A Review of Cost Studies in Education in Developing Countries’ 20. Emmanuel Jimenez (1986), ‘The Structure of Educational Costs: Multiproduct Cost Functions for Primary and Secondary Schools in Latin America’ 21. Elchanan Cohn, Sherrie L.W. Rhine and Maria C. Santos (1989), ‘Institutions of Higher Education as Multi-Product Firms: Economies of Scale and Scope’ 22. Hans de Groot, Walter W. McMahon and J. Fredericks Volkwein (1991), ‘The Cost Structure of American Research Universities’ 23. Partha Dasgupta and Eric Maskin (1987), ‘The Simple Economics of Research Portfolios’ PART V LINKS BETWEEN EDUCATION AND THE LABOUR MARKET 24. Walter W. McMahon (1991), ‘Relative Returns to Human and Physical Capital in the U.S. and Efficient Investment Strategies’ 25. Kevin M. Murphy and Finis Welch (1992), ‘The Structure of Wages’ 26. Nachum Sicherman (1991), ‘“Overeducation” in the Labor Market’ 27. Mun C. Tsang, Russell W. Rumberger and Henry M. Levin (1991), ‘The Impact of Surplus Schooling on Worker Productivity’ 28. Keith Whitfield and R.A. Wilson (1991), ‘Staying on in Full-Time Education: The Education Participation Rate of 16-year-olds’ 29. David Card and Alan B. Krueger (1992), ‘Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States’ 30. John H. Bishop (1989), ‘Is the Test Score Decline Responsible for the Productivity Growth Decline?’ PART VI THE MARKET FOR EDUCATORS 31. Peter J. Dolton (1990), ‘The Economics of UK Teacher Supply: The Graduate’s Decision’ 32. Richard J. Murnane and Randall J. Olsen (1990), ‘The Effects of Salaries and Opportunity Costs on Length of Stay in Teaching: Evidence from North Carolina’ 33. Ronald Ehrenberg, Hirschel Kasper and Daniel Rees (1991), ‘Faculty Turnover at American Colleges and Universities: Analyses of AAUP Data’ 34. H. Lorne Carmichael (1988), ‘Incentives in Academics: Why Is There Tenure?’

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Book SynopsisThis important new volume addresses the many aspects of banking in European market economies in the twentieth century, making innovative and authoritative research available to historians, economists, financiers and business analysts. The distinguished group of authors examines the historic role of banks in utilizing domestic and foreign financial resources. Their contributions show that from the 1880s onwards banks became an integral part of the capital market in continental Europe. In the course of this development the banks played a crucial part in financing industry in North and Central Europe. This symbiotic relationship between banks and industry is analysed and is shown to have had a decisive impact on the inflation and crisis-prone interwar period. The comparative and quantitative methods applied in these papers reveal differences between the countries of North and Central Europe, especially with regard to the degree of state intervention in individual economies. Other topics discussed include the networks of interlocking directorships, the effectiveness of banking legislation and the impact of the national question on banking in central and Southeast Europe.Universal Banking in the Twentieth Century illustrates both striking similarities and marked differences in the role of universal banking across Europe in terms of the level of industrialization and the pace of economic growth.Trade Review'. . . the overall standard of historical research and exposition is high and the volume represents a significant addition to our knowledge of how universal banks operate the main countries of Europe.' -- Michael Collins, Business History'It covers ground of great interest to students of European economic history, particularly concerning the role of financial institutions in relatively late cases of industrialization.' -- John Hassan, The Manchester SchoolTable of ContentsPart 1 Continuity and discontinuity in historical perspective: continuity and change in Swedish banking, Ragnhild Lundstrom; the Norwegian banking system before and after the interwar crises, Even Lange; origins of the banking system in interwar Czechoslovakia, Jan Hajek; banking and nationality in Hungary, 1867-1914, Zoltan Szasz; universal banking in the Slovene region, 1900-1945, Franjo Stiblar. Part 2 Central banks, the state and universal banks: production versus currency - the Danish Central Bank in the 1920s, Per H. Hansen; Norwegian banks and the legacy of the interwar years, Sverre Knutsen; the establishment of the Anglo-Czechoslovak Bank - conflicting interests, Charlotte Natmessnig; the failure of crisis management - banking laws in interwar Austria, Gertrude Enderle-Burcel. Part 3 Universal banks and industry: banking system changes in the new Independent Czechoslovak Republic, Vlastislav Lacina; bank-industry relations in interwar Slovakia, Jozef Faltus; "mushrooms and dinosaurs" - Sieghart and the Boden-Credit-Anstalt in the 1920s, P.L. Cottrell; "for better, for worse ..." - the Credit-Anstalt and its customers in 1931, Dieter Stiefel; the Wiener Bank-Verein and its customers in the 1920s and 1930s, Desiree D. Verdonk; financing industrial companies in interwar Austria - working capital and liquidity, Alois Mosser; the industrial clientele of the Hungarian General Credit Bank, 1920-26, Agnes Pogany. Part 4 Bankers and bank-industry networks: networks of bankers and industrialists in interwar Greece, Margarita Dritsas; interlocking dictatorships between banks and industry in interwar Sweden, Jan Ottosson; interlocking directorships between commercial banks and industry in interwar Vienna, Peter Eigner.

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