This paper provides a theoretical and empirical contribution to understanding spatial competition by examining visitor attractions in two contrasting clusters of lower and higher levels of agglomeration of businesses in Cornwall, UK. The study found that competition is mainly for customers and...

“International safeguards” refer to a set of international agreements establishing control over the production, use, and final disposition of fissionable materials. Before the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) went into effect, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards had been...

More workersí compensation claims for soft-tissue injuries are filed on Monday than on any other day of the week. Explanations for the Monday claims include ìwarm-upî or ergonomic effects, false classification of off-the-job weekend due to economic incentives, or psychological responses to...

This paper surveys recent evidence on the impact of government programs on the measured labor market status of black Americans. In this paper, we argue that previous studies neglect the impact of recent government policy on the supply side of the labor market, and that the supply side effects of...

A joint-venture is one of a number of possible cooperative strategies that an organization may pursue and may be constrasted to competitive strategies that are more usually referred to in the literature on business and management. This article is based upon an international study of...

This paper questions the view, that underlies much of the literature on the management of new technology, which applauds companies that strive to be at the forefront of new technology for its own sake. With particular reference to the polymer processing industry, but with implications for all...

The literature on joint-ventures has emphasized the joint-venture as a "child" of dominant parent organizations without paying much attention to the internal processes of managing the joint-venture. In particular joint-ventures have the potential to develop strategy of their own and to make...

The focus of this paper is on identifying the barriers to successful implementation of sustainable tourism policy. The research used exploratory and descriptive approaches to identify barriers from the literature as well as field research to determine perceived barriers from key respondents in...