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In this paper we provide experimental results and extensions to our previous theoretical findings concerning the combination of forecasts that have been diversified by three different methods: with parameters learned at different data aggregation levels, by thick modeling and by the use of...
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The combination of forecasts is a well established procedure for improving forecast performance and decreasing the risk of selecting an inferior model out of an existing pool of models. Work in this area mainly focuses on combining several functionally different models, but some publications...
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industries. Tourism and hospitality have dramatically changed by the ICTs and the Internet and gradually emerge as the leading …
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secondary aim was to understand whether the prevailing business state of crisis or growth affected the attitudes and behaviours … business states of crisis and growth can have a positive impact on some people and encourage them to adopt performance …
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In this paper we turn our attention to the classical marketing problems of product/service launch and development, by examining the emergence of the so-called ‘ruin bars’ in Budapest between 1999 and 2009. Traditionally the marketing discipline has been content with adopting the abstract...
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gain competitive advantage. This report investigates the practice of database marketing among different travel and tourism … retention and business acquisition is also investigated. In order to ensure true customer relationship building it is vital for … personalised service. Business acquisition through customer retention is likely to be a key strategy in future through the use of …
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any respect for geographic or organisational boundaries and companies will have to forge new business models, involving …
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The development of new products in the personal finacial services (PFS) sector is an area that is being increasingly relied upon by organisations to provide competitive differentiation in the highly competitive environment that they now operate within. Despite this reliance, relatively little is...
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Although branding is now widespread among UK universities, the application of branding principles in the higher education sector is comparatively recent and may be controversial for internal audiences who question its suitability and efficiency. This paper seeks to investigate how and whether...
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Branding in universities has become an increasingly topical issue, with some institutions committing substantial financial resources to branding activities. The particular characteristics of the sector present challenges for those seeking to build brands and it therefore seems to be timely and...
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