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Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester (2004)
Journal Article
Wight, C., & Lennon, J. (2004). Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 2(2), 105-122

Governments and authoritative stakeholders are faced with dilemmas regarding the representation of sites associated with death and disaster in the context of tourism visits. Not least of these are the owners and mangers of museums in the U.K which ar... Read More about Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester.

Franchising as a small business growth strategy: A resource-based view of organizational development (2004)
Journal Article
Stanworth, J., Stanworth, C., Watson, A., Purdy, D., & Healeas, S. (2004). Franchising as a small business growth strategy: A resource-based view of organizational development. International Small Business Journal, 22(6), 539-559. https://doi.org/10.1177/

Not only are most franchisees themselves small businesses, but so are many franchisors, particularly in the formative years of their franchise businesses. High turbulence and attrition rates in the formative years of franchise businesses result in an... Read More about Franchising as a small business growth strategy: A resource-based view of organizational development.

Non-Executive Directors & Changing Nature Of Audit Committees (2004)
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Windram, B., & Song, J. (2004). Non-Executive Directors & Changing Nature Of Audit Committees. Corporate Ownership & Control, 1(3), 108-115. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv1i3p10

In this paper we provide a descriptive summary of a postal survey of FT 500 UK company audit committee chairman on the operations of UK audit committees. The survey represents an “insider view” of the activities of audit committees and the characteri... Read More about Non-Executive Directors & Changing Nature Of Audit Committees.

Stakeholders' perceptions of the DCF method in hotel valuations (2004)
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Verginis, C. S., & Stephen Taylor, J. (2004). Stakeholders' perceptions of the DCF method in hotel valuations. Property Management, 22(5), 358-376. https://doi.org/10.1108/02637470410570743

The main stakeholder of any valuation is the commissioning party and the outcome of the valuation process will determine for the commissioning party the value of the asset. The second key stakeholder is the valuer. Often, however, there is third stak... Read More about Stakeholders' perceptions of the DCF method in hotel valuations.

Tourism and Forest Management in India: The Role of the State in Limiting Tourism Development (2004)
Journal Article
Hannam, K. (2004). Tourism and Forest Management in India: The Role of the State in Limiting Tourism Development. Tourism Geographies, 6(3), 331-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461668042000269647

This paper considers the intersection of tourism and forest management in India. It is demonstrated that there are major conflicts between the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and the Ministry of Environment and Forests at both discursive and materia... Read More about Tourism and Forest Management in India: The Role of the State in Limiting Tourism Development.

‘Mounting offshore operations using the reserve forces and how it impacted on homeland defence and security- the United Kingdom experience. (2004)
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Thomson, J. R. (2003). ‘Mounting offshore operations using the reserve forces and how it impacted on homeland defence and security- the United Kingdom experience. Journal of military and strategic studies the electronic journal of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, 7, ISSN 1488-559X

This short paper attempts to reflect on the UK experience of mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces in support of regular forces and its impact on homeland defence and security. The topic area is by definition both diverse by its natur... Read More about ‘Mounting offshore operations using the reserve forces and how it impacted on homeland defence and security- the United Kingdom experience..

Mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces and how it impacted on homeland security – the United Kingdom experience’. (2004)
Journal Article
Thomson, J. R. (2003). Mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces and how it impacted on homeland security – the United Kingdom experience’. Journal of military and strategic studies the electronic journal of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, 7, ISSN 1488-559X

This short paper attempts to reflect on the UK experience of mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces in support of regular forces and its impact on homeland defence and security. The topic area is by definition both diverse by its natur... Read More about Mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces and how it impacted on homeland security – the United Kingdom experience’..

The Dragon evolves:is the social market economy a chimaera? (2004)
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Omar, M., & Handley-Schachler, M. (2004). The Dragon evolves:is the social market economy a chimaera?. International Journal of Applied Marketing, 3, 82-92

An earlier study by Deng and Dart (1999) shed a great deal of light on the unfolding dynamics of market orientation, searching out a range of macro-marketing concerns that may significantly impact the adjustment process to a market orientation. Mark... Read More about The Dragon evolves:is the social market economy a chimaera?.

Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing. (2004)
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Omar, M., Boyd, D., & Nwankwo, S. (2003). Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing. International Journal of Applied Marketing, 3, (93-113). ISSN 1742-2612

This paper offers a fresh methodological insight in examining the functional relationship between standardisation and involvement strategies in international marketing. It starts by reviewing the underpinning literature, focusing on the form of the r... Read More about Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing..

A multivariate test of the determination of market entry by economic and social characteristics.. (2004)
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Omar, M., & Boyd, D. (2003). A multivariate test of the determination of market entry by economic and social characteristics.. International Journal of Applied Management Science, 5, (102-126). ISSN 1755-8913

The social and economic characteristics of different countries affect market opportunities in complex ways. Moreover, since companies are not all the same their response to any set of characteristics increases the complexity of theorising about any... Read More about A multivariate test of the determination of market entry by economic and social characteristics...

Exploring human resource development: a level of analysis approach. (2004)
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Garavan, T. N., McGuire, D., & O'Donnell, D. (2004). Exploring human resource development: a level of analysis approach. Human Resource Development Review, 3(4), 417-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484304271669

Levels of analysis perform an important function in framing research and practice in human resource development (HRD). The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of HRD from the individual, organizational and community/societal levels of ana... Read More about Exploring human resource development: a level of analysis approach..

Benchmarking Audit Committee Effectiveness In Financial Reporting (2004)
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Song, J., & Windram, B. (2004). Benchmarking Audit Committee Effectiveness In Financial Reporting. International Journal of Auditing, 8(3), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-1123.2004.00090.x

This paper examines the effectiveness of UK audit committees in their primary responsibility of overseeing financial reporting. A logit regression approach is used to benchmark corporate financial reporting quality against financial reporting standar... Read More about Benchmarking Audit Committee Effectiveness In Financial Reporting.

Sport management reform, national competitiveness and Olympic glory in the People's Republic of China (2004)
Journal Article
Theodoraki, E. (2004). Sport management reform, national competitiveness and Olympic glory in the People's Republic of China. Managing Leisure, 9(4), 193-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360671042000317289

The paper traces the People's Republic of China's (PRC) efforts to modernize its public sector through economic reforms, and explores the effects of these on the country's sport structures. More specifically the research reported here investigates th... Read More about Sport management reform, national competitiveness and Olympic glory in the People's Republic of China.

Interactive case study experiences applied to the managed learning environment. (2004)
Journal Article
Gallagher, J. (2004). Interactive case study experiences applied to the managed learning environment. Journal of internet business, 1, 18

Experience in building interactive multimedia case studies has been examined and the lessons from this have been applied to the more extensive creation of a Managed Learning Environment, based on WebCT. WebCT serves three distinct groups: student,... Read More about Interactive case study experiences applied to the managed learning environment..

Polish social firm hotel project: an international voluntary–public–private sector partnership in action (2004)
Journal Article
Lynch, P., Kozlowska, M., & Ritchie, M. (2004). Polish social firm hotel project: an international voluntary–public–private sector partnership in action. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 23(3), 255-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2

This article uses a case study of the transfer of a social firm model from Scotland to Poland for the development of two social firm hotels in order to illustrate an international voluntary–public–private sector partnership in action, and to propose... Read More about Polish social firm hotel project: an international voluntary–public–private sector partnership in action.

Changes, problems and challenges of accounting education in Libya (2004)
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Ahmad, N. S. M., & Gao, S. S. (2004). Changes, problems and challenges of accounting education in Libya. Accounting education, 13(3), 365-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/0963928042000273825

While accounting education has existed in Libya for over 45 years, knowledge about it is scarce among Western accounting academics. This paper reports the development of accounting education and curricula since Libya's independence in the 1950s and e... Read More about Changes, problems and challenges of accounting education in Libya.