This study questions the importance of public debt in stable growth between 1980 and 2018, specifically, the Ricardian equivalence hypothesis and Keynesian view are questioned. This study used data obtained from the Northern Cyprus State Planning Office. A restricted vector autoregressive model...

In this study unstable economic growth rate in North Cyprus is analyzed. Annual time series data between 1980 and 2018 were sourced from State Planning Office in North Cyprus. In this research dependent variable RGDP growth rate and independent variables total public debt, consumption,...

Purpose This study aims to develop a better understanding of the key determinants of repetitive visits to coffee shops. The paper intends to answer a simple, yet crucial question, “Why do people go to coffee shops repeatedly, and frequently?”. Design/methodology/approach Two coffee shops in...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of human resource (HR) management practices on achieving competitive advantage through studying the mediating role of employee satisfaction in the context of five-star hotels in Northern Cyprus. Design/methodology/approach To produce...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of human resource (HR) management practices on achieving competitive advantage through studying the mediating role of employee satisfaction in the context of five-star hotels in Northern Cyprus. Design/methodology/approach To produce...

The main aim of this study was to investigate the dominant leadership style of managers working in 4 and 5 star hotels in Northern Cyprus and to determine whether demographic factors influence their leadership styles. The leadership styles identified for the study were autocratic, democratic,...

Purpose This study aims to identify the main facilitating factors in learning sustainable tourism development from the perspective of tourism students. Design/methodology/approach An inductive qualitative approach was applied. Focus group data collection and content analysis were used to gather...

Value for money (VfM) is a concept widely recognized by many even beyond the field of the built environment. A concept known as value management (VM) is one of its kind that construction professionals and clients employ towards achieving vVfM. This study critically examined the VM practices of...

Cyprus “is on the sea lane of the great maritime highway connecting the Mediterranean Sea through two sea gates – the Suez and Bab al-Mandab – with the Indian Ocean”. It links to “the Strait of Hormuz, leading to the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Malacca, connecting to the...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to gauge how tourism and hospitality students discern sustainability in the geographical context of the small island state of North Cyprus using systems theory and thinking framework. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative approach and...

Introduction Summary : Tourism is accepted as a multidisciplinary industry .Hoteliers and tour operators/travel agencies (TO/TA) count as two main stakeholders in the tourism sector, and they are interdependent with regard to their marketing and service objectives. Distribution channels, as TO...

Developing electronic library (e-library), academic publications and scientific data, has helped take digital environment. Developing this situation has created a new market. İn this case, the costs of researchers and funders, is rising continuously. Especially, institutions and civil society...

Value management model has been implemented the alternatives of the interior walls with different specifications for dormitory building in Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus. The first goal is Excellence key processes LCCA Rating for six alternative interior walls of the dormitory...

Introduction: "Old ships [sail] like swans asleep ... for Famagusta and the hidden sun" -- A holy site for sailors: Our Lady of the Cave in Famagusta / Michele Bacci -- Placed in the midst of enemies?: material evidence for the existence of maritime cultural networks connecting...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: What kind of Polity? -- Chapter 3: Economic and Institutional Foundations of Turkish Cypriot Governance and the ‘ITEM’ Law -- Chapter 4: From Separation to Convergence: The Economic Development of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkification of Northern...

This paper will explore the various interpretations of the criteria of becoming a state as listed in the Montevideo treaty with particular focus on how it relates to the formation and recognition of Kosovo and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The writings of Richard Caplan, Roselyn Higgins,...

Despite growth in recent years, the economy of the “TRNC” remains fragile and the sustainability of the convergence process without due reform and restructuring is questionable. For sustained investment and growth, far-reaching reforms are certainly required in the private and public...

Librarians in there relations with there customers and with other librarians have to establish good relations. Librarians work long hours and it is somewhat monotonous. Librarians are also busy with a collateral work while working as a librarian. Working together busy sincere, warm relations...

This study contributes to the existing literature that corporate governance consist of internal and external governance behavior which refers to the complementarity of the elements of (1) competing values framework and (2) corporate legality framework theories and proper orientation in the...