Search Results - subject:"LOCAL COMMUNITY"

Nature‐based rural tourism and its economic benefits: a case study of Kinabalu National Park

Jaafar, Mastura; Kayat, Kalsom; Tangit, Tania Maria; … - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 5 (2013) 4, pp. 342-352

‐depth analysis of the findings on willingness of residents to participate in tourism activities. Findings – The local community of … economic benefit is gained by local community participation in tourism development within the limited carrying capacity of … community's standard of living. This paper aims to examine the economic benefits emanating from tourism development for a local …

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The effects of network ties on relational social capital and knowledge contribution in virtual local community

Sutanto, Juliana - In: Journal of global information management : an official … 21 (2013) 3, pp. 42-59

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010197639

Multi-objective evaluation of intermodal freight terminal location decisions

Sirikijpanichkul, A.; Ferreira, L. - 2005

main stakeholders involved including policy makers, investors, terminal operators, freight operators, and the local … community affected. There have been several attempts to develop models to evaluate the optimum location of terminals. However …

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The Ecotourism - Element of the Sustainable Development of the Local Rural Communities in Romania

Nistoreanu, Puiu - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 7 (2005) 18, pp. 42-47

The local rural communities of Romania have been affected by the evolution of the history in the last decades. To these there have been added the years of centralised economy and afterwards the transition towards the market economy. All of these have put the inhabitants of the villages between...

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Mega event and destination brand: 2010 Shanghai Expo

Yu, Larry; Wang, Chunlei; Seo, Joohwan - In: International Journal of Event and Festival Management 3 (2012) 1, pp. 46-65

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze Chinese tourists' perceptions toward the 2010 World Expo and the impact of a mega event on the host city and visitor satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – Guided by the conceptualization of hosting special events for destination...

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Collaborative Enterprise and Sustainability: The Case of Slow Food

Tencati, Antonio; Zsolnai, Laszlo - In: Journal of Business Ethics 110 (2012) 3, pp. 345-354

The current and prevailing paradigm of intensive agricultural production is a straightforward example of the mainstream way of doing business. Mainstream enterprises are based on a negativistic view of human nature that leads to counter-productive and unsustainable behaviours producing negative...

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Keeping at Arm’s Length or Searching for Social Proximity? Corporate Social Responsibility as a Reciprocal Process Between Small Businesses and the Local Community

Lähdesmäki, Merja; Suutari, Timo - In: Journal of Business Ethics 108 (2012) 4, pp. 481-493

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Efficacité de l'aide et développement décentralisé

Platteau, Jean-Philippe - In: Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique XLII (2003) 2, pp. 21-27

Title ?' Growth and Poverty Reduction in Developing and Transition CountriesAbstract ?' The aim of the paper is to evaluate economic growth rates required indifferentes regions of the world to reach the millenium development goal of halvingglobal poverty rate by 2015. Current situation of...

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Building Local Responses to Disaster

Nadarajah, Yaso; Mulligan, Martin - In: India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs 67 (2011) 4, pp. 307-324

While there has been much discussion in international disaster management literature in recent years of the need to give affected communities much more â€˜ownershipâ€™ of recovery and rehabilitation pro-jects and programs, there is little real understanding of what this might mean in...

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An assessment of the attitudes of the inhabitants of Northern Karpathos, Greece: towards a framework for ecotourism development in environmentally sensitive areas

Pipinos, George; Fokiali, Persa - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 11 (2009) 3, pp. 655-675

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