Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2004.

There is considerable interest in watershed-based water quality protection. However, the approach can be highly information intensive, necessitating decisions about the types and amounts of data used to guide decisions. This study examines the Bayesian value of different types and amounts of...

200 pp. Tables, appendices, glossary, maps."The North Fork John Day River is located in Northeast Oregon on both the Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests, starting in the North Fork John Day Wilderness (Section 13, T 8 S, R 36 E) and flowing north and then west to its confluence with...

This dissertation provides a robust assessment of value surfaces and the potential for benefit transfer (BT) in the international context of coral reef. Environmental values are considered as useful tools to improve management of these declining ecosystems. Nevertheless, primary valuation is...

Several studies on word-of-mouth have implied that consumers' desire to make good impressions during social interactions influence their WOM activities. However, little has been done to empirically examine the subject (i.e., WOM) from the perspective of impression management theory. Hence, this...

The purpose of this dissertation is threefold, all aimed at the prospective development of a comprehensive online travel planning system. The first objective was to develop a model of online pleasure travel planning, second to develop a typology of online travel search strategies, and third to...

This dissertation consists of three studies of the applications of financial hedging in the hospitality and tourism industry. In the first study presented in chapter 2, the author proposes a novel approach to mitigate the cash flow volatility arising from snowfall fluctuation in ski resorts:...

This research consisted of three studies that aimed to systematically understand the value creation of memberships from the perspective of members with paid memberships. Study one developed a 2 x 2 behavior-based member segmentation along the dimensions of price sensitivity...