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Publication date: 1 January 2002

Ian T. Christie

Tourism in developing countries has grown rapidly in the past 20 years to the point where a fresh look at its underpinnings appears overdue. The industry itself realizes that the…

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Tourism in developing countries has grown rapidly in the past 20 years to the point where a fresh look at its underpinnings appears overdue. The industry itself realizes that the quality of growth is as important as quantity. Inevitably, growth and globalization have brought about a change in tourism's structure, driven by competition, consolidation among the main economic players and the revolution in information and technology. The recent Sommets du Tourisme, now in its third year, promoted by the Geneva/ Chamonix/ Mont Blanc tourism industry, took up these issues in December 5–7, 2001. This paper is a result of a presentation made at that Sommets du Tourisme on tourism, poverty and the World Bank Croup's role. The Bank Croup addresses tourism through its regular channels, including poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSP) and country assistance strategy process (CAS). Its interventions focus on public good issues, market failures, and gaps not filled by others. In this framework, this article reviews tourism as a sector that can contribute to sustainable development, including its economic, financial, social and environmental aspects. It argues that developing countries can compete favorably in world markets — they often have the framework conditions which give them a good opportunity to create the new products and services that consumers seek, often in as yet unspoiled areas. Growth and poverty are addressed, as are the policy conditions for making markets work, and assuring the sustainability of tourism's often all too fragile assets. Local communities are often left out of the decision‐making process that determines their future, leading to disenchantment with tourism; similarly, local communities may have difficulty dealing effectively with the burgeoning international travel industry. The paper underscores the importance of institutions, particularly the respective roles of government and industry, and partnership as a source of mutual inspiration. Some examples are offered here as illustrations of types of investment in sustainable tourism.

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Tourism Review, vol. 57 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1660-5373

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Publication date: 1 October 2001

Ian Christie and Diane Warburton

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Environmental Management and Health, vol. 12 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0956-6163

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Publication date: 1 August 1999

Ian Christie and Duncan Goldie‐Scot

Digital money has made slow progress over the last five years, but now momentum is building and banks throughout Europe have begun to deploy digital money on a large scale…

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Digital money has made slow progress over the last five years, but now momentum is building and banks throughout Europe have begun to deploy digital money on a large scale: GeldKarte in Germany, Proton in Belgium, CASH in Switzerland, etc. Early trials have been inconclusive, markets remain fragmented and cautious, and consumers remain to be convinced that they can place trust in digital services, but the emergence of the Net has revitalised the digital money scene. Discusses the possible consequences of e‐cash transactions in an international networked environment where long established economic and monetary ideas may no longer be valid. Raises key issues such as the implications of e‐cash on the overall money supply and inflation control, how e‐cash systems fit into fair trading regulations, the impact on the tax base, demand for government issued notes and coins and the protection of commercial and personal privacy. The importance of innovation by industry, co‐operation as the basis for competition and the creation of a regulatory framework by government are highlighted. Warns of the need for regulating authorities to ensure that economically disadvantaged groups are not excluded from the digital money environment.

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European Business Review, vol. 99 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0955-534X

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Publication date: 1 August 1999

John Coleman and David Birch

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European Business Review, vol. 99 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0955-534X

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Publication date: 12 August 2014

Kate Burningham, Susan Venn, Ian Christie, Tim Jackson and Birgitta Gatersleben

The purpose of this paper is to draw on data from 16 interviews (two each with eight women) to explore some of the ways in which everyday shopping may change as women become…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to draw on data from 16 interviews (two each with eight women) to explore some of the ways in which everyday shopping may change as women become mothers. The meanings, practices and implications of the transition to motherhood have long been a topic for sociological inquiry. Recently, interest has turned to the opportunities offered by this transition for the adoption of more sustainable lifestyles. Becoming a mother is likely to lead to changes in a variety of aspects of everyday life such as travel, leisure, cooking and purchase of consumer goods, all of which have environmental implications. The environmental impacts associated with such changes are complex, and positive moves toward more sustainable activities in one sphere may be offset by less environmentally positive changes elsewhere.

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This paper draws on data from 16 interviews (two each with eight women) to explore some of the ways in which everyday shopping may change as women become mothers.

Findings

This paper focuses on the ways in which modes and meanings of everyday shopping may shift through the transition to mother, and on indicating any potential sustainability implications. The paper explores the adoption of more structured shopping and of shifting the mode of grocery shopping online or offline. The paper draws attention to the way in which practices are embedded and interrelated and argue that more consideration needs to be given to the influence of all household members.

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The question here is not whether women purchase different products or consume more once they have a child, but rather how does the everyday activity of shopping for groceries and the meanings it has change with new motherhood and what sustainability implications might this have? In this context, this paper provides a novel addition to research on new mothers and consumption.

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Young Consumers, vol. 15 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1747-3616

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Publication date: 1 March 1992

Bonder UK, a Division of Cetema Ltd, has received the Ford Motor Company's prestigious Q1 award for the quality control of Bonder's range of phosphating and pretreatment materials…

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Bonder UK, a Division of Cetema Ltd, has received the Ford Motor Company's prestigious Q1 award for the quality control of Bonder's range of phosphating and pretreatment materials supplied to Ford's UK plants.

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Pigment & Resin Technology, vol. 21 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0369-9420

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Publication date: 26 August 2014

Brian Uzzi

Analysis of organizational decline has become central to the study of economy and society. Further advances in this area may fail however, because two major literatures on the…

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Analysis of organizational decline has become central to the study of economy and society. Further advances in this area may fail however, because two major literatures on the topic remain disintegrated and because both lack a sophisticated account of how social structure and interdependencies among organizations affect decline. This paper develops a perspective which tries to overcome these problems. The perspective explains decline through an understanding of how social ties and resource dependencies among firms affect market structure and the resulting behavior of firms within it. Evidence is furnished that supports the assumptions of the perspective and provides a basis for specifying propositions about the effect of network structure on organizational survival. I conclude by discussing the perspective’s implications for organizational theory and economic sociology.

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Collaboration and Competition in Business Ecosystems
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ISBN: 978-1-78190-826-6

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Publication date: 1 September 1992

Graham Robinson

A review in depth of Policy Studies Issue 13:1 consideringthe progress made to date by the Training and Enterprise Councils in theUK. It provides an informed and valuable backdrop…

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A review in depth of Policy Studies Issue 13:1 considering the progress made to date by the Training and Enterprise Councils in the UK. It provides an informed and valuable backdrop to the varied and interesting papers which go to make up this special issue. The papers consider the TECs from a variety of perspectives and are themselves considered from the standpoint of an adviser to their Boards and senior management teams. Argues that this critical stage of the TECs is one which is given scant consideration in the publication and that TEC managers are frequently overstretched and under resourced. While this is a common characteristic of work in the 1990s, the committed and hard working managers and staff of TECs should not become political footballs, becoming overburdened by initiative overload but should be permitted to get on with their very important task within a realistic strategic framework.

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Industrial and Commercial Training, vol. 24 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0019-7858

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Publication date: 16 December 2017

Riccardo Bellofiore and Scott Carter

Resurgent interest in the life and work of the Italian Cambridge economist Piero Sraffa is leading to New Directions in Sraffa Scholarship. This chapter introduces readers to some…

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Resurgent interest in the life and work of the Italian Cambridge economist Piero Sraffa is leading to New Directions in Sraffa Scholarship. This chapter introduces readers to some of these developments. First and perhaps foremost is the fact that as of September 2016 Sraffa’s archival material has been uploaded onto the website of the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge University, as digital colour images; this chapter introduces readers to the history of these events. This history provides sharp relief on the extant debates over the role of the archival material in leading to the final publication of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, and readers are provided a brief sketch of these matters. The varied nature of Sraffa scholarship is demonstrated by the different aspects of Sraffa’s intellectual legacy which are developed and discussed in the various entries of our Symposium. The conclusion is reached that we are on the cusp of an exciting phase change of tremendous potential in Sraffa scholarship.

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Including a Symposium on New Directions in Sraffa Scholarship
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78714-539-9

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Publication date: 1 July 1997

Brian Uzzi

Analysis of organizational decline has become central to the study of economy and society. Further advances in this area may fail however, because two major literatures on the…

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Analysis of organizational decline has become central to the study of economy and society. Further advances in this area may fail however, because two major literatures on the topic remain disintegrated and because both lack a sophisticated account of how social structure and interdependencies among organizations affect decline. This paper develops a perspective which tries to overcome these problems. The perspective explains decline through an understanding of how social ties and resource dependencies among firms affect market structure and the resulting behavior of firms within it. Evidence is furnished that supports the assumptions of the perspective and provides a basis for specifying propositions about the effect of network structure on organizational survival. I conclude by discussing the perspective's implications for organizational theory and economic sociology.

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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 17 no. 7/8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-333X

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