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This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of research outcomes on the equity home bias puzzle - that people overinvest in domestic stocks relative to the theoretically optimal investment portfolio.

With a focus upon the social dimension of worship Mawdudi's original approach to religious ritual and self-purification considers worship's transformative role in social life, as well as on the spirit.

Developing countries have for many decades waged a campaign for the global regulation of trade in primary products through international commodity agreements.

This book explores multiple types of innovation within the modern wine industry and how it has developed historically.

Cross-Cultural Behaviour in Tourism: Concepts and Analysis is important reading for those in the following areas of industry: * Tourism: illustrates the importance of cultural background in the tourist experience and how it is a major determinant in repeat visitation * Marketing: provides an understanding of the cultural background of a destination that is vital when formulating successful marketing strategies * Management: provides valuable examples on how cultures influence tourist behaviour and decision-making, helping managers to develop cross-cultural skills and deal with tourists from diverse cultural backgrounds Tourism is a service industry where people from different nationalities meet.

This book addresses the various sustainability issues that the tourism industry has faced over time like the trend from over-tourism to under-tourism or from tourism in increasingly distant destinations to a new local tourism with new needs.

Being able to make and receive payments is an essential facet of modern life.

Author Mitch Anthony has been recognized as the voice of conscience for the financial services industry.

This comprehensive manual marks an important milestone in the Vidal Sassoon success story.

Verkehrsträger bestimmen die touristische Leistungskette und erfreuen sich kontinuierlich wachsender Markt- und Beförderungszahlen.

Globally, the food system and the relationship of the individual to that system, continues to change and grow in complexity.

Managing Tourism Enterprises: Start-up, Growth and Resilience brings a new contribution to the literature on tourism management.

The new emphasis on physical security resulting from the terrorist threat has forced many information security professionals to struggle to maintain their organization's focus on protecting information assets.

Charged with ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and delivery of all forms of an entity's information, Information Assurance (IA) professionals require a fundamental understanding of a wide range of specializations, including digital forensics, fraud examination, systems engineering, security risk management, privacy, and compliance.

Written from the contrasting yet complementary perspectives of sociology and philosophy, this book explores the far-reaching ethical consequences of the runaway commodification of sport, focusing on those instances where commodification gives rise to morally undesirable consequences.

Tourism and travel have been with us since time immemorial.

The first summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) were held in Singapore in 2010 and the first winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 2012.

An increasingly important element of sport business is the management of the myriad of relationships in which sport entities are involved.

From the front office to the family room, sabermetrics has dramatically changed the way baseball players are assessed and valued by fans and managers alike.

This bold, pioneering book explores rites of passage in America by sifting through the accounts of influential thinkers who experienced them.

This book examines how the emergence of new media brings brought challenges to the North American sport industry, discussing challenges in terms of a shift from an information economy to an attention economy perspective.

This professional guidebook highlights brand development and management for cities, regions, countries, and destinations.

With contributions from leading figures in the field The International Hospitality Industry looks at both specific sectors of the industry, such as restaurants, cruises, hotels and contract foodservice.

Expounding on the results of the author's work with the US Army Research Office, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various defense industry contractors, Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots explores how to produce an "e;artificial conscience"e; in a new class of robots, humane-oids, which are robots that can potentially perform more et

Destination competitiveness and sustainability are important issues for many stakeholders within the tourism industry.

Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical area in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region.

Winter tourism has seen increased levels of investment in recent times, in an effort to reduce economic risk, address environmental concerns and adapt to the effects of global warming.

There is evident lineage between the concepts of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) and tourism, represented through evocative marketing material, the commoditisation of the TEFL product, teacher motivations and experiences.

Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery: Ateliers of 'Social Integration' tells of community-led 'solidarity ateliers' engaged in sewing and embroidery activities which, in the Global North and Global South, are providing a vital alternative to neoliberal and neo-colonial fashion paradigms.

This well-researched and inspiring collection of ten essays by leading American and European scholars challenges the tendency among scholars of Greek religion to ignore what have traditionally been called "e;magical"e; practices in ancient Greece.

Climate change has put the survival andviability of wine-growing regions at risk.

2020 has left an indelible mark on the history of travel and tourism worldwide leaving tourist destinations with long-term lessons to learn from the impacts of COVID-19.

Now in its 5th edition, Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism has become the ultimate reference text for both students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and practising managers.

This book combines research on technology-driven and social-driven innovation in tourism destinations and the multifaceted concept of sustainability, providing an integrative understanding of the nexus between smartness and sustainability within destinations.

Warm-water islands are a cohesive group of islands distinguished by their geography and remoteness, history as former colonial territories, and dependence on external stakeholders for their economic and social development.

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The tourism and hospitality industry is at the forefront of the climate crisis as a significant source of carbon emissions on a global scale.

This book, first published in 1989, is a valuable addition to the literature on the study of American business history.

Learn how to develop, launch and build a successful fashion brand with this definitive textbook which explores the realities of the contemporary fashion industry.

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a reflection of the way your organization conducts business.

Events of all shapes and sizes play an important part in all of our lives.

This book provides the foundations of BE, reviews the disciplines integrated within its methodology, and presents plentiful evidence of its power by giving detailed application cases, including impressive results in private and public situations.

Together with efforts to control the arms race, commercial issues were a central feature of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s.

The Emerald Handbook of Destination Recovery in Tourism and Hospitality deals with three major objectives: exploration of the various ways to put the tourism industry on the path of recovery following global COVID-19 pandemic; to envisage strategies to make tourism more resilient; and to explore sustainability and its vital importance post-crisis.

This book looks at various aspects of tourism education in Asian countries and the impacts of sustainable development in tourism education to the Asian student markets.

Managing Violence in the Workplace is a prescription that contains many lists of "e;do's"e; and "e;don'ts"e; and "e;how to's"e; for proactive and reactive responses to workplace violence.

The official prayer book for Orthodox Jews in the UK, with supporting commentary by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

This book features a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems (ICOTTS 2020), held at the University of Cartagena, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 29th to 31st October 2020.