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Current and future trends in consumers' preference for farm tourism in Germany
(2010)In order to provide a better understanding of the differentiation process of farm tourism, this article provides four innovative concepts of a farm holiday and identifies five approachable segments of potential customers. ... -
Factors influencing the intention to revisit a cultural attraction: The case study of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rovereto
(2012)This paper analyses the different factors influencing the intention to revisit a cultural attraction with an application to the Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art (MART) in Rovereto, Italy. The empirical data were ... -
An econometric analysis of climate change impacts on tourism flows: an empirical evidence from the region of Tuscany, Italy
(2013)This paper contributes to the study of climate change impacts on tourism by exploring how flows of visitors to Tuscany, which counts for more than 45 million of presences a year. Our estimation results show that under the ... -
Cruise passengers’ satisfaction in the Caribbean port of call of Cartagena de Indias: A cross-section data analysis
(2012)The cruise industry has become a significant component of the Colombian tourism economy and Cartagena de Indias has become the largest cruise port in the country. This paper provides a better understanding of the cruise ... -
The Funding of Subsidiaries Equity, Double Leverage, and the Risk of Bank Holding Companies
(2018)Banking groups exploit double leverage when ‘debt is issued by the parent company and the proceeds are invested in subsidiaries as equity’. Financial authorities have frequently raised concerns about the issue of double ... -
Cruise tourism externalities and residents' support: A mixed approach
(2012)This paper investigates residents' preferences of investment in cruise tourism, taking its externalities into full account. The research involved data collection in the port of call of Messina (Sicily, Italy), during the ... -
Sample Composition Discrepancies in Different Stages of a Probability-based Online Panel
(2013)We report sample composition discrepancies related to demographic and personality variables occurring in different stages of development of a probability-based online panel. The first stage - selecting eligible participants ... -
No-arbitrage ROM simulation
(2014)Ledermann et al. (2011) propose random orthogonal matrix (ROM) simulation for generating multivariate samples matching means and covariances exactly. Its computational efficiency compared to standard Monte Carlo methods ... -
No-arbitrage bounds for financial scenarios
(2014)We derive no-arbitrage bounds for expected excess returns to generate scenarios used in financial applications. The bounds allow to distinguish three regions: one where arbitrage opportunities will never exist, a second ... -
Segmenting cruise passengers visiting Uruguay: A factor-cluster analysis
(2014)The study aims to provide a better understanding of cruise travel from passengers' characteristics and experience in two ports of call in Uruguay. A multivariate market segmentation analysis was used, on the basis of 5151 ... -
A Proposed Framework of Regional Innovation System: The Case of the Kharkiv Region in Eastern Ukraine
(2010)Regional Innovation System (RIS) model of economic growth, seeks to promote increased interaction across the government, business and academia. The importance of RIS stems from the increasing interaction of regional actors ... -
Corporate taxation and financial strategies under asymmetric information
(2016)In this article, we study the effects of corporate taxation on credit market equilibria in presence of asymmetric information. We develop a screening model that accounts for the following five facts: the existence of a tax ... -
Moonlighting Politicians: Motivation Matters!
(2016)We study self-selection into politics and effort once in office of citizens with different abilities and motivations in a framework where moonlighting is allowed. We find that high-ability motivated (public-fit) politicians ... -
In Medio Stat Virtus: Does a Mixed Economy Increase Welfare?
(2016)Over the past few decades, social enterprises have grown remarkably. This paper investigates how social enterprises affect access to social services (e.g., education and health-care) and utilitarian welfare. To this end, ... -
Transnazionalità del trattamento dei dati e tutela degli interessati, tra strumenti di diritto internazionale privato e la prospettiva di principi di diritto privato di formazione internazionale
(2017)Transnational data processing and the protection of data subjects between international private law and the perspective of common principles of private law given at international level Among the current most problematic ... -
On the relation between forecast precision and trading profitability of financial analysts
(2014)We analyze the relation between earnings forecast accuracy and the expected profitability of financial analysts. Modeling forecast errors with a multivariate normal distribution, a complete characterization of the payoff ... -
A technology acceptance model of common bean growers’ intention to adopt integrated production in the Brazilian Central Region = Ein Technologie-Akzeptanzmodell zur Absicht von Bohnenproduzenten, Integrierte Produktion im brasilianischen Zentralgebiet einzuführen
(De Gruyter Open Ltd, 2017)The Brazilian government encouraged the Integrated Production (IP) farming system adoption to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of intensive bean production in irrigated areas of the Brazilian savanna. By ensuring ... -
Sbiancare il cigno nero? Strategie e competenze manageriali per riconoscere il nuovo
(2016)Obiettivo del paper: La letteratura che analizza come le organizzazioni affrontano i black swan tende a enfatizzare l’importanza di apprendere dall’esperienza, estendendo nel tempo il numero di casi che l’organizzazione è ...
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