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Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry (2008)
Journal Article
Barron, P. (2008). Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), 730-742. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110810897583

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore one of the biggest issues and challenges now faced by hospitality education and the hospitality industry: that of how to attract and retain a critical group of talented people. Design/methodology/appr... Read More about Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry.

Innovative approaches to event management education in career development: a study of student experiences (2008)
Journal Article
Robinson, R., Barron, P., & Solnet, D. (2008). Innovative approaches to event management education in career development: a study of student experiences. Journal of hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism education, 7, 4-17. https://doi.org/10.3794/johlste.71.170

As the tourism industry matures, so too do career opportunities in its various sectors. This paper reports on a study of graduands preparing for tourism and event management careers. A two-stage sequential research design, using survey and focus grou... Read More about Innovative approaches to event management education in career development: a study of student experiences.

Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries (2008)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D., MacPherson, S., & Thomson, E. (2008). Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries. Timber Engineering, 1, 477-485

In common with many countries, the composition and attitudes of Scotland’s population are changing. It is the regions where the industries in the wood products value chain are based that are expected to change most dramatically. These industries cont... Read More about Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries.

Determinants of international entrepreneurship of UK companies (2008)
Journal Article
Omar, M., Nwankwo, S., & Richards, D. (2008). Determinants of international entrepreneurship of UK companies. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 4, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1504/WREMSD.2008.016204

Research indicates a positive correlation between firm-specific characteristics and international entrepreneurship, vis-a-vis the mode of market entry selected for overseas markets. Equally, the level of international entrepreneurial orientation is r... Read More about Determinants of international entrepreneurship of UK companies.

Individualized Tourism Brochures as a Novel Approach to Mass Customization (2008)
Journal Article
Migas, N., Anastasiadou, C., & Stirling, A. (2008). Individualized Tourism Brochures as a Novel Approach to Mass Customization. Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing, 17, 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/10507050801978463

Tourism is an information intensive business and technological advances have transformed the way in which information is stored, managed and transmitted to potential visitors. Despite the wide adoption of Internet technologies in tourism marketing, i... Read More about Individualized Tourism Brochures as a Novel Approach to Mass Customization.

Public private partnership-a sustainable solution for the information society? experiences in the UK, Germany and Austria (2008)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Scherrer, W. (2008). Public private partnership-a sustainable solution for the information society? experiences in the UK, Germany and Austria. Uprava, 6, 7-34

The political context of governments differs between the UK, Germany and Austria, but each government currently has a positive view of Public private Partnership (PPP). There are many similarities to the drivers for PPPs in Austria, Germany and the U... Read More about Public private partnership-a sustainable solution for the information society? experiences in the UK, Germany and Austria.

Learning, compliance and gender in public management. (2008)
Journal Article
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2008). Learning, compliance and gender in public management. Public Policy and Administration, 23, 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076708089975

This article offers a critical perspective on the ways in which the learning process in public organizations may be influenced by gender. The discussion considers the difference between the direct impact of gender differences on learning and the indi... Read More about Learning, compliance and gender in public management..

Risikomanagement Typologie: an empirical study of German SME's (2008)
Journal Article
Henschel, T. (2008). Risikomanagement Typologie: an empirical study of German SME's. Zeitschrift fur Risk, Fraud and Governance, 3, 149-160

The literature has neglected the issue of risk management in small and medium enterprises previously largely. It was therefore the aim of the present study, in German SMEs to identify the current state of risk management. From the extensive analysis... Read More about Risikomanagement Typologie: an empirical study of German SME's.

An examination of subgroup classification in irritable bowel syndrome patients over time: a prospective study. (2008)
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., Smith, G. D., Steinke, D. T., Kinnear, M., Penman, I., & Ramsay, D. (2008). An examination of subgroup classification in irritable bowel syndrome patients over time: a prospective study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45, 1715-1720. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.04.004

Abstract Background Irritablebowel syndrome (IBS) is a complex functional gastrointestinal disorder which to date remains poorly understood. Therapies for irritablebowel syndrome (IBS) patients are usually aimed at relieving the predominant symptom... Read More about An examination of subgroup classification in irritable bowel syndrome patients over time: a prospective study..

Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school. (2008)
Journal Article
Gibbon, J., Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2008). Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school. Public Money and Management, 28, 353-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00669.x

Alongside formal systems of governance in secondary education there are important informal relationships of accountability among key stakeholders, organized around voluntary obligation in the public interest. Developing these accountabilities enhanc... Read More about Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school..

MARCIC rules OK? Liability in the law of nuisance in Scotland for escapes from overloaded sewers (2008)
Journal Article
McManus, F. (2008). MARCIC rules OK? Liability in the law of nuisance in Scotland for escapes from overloaded sewers. Journal of Water Law, 19, 61-69

The purpose of this article is to discuss the potential liability in the law of nuisance of Scottish Water for harm which is caused by escapes of sewage from public sewers which, although perfectly adequate when they were originally constructed, beco... Read More about MARCIC rules OK? Liability in the law of nuisance in Scotland for escapes from overloaded sewers.

The effect of evaluation criteria on design attributes and brand equity in the product evaluation process (2008)
Journal Article
Na, K. J., Holland, R., Shackleton, J., Hwang, Y., & Melewar, T. C. (2008). The effect of evaluation criteria on design attributes and brand equity in the product evaluation process. Journal of brand management, 16(3), 195-212. https://doi.org/10.1057/bm.2008.29

This study investigates the influence of design attributes on the importance of brand information in the product evaluation process by consumers. We examine how providing evaluation criteria of design influences consumers’ product evaluation concerni... Read More about The effect of evaluation criteria on design attributes and brand equity in the product evaluation process.

Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts (2008)
Journal Article
Panvisavas, V., & Taylor, J. S. (2008). Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 8(4), 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1057/thr.2008.33

Management contracts are widely used throughout the world as a mechanism for separating the ownership of hotel properties and their management. The research reported here concerns how Thai hotel owners seek to control the international hotel chains w... Read More about Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts.

Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism (2008)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., Maxwell, G., & Watson, S. (2008). Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), https://doi.org/

This commentary provides some discussion on emergent points from the articles presented in this thematic edition and re-visits our strategic question posed at the beginning of this theme issue, “what does the highly contemporary, human resource topic... Read More about Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism.