Climate change affects mountain tourism and summer glacier skiing, a highly vulnerable activity. This paper explores the complex dynamics affecting summer glacier skiing in Swiss Alpine destinations. The methodology involved conducting 26 semi-structured interviews followed by three workshops...

Cableways alleviate access to the Alps and were crucial in establishing the skiing tourism boom of the after-war years. Moreover, cableway operators employ a large share of residents, are complemented by tourism-related services and are therefore a key economic pillar in otherwise laggard...

Canadian ski tourism destinations face increasing climate and carbon risks yet are not currently prepared to adapt to climate change or a decarbonized future. Considering the urgency of climate change and complexity of tourism systems, ski destinations need research identifying stakeholder-held...

Increasing temperatures and snow-scarce winter seasons challenge the winter tourism industry, one of the most weather-sensitive economic sectors. In this paper we assemble a novel dataset matching weather conditions and tourism flows in a sample of 39 Italian ski resorts in the last 20 years. We...

Climate change is threatening the future of ski resorts, as the increasing frequency of low snow seasons is expected to reduce the profitability of ski resorts. The growth of snowmaking is often seen as a way to adapt to this threat. While the literature highlights its environmental impacts, its...

The purpose of this study is to find a way to maintain the sustainability of YouTube quality by identifying the relationship between user satisfaction, perceived achievement, and continuous use intention of YouTube content quality that provides ski technology information. Moreover, with the...

How does small-firm employment respond to exogenous labor productivity risk? We find that this depends on the capitalization of firms' local banks. The evidence comes from firms employing workers whose productivity depends on the weather. Weatherinduced labor productivity risk reduces this...

This paper analyzes how small-firm employment responds to labor productivity risk. We use highly granular data about firms employing workers whose productivity depends on the weather. This allows us to analyze the effects of exogenous fluctuations in labor productivity risk, induced by weather...

A general assumption of the standard hedonic price model is that producers produce outputs/services efficiently, and deviations from this situation are assumed to involve either overcharging or undercharging. We consider an alternative hedonic model, where we assume that, among the alternative...

In alpine skiing competitions, one of the coaches of the participating countries sets the course. This may provide an advantage, but it may also exert higher pressure on the racers. We analyze 40,150 men's and 36,968 women's performances from all competitions in alpine skiing's Slalom, Giant...

In this paper, we evaluate a fast-track ticket alternative in the alpine skiing industry. Using data from a survey of skiers at a major ski resort in Norway, we estimate price-response functions and optimal fast-track ticket prices. We also analyse (using regression analysis) the main...

A general assumption of the standard hedonic price model is that producers produce outputs/ services efficiently, and deviations from this situation are assumed to involve either overcharging or undercharging. Using the profit maximising behaviour, we derive an alternative hedonic model to show...

How does small-firm employment respond to exogenous labor productivity risk? We find that this depends on the capitalization of firms' local banks. The evidence comes from firms offering (quasi-) fixed employment to workers whose productivity depends on the weather. Weather risk reduces this...

How does small-firm employment respond to exogenous labor productivity risk? We find that this depends on the capitalization of firms' local banks. The evidence comes from firms offering (quasi-) fixed employment to workers whose productivity depends on the weather. Weather risk reduces this...

How does small-firm employment respond to exogenous labor productivity risk? We find that this depends on the capitalization of firms' local banks. The evidence comes from firms offering (quasi-) fixed employment to workers whose productivity depends on the weather. Weather risk reduces this...

How does small-firm employment respond to exogenous labor productivity risk? We find that this depends on the capitalization of firms' local banks. The evidence comes from firms offering (quasi-) fixed employment to workers whose productivity depends on the weather. Weather risk reduces this...

Patent settlements are typically procompetitive, benefiting not only the settling parties but also the courts and the general public. But in rare cases patent settlements might instead harm competition, and thus raise antitrust concerns. How are courts to determine when antitrust scrutiny...

The quality of subjective performance evaluation is dependent on the incentive structures faced by evaluators, in particular on how they are monitored and themselves evaluated. Figure skating competitions provide a unique opportunity to study subjective evaluation. This paper develops and tests...

We invite you to read the Special Issue on business models in tourism, in the context of considering the principles of sustainable development. It is a collection of 14 articles published in a Special Issue of Sustainability MDPI in 2019–2021. The dynamic changes taking place in the world...

Destination managers aim at increasing and maintaining visitor satisfaction. In this study the authors examine the levels of efficiency which ski resorts attain in pursuing this objective for a sample of 54 Austrian, French, German, Italian, and Swiss ski resorts based on a survey totaling...

With the approach of the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, the ski tourism market in mainland China is gradually heating up. As an important node city of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Urumqi is vigorously developing winter tourism to enhance its image as an urban tourism spot. In this study,...