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Avalanche hazards and mitigation in Austria: a review

Höller, Peter - In: Natural Hazards 43 (2007) 1, pp. 81-101

At all times natural hazards like torrents or avalanches pose a threat to settlements and infrastructures in the Austrian Alps. Since 1950 more than 1,600 persons have been killed by avalanches in Austria, which is on average approximately 30 fatalities per year. In particular, the winter...

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Snow avalanche hazards in the Făgăraş massif (Southern Carpathians): Romanian Carpathians—Management and perspectives

Voiculescu, Mircea - In: Natural Hazards 51 (2009) 3, pp. 459-475

Snow avalanches represent an undeniable reality in the Southern Carpathians both as a geomorphic process and as a type of hazard. Before the 1990s, few researchers focused on avalanches in Romania. However, after 1990, avalanches became an increasingly important topic of Romanian research...

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Snow-avalanche and debris-flow hazards in the fjords of north-western Iceland, mitigation and prevention

Decaulne, Armelle - In: Natural Hazards 41 (2007) 1, pp. 81-98

In the fjords of north-western Iceland, snow-avalanche and debris-flow hazards threaten 65% of the inhabitants. In this …

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The Icelandic Bank collapse: challenges to governance and risk management

Olaf Sigurjonsson, Throstur - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 10 (2010) 1, pp. 33-45

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extreme case of the Icelandic banking crisis in relation to critical governance issues at governmental, industry and civil society levels. Design/methodology/approach – This is a case study of the Icelandic banking collapse in 2008....

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Outsourcing and financial crisis: evidence from Icelandic service SMEs

Edvardsson, Ingi Rúnar; Teitsdóttir, Unnur Dilja - In: Employee Relations 37 (2015) 1, pp. 30-47

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the application of outsourcing within Icelandic service companies in the wake of the banking collapse. Design/methodology/approach – Findings are based on comparing surveys conducted in early 2009 (381 answers) and in the summer of 2013 (212...

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Students of Vietnamese Heritage: What are Their Academic Experiences in Icelandic Upper Secondary Schools?

Tran, Anh-Dao; Ragnarsdottir, Hanna - In: International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities … 3 (2018) 2, pp. 15-30

Studies of immigrant students in upper secondary school in Iceland often highlight low attendance rates and early …

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Board evaluation in the top Nordic football clubs

Brunzell, Tor; Söderman, Sten - In: Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal 2 (2012) 3, pp. 210-224

top divisions in each of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). The study makes use of …

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Emerging trends in information technology departments of major Icelandic corporations

Tastle, William J.; Valfells, Ársæll - In: International Journal of Commerce and Management 19 (2009) 3, pp. 195-207

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish a baseline for the study of offshore outsourcing in Iceland. After … establish baseline of current offspring activity in Iceland. It is by no means a definitive study. Practical implications – Many … this paper, there is no information available on the state of IT offshoring in the country of Iceland. A benchmark is now …

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North Atlantic island destinations in tourists' minds

Gudlaugsson, Thorhallur; Magnússon, Gunnar - In: International Journal of Culture, Tourism and … 6 (2012) 2, pp. 114-123

Purpose – This study seeks to investigate the image that tourists visiting Iceland in the summer months have of Iceland … as a tourist destination, and whether the positioning of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland together as one area …. The first survey (unstructured) measures the holistic image of Iceland with a qualitative methodology. The second survey …

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Knowledge is power : Knowledge‐capital model in the management of power intensive industries

Kristjánsdóttir, Helga - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 6 (2012) 1, pp. 91-119

ease with which foreign investors can enter into and invest in a particular country. The case country is Iceland, an …. Findings – The findings indicate that source countries are attracted by the level of skill in Iceland at the beginning stage of …

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