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Publication date: 1 March 1971

K.J.C. MacMaster

THE advent of the aviation gas turbine created a demand for test equipment to reproduce operating conditions within the confines of the laboratory and test house. The importance…

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THE advent of the aviation gas turbine created a demand for test equipment to reproduce operating conditions within the confines of the laboratory and test house. The importance of such testing is patently obvious and has been an accepted policy to ensure that engine component and airframe test experience is always well in advance of service life.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 43 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 10 November 2023

Meltem Yavuz Sercekman

Managing differences is a difficult undertaking, especially considering the difficulties arising from the unconscious functions of our brains. Organisations should strive to…

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Managing differences is a difficult undertaking, especially considering the difficulties arising from the unconscious functions of our brains. Organisations should strive to counteract the potentially harmful effects of unconscious bias by implementing policies that support bias-aware management and decision-making. Although it is obvious that bias cannot be completely eliminated, there is enough data, as discussed in this work, to demonstrate that unconscious bias and stereotypes can be addressed and decreased with mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) to some extent. Mindfulness involves the process of bringing non-judgemental awareness to experience by striving for full attention in the present moment. In this context, including mindfulness practises into training programmes for equality, diversity, and inclusion may serve as an accelerator for recognising hidden biases, reducing stereotypes, eliminating discrimination, and encouraging cognitive changes. This chapter explains the ways in which MBIs can be used to promote cognitive changes and comprehend the automatic and unconscious nature of emotions and thoughts in order to remove barriers between all differences in the workplace.

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Contemporary Approaches in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Strategic and Technological Perspectives
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ISBN: 978-1-80455-089-2

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Publication date: 31 March 2015

Mounira M. Charrad and Daniel Jaster

The article shows that the concept of patrimonialism is useful for the analysis not only of nation-states, but also of local and imperial power structures. Highlighting the limits…

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The article shows that the concept of patrimonialism is useful for the analysis not only of nation-states, but also of local and imperial power structures. Highlighting the limits of empires, we consider how local conditions shaped the strategies of colonial states in the process of empire building. We argue that the strength of local patrimonial networks before colonization, coupled with the sequencing of colonial conquests, either facilitated or hindered the French colonial and imperial project. Using a comparative-historical approach based on the analysis of two cases, Algeria and Tunisia, we find that the French colonial state employed markedly differing strategies of domination in each case. In Algeria, the French initially attempted and failed to destroy local patrimonial networks and the social practices associated with them through extensive military action. The failed attempt to destroy local practices resulted in over a century of resistance and bloodshed. When military rule became too costly, the French opted instead to rely on decentralized control that used the very structures they originally sought to eradicate. With constant reminders of the misguided colonial strategy in Algeria, the French used a different form of rule in Tunisia. They incorporated the existing Tunisian bureaucracy into their own political project, using it to limit the power of local patrimonial networks and transforming them instead through the development of capitalistic agriculture. The article illustrates the importance of paying close attention to local patrimonial networks in the analysis of colonial and imperial strategies.

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Patrimonial Capitalism and Empire
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ISBN: 978-1-78441-757-4

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Publication date: 11 July 2018

Marisol Alonso-Vazquez, María del Pilar Pastor-Pérez and Martha Alicia Alonso-Castañón

The aim of this chapter is to present an overview of how entrepreneurs’ management activity can be assisted by utilising business plans. The main purpose of this chapter is to…

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The aim of this chapter is to present an overview of how entrepreneurs’ management activity can be assisted by utilising business plans. The main purpose of this chapter is to guide prospective tourism entrepreneurs to make a reflection on management decision-making when starting up a micro-, small- or medium-sized tourism venture.

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This chapter was built on a review of management literature and authors’ industry experiences.

Findings

This chapter suggests that a well-designed business plan can help prospective entrepreneurs to (1) facilitate their decision-making, (2) minimise their risk perception and (3) increase their venture’s success probability.

Research limitations/implications

This chapter is descriptive in nature to illustrate how business plans are useful instruments for decision-making in management and marketing areas.

Practical implications

The practical/entrepreneurial approach practical of this chapter contributes to highlight the utility and value of a business plan for any micro, small or medium tourism, travel, leisure or event venture.

Originality/value

This chapter is useful for prospective entrepreneurs who are planning to launch a venture but have not decided yet how to shape and start a tourism business venture.

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The Emerald Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Tourism, Travel and Hospitality
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ISBN: 978-1-78743-529-2

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Publication date: 1 June 1989

Bruce Seifert and John Ford

Firms in the electrical, machine tool builders, food processingequipment, and fluid power industries were surveyed concerning theirexport marketing policies. Except in promotion…

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Firms in the electrical, machine tool builders, food processing equipment, and fluid power industries were surveyed concerning their export marketing policies. Except in promotion, most of these industrial firms follow a standardised marketing approach. Their export budgets are smaller than their domestic budgets. Also the firms indicated that they were only lukewarm about their overall export performance; those most satisfied with their export performance tend to be larger, more experienced in exporting, or spend equal or greater amounts on export promotion than on comparable domestic product line promotion.

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International Marketing Review, vol. 6 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0265-1335

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Publication date: 11 April 2017

Golnaz Golnaraghi and Sumayya Daghar

The identities of Muslim women tend to be essentialized into binaries of what she is and what she ought to be (Golnaraghi & Dye, 2016). For far too long Muslim women’s voices in…

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The identities of Muslim women tend to be essentialized into binaries of what she is and what she ought to be (Golnaraghi & Dye, 2016). For far too long Muslim women’s voices in North America have been marginalized by hegemonic Orientalist (Said, 1978) and traditionalist (Clarke, 2003) Islamic discourses. When it comes to issues of agency, empowerment, and self-expression, it is either imposed by Western ideals or regulated by traditionalist politics of Islam (Zine, 2006). As such, Muslim women activists must engage and negotiate within the dual and narrow oppressions of Orientalist and traditionalist Islamic representations of her (Khan, 1998; Zine, 2006). Given the scarcity of space provided in print media (Golnaraghi & Dye, 2016; Golnaraghi & Mills, 2013) for Muslim women to construct, appropriate, and remake their own identities, some have turned to social media to challenge these dichotomies through activism and resistance. Such a space is necessary in order to recover, resurface, and reauthorize the hybrid voices, experiences, and identities of the Muslim woman on their own terms in order to challenge hegemonic discourse. Highlighting the nuances of feminist activism, particularly that of Muslim postcolonial feminists that can make a difference to Critical Management Studies (CMS) as a community concerned with social justice and challenging marginalization and oppression. The “Somewhere in America #Mipsterz” (Muslim hipsters) video launched in 2013, the site for our critical discourse analysis, is one case where this resistance can be seen, showcasing fashionable veiled Muslim women artistically expressing themselves to the beats of Jay Z.

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Feminists and Queer Theorists Debate the Future of Critical Management Studies
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ISBN: 978-1-78635-498-3

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Publication date: 1 February 1993

Constantine S. Katsikeas and Nigel F. Piercy

Addresses the issue of adaptation by indigenous Greek exportmanufacturing firms in their business relationships with UK importers.Fifty‐three manufacturers in Greece were included…

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Addresses the issue of adaptation by indigenous Greek export manufacturing firms in their business relationships with UK importers. Fifty‐three manufacturers in Greece were included in the research sample. Results suggest that these Greek manufacturers were involved in considerable levels of modification in most marketing and organizational aspects of their relationships with UK importers. Reports high levels of satisfaction with the overall adaptation made in this relationship. However, finds that in some areas, such as promotion and marketing research, Greek firms were involved in insufficient modification or adaptation, with negative repercussions on the development of the trading association. These research findings have important implications for business practitioners in both exporting and importing firms.

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Marketing Intelligence & Planning, vol. 11 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-4503

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Publication date: 1 July 1917

At a meeting of the Stepney Borough Council on June 20th the Public Health Committee submitted the following report by the Medical Officer of Health detailing the proceedings…

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At a meeting of the Stepney Borough Council on June 20th the Public Health Committee submitted the following report by the Medical Officer of Health detailing the proceedings which have been instituted against a certain milk‐vendor during the past eight years, and illustrating the difficulties which are experienced in obtaining convictions for adulteration of milk in consequence of the provisions of the “warranty clause” of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

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British Food Journal, vol. 19 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 November 1921

Van Helmont considered he had found it in water, and thus records his famous Brussels experiment:

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Van Helmont considered he had found it in water, and thus records his famous Brussels experiment:

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British Food Journal, vol. 23 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 September 1922

MINISTRY OF HEALTH, WHITEHALL, S.W. 28th August, 1922. Sir, I am directed by the Minister of Health to draw the attention of the Council to the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act…

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH, WHITEHALL, S.W. 28th August, 1922. Sir, I am directed by the Minister of Health to draw the attention of the Council to the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, the provisions of which, except section 3, will come into operation on the 1st September, 1922.

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British Food Journal, vol. 24 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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