Purpose: This study aims to analyze the impact of event experience on event satisfaction and intentions to return and recommend the destination. Design/methodology/approach: Relationships among constructs were tested on data gathered from 542 tourists during the America's Cup World Series held...

Purpose The impact of national culture on tourist behavior has been analyzed in several studies, but none of them focused on its discriminating impact on behavioral intentions during a mega-event. Using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, this paper aims to explore the influence of national...

Il paper analizza le principali tipologie d’impatto che un mega evento genera sugli stakeholder di un contesto territoriale, sviluppando un focus con riferimento al valore creato per i cosiddetti "impacted end user". Nella competizione tra le aree geografiche, infatti, i mega eventi si...

The synthesis of a number of single observed indicators into a unique composite indicator involves various subjective choices related, for instance, to the type of combination (linear, non-linear) and to the aggregation method (simple average, geometric average) used in its construction. Thus,...

The paper proposes a new approach for analysing the stability of Composite Indicators. Starting from the consideration that different subjective choices occur in their construction, the paper emphasizes the importance of investigating the possible alternatives in order to have a clear and...