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Understanding and Managing the Impact of Airbnb

The Case of Western Australia from 2015 to the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020

By: Christof Pforr,Michael Volgger,Sara Cavalcanti Marques,Aji Cahya Nusantara

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Understanding and Managing the Impact of Airbnb

The Case of Western Australia from 2015 to the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020

By: Christof Pforr,Michael Volgger,Sara Cavalcanti Marques,Aji Cahya Nusantara

This book explores the rapid growth of the sharing economy, specifically of Airbnb, in recent years and how it has challenged traditional economies in many countries around the globe. With almost 5 million listings in more than 190 countries, many consider Airbnb as one of the most disruptive developments in tourism over the past decade. While this is a book about Western Australia as a case in point, the issues addressed in this book speak to the broader development of the sharing economy and its effects experienced nationally and indeed internationally. Thus, through the adoption of a case-specific analysis of the growth and impact of Airbnb, the book significantly contributes to closing existing knowledge gaps on the Airbnb phenomenon by exploring not only stakeholder perceptions of the sharing economy and Airbnb, the extent of Airbnb supply and demand, and how this differs from conventional accommodation demand, but also what policy responses have been employed in other tourism destinations worldwide. Western Australia in this regard serves as an exemplar case to shed light on the Airbnb phenomenon. This book presents a comprehensive global study that has investigated the Airbnb phenomenon from a supply, demand, stakeholder, and government response perspective and thus offers new empirical insights, which are of interest to government agencies and the tourism sector and are a valuable source of data to inform current policy debate.

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Springer Nature

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9811629528

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Connecting Brand Identity and Consumer-Based Brand Equity for Tourism Destinations

A Structural Model of Leisure Visitors’ Destination Brand Associations

By: Julian Michael Hodson

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Connecting Brand Identity and Consumer-Based Brand Equity for Tourism Destinations

A Structural Model of Leisure Visitors’ Destination Brand Associations

By: Julian Michael Hodson

The study proposes and empirically validates an integrated model of leisure visitors’ destination brand associations that can guide destination marketing and branding activities for both, the brand identity and the consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) perspective. A ten-phase empirical research design is established and data is collected from a sample of German leisure visitors to the Balearic Island of Mallorca, Spain. Structural equation modeling (SEM) provides empirical evidence of construct validity and reveals strong support for the validity of the proposed structural theory of leisure visitors’ destination brand associations. Results also demonstrate that the structural model possesses excellent levels of predictive power and validity. Importantly, the model performs very well in the overall prediction of consumers’ destination brand attitudes and loyalty.

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376

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Springer Nature

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3658330570

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9783658330576

WealthWise

A Study of Socioeconomic Conflict in Hebrew Wisdom

By: Michael S. Moore

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WealthWise

A Study of Socioeconomic Conflict in Hebrew Wisdom

By: Michael S. Moore

Like the first two books in this series (WealthWatch and WealthWarn), this volume attempts to do two things: (a) examine the primary socioeconomic motifs in the Bible from a comparative intertextual perspective, and (b) trace the trajectory formed by these motifs through Tanak into early Jewish and Nazarene texts. Where WealthWatch focuses on Torah and WealthWarn focuses on the Prophets, WealthWise focuses on wisdom literature. The texts examined here include the Instructions of Shuruppak, Codex Hammurabi, the Poem of the Pious Sufferer (Ludlul bel nemeqi), the Babylonian Theodicy, the Shamash Hymn, the Dialogue of Pessimism, various Hittite texts, the Proverbs of Ahiqar, 4QInstruction, the Wisdom of Ben Sira, and the Wisdom of Solomon, plus Luke's "Sermon on the Plain" and the Epistle of James.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725289660

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9781725289666

Managing Hospitality Organizations

Achieving Excellence in the Guest Experience

By: Robert C. Ford,Michael C. Sturman

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Managing Hospitality Organizations

Achieving Excellence in the Guest Experience

By: Robert C. Ford,Michael C. Sturman

A perfect book for any Hospitality program, excellent instructor support, and a good resource for students." –Denise A. Braley, Mitchell College Today’s economy is dominated by the rapidly growing service sector. Even businesses primarily selling goods are reinventing their image and positioning themselves as service providers. Managing Hospitality Organizations: Achieving Excellence in the Guest Experience takes students on a journey through the evolving service industry. Each chapter focuses on a core principle of hospitality management and is packed with practical advice, examples, and cases from some of the best companies in the service sector. Authors Robert C. Ford and Michael C. Sturman emphasize the critical importance of focusing on the guest and creating that unforgettable customer experience. Whether your students will be managing a neighborhood café, a convention center, or a high-end resort hotel, they will learn invaluable skills for managing the guest experience in today’s ultracompetitive environment. The Second Edition includes new coverage of technology, sustainability, sexual harassment, diversity and inclusion, and ethical leadership. Give your students the SAGE edge! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning.

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SAGE Publications

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1544356846

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The Return of the King

Messianic Expectation in Book V of the Psalter

By: Michael K. Snearly

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The Return of the King

Messianic Expectation in Book V of the Psalter

By: Michael K. Snearly

The clear structure of psalm groups in Psalms 107-150 can be interpreted as signaling a renewed hope in the royal/Davidic promises. Each psalm group of Book V is organized around a theme or key word that is related to the royal/Davidic hope in the earlier sections of the Psalter: Psalms 107-118; Psalm 119; Psalms 120-137; Psalms 138-145; Psalms 146-150. These words and themes figure prominently at the major seam psalms of the Psalter – Psalms 1-2 and 89. Thus, the content and subject matter at the end of the Psalter is integrally related to the content and subject matter at the beginning. The editorial-critical method used by Snearly is an extension of the method used by David M. Howard, Jr. in The Structure of Psalms 93-100. Snearly also draws from recent insights in the fields of poetics and text-linguistics in order to establish a linguistically based foundation for reading the Psalter as a unified text. The methodology emphasizes parallel features, with special focus on key-word links. This method advances editorial criticism by not only discerning links within a group but also showing that those links do not occur with the same frequency outside of the group.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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056766435X

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Tourism and Innovation

By: C. Michael Hall,Allan M. Williams

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Tourism and Innovation

By: C. Michael Hall,Allan M. Williams

This ground-breaking volume on the relationships between tourism and innovation provides an overview of relevant innovation theories and related literatures on entrepreneurship, productivity, regional development and competitiveness, and their significance to contemporary tourism practices. Innovation is a key concept in business and entrepreneurial studies and the broader social sciences. Yet, despite its policy and academic importance, historically little attention has been given to the role of innovation in tourism and the corresponding contribution of tourism-related human mobility to regional, firm, and product innovation. This book emphasises that innovation in tourism is much more than a series of technological innovations, as important as they are, and instead needs to be understood in an economic, social, and political context, with particular stress being placed on the extent to which innovations are shaped by the framework of governance and regulation, as well as by institutional factors and activities of individual actors and entrepreneurs. It is structured so as to introduce the reader to the overall significance of innovation at various levels and the role that innovation plays in firm and place competition. Supported with case studies throughout, this book is essential reading for all tourism students.

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Routledge

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1351669389

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Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy

By: Michael R. Ebner

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Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy

By: Michael R. Ebner

Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy reveals the centrality of violence to Fascist rule, arguing that the Mussolini regime projected its coercive power deeply and diffusely into society through confinement, imprisonment, low-level physical assaults, economic deprivations, intimidation, discrimination, and other everyday forms of coercion. Fascist repression was thus more intense and ideological than previously thought and even shared some important similarities with Nazi and Soviet terror.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521762138

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9780521762137

Barnhill's Dermatopathology, Fourth Edition

By: Raymond L. Barnhill,A. Neil Crowson,Cynthia M. Magro,Michael W. Piepkorn

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Barnhill's Dermatopathology, Fourth Edition

By: Raymond L. Barnhill,A. Neil Crowson,Cynthia M. Magro,Michael W. Piepkorn

The definitive survey of diagnostic dermatopathology—and the single-best resource for addressing differential diagnosis at the microscopic level A Doody's Core Title for 2023 & 2024! For virtually every kind of skin lesion, this skill-sharpening resource has everything clinicians need to successfully perform differential diagnosis at the microscopic level. Barnhill's Dermatopathology features a systematic, algorithmic approach that cuts through the complexity of the discipline’s traditional disease-oriented focus, providing a ready-to-use diagnostic tool that puts the entire world of dermatopathology into perspective. This classic has won acclaim as the only dermatology pathology resource that is valuable for both teaching and for clinical practice and differential diagnosis. While other references may be more exhaustive, denser, or larger, none are more clinically useful as Barnhill's Dermatopathology. With 15% of the dermatology board and recertification examination consisting of dermatopathology topics, this is also an outstanding board review tool. Filled with hundreds of color photomicrographs, the book features a clear five-part organization and nearly forty detailed chapters—each reflecting the scientifically rigorous, up-to-date insights of authors who are acknowledged experts in the field. The book’s vast scope encompasses all skin disease processes—inflammatory, non-inflammatory, infections, and proliferations (harmatomas, hyperplasias, and neoplasms, plus disorders of nails and oral mucosa). Includes Online Bonus Content Increased number of full-color images Numerous tables assist clinicians differentiate similar conditions from one another NEW CHAPTERS on laboratory methods and stains, and updated immunohistochemistry content

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071828257

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9780071828253

Dermatopathology: Third Edition

By: Raymond Barnhill,A. Neil Crowson,Cynthia Magro,Michael Piepkorn

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Dermatopathology: Third Edition

By: Raymond Barnhill,A. Neil Crowson,Cynthia Magro,Michael Piepkorn

The definitive survey of diagnostic dermatopathology—now extensively revised with expanded full-color art Includes Online Image Bank containing all the images in the book A Doody's Core Title for 2011! 4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This is an excellent textbook of dermatopathology in a highly competitive field."--Doody's Review Service For virtually every kind of skin lesion, this skill-sharpening resource has everything you need to successfully perform differential diagnosis at the microscopic level. Dermatopathology features a systematic, algorithmic approach that cuts through the complexity of the discipline’s traditional disease-oriented focus, providing a ready-to-use diagnostic tool that puts the entire world of dermatopathology into perspective. Filled with hundreds of color photomicrographs, the book features a clear five-part organization and 37 detailed chapters—each reflecting the scientifically rigorous, up-to-date insights of authors who are acknowledged experts in the field. The book’s vast scope encompasses all skin disease processes—inflammatory, non-inflammatory, infections, and proliferations (harmatomas, hyperplasias, and neoplasms, plus disorders of nails and oral mucosa). Features NEW! Full chapters on laboratory methods, stains, and updated immunohistochemistry facilitate identification, interpretation, and subsequent accurate diagnosis NEW! Revised chapters provide important new information on inflammatory conditions, infections, and melanocytic, vascular, lymphoid, and other neoplastic conditions NEW! Updated and added material on special staining and immunohistochemistry, including monoclonal antibodies and fluorescence Numerous easy-access tables, bulleted lists, and charts in each chapter NEW! Includes an online image bank featuring all images present in the book at www.dermatopathologybook.com

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0071663959

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Understanding and Managing the Impact of Airbnb

The Case of Western Australia from 2015 to the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020

By: Christof Pforr,Michael Volgger,Sara Cavalcanti Marques,Aji Cahya Nusantara

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Understanding and Managing the Impact of Airbnb

The Case of Western Australia from 2015 to the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020

By: Christof Pforr,Michael Volgger,Sara Cavalcanti Marques,Aji Cahya Nusantara

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Understanding and Managing the Impact of Airbnb

Understanding and Managing the Impact of Airbnb

Connecting Brand Identity and Consumer-Based Brand Equity for Tourism Destinations

Connecting Brand Identity and Consumer-Based Brand Equity for Tourism Destinations

WealthWise

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Managing Hospitality Organizations

Managing Hospitality Organizations

The Return of the King

The Return of the King

Tourism and Innovation

Tourism and Innovation

Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy

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Barnhill's Dermatopathology, Fourth Edition

Barnhill's Dermatopathology, Fourth Edition

Dermatopathology: Third Edition

Dermatopathology: Third Edition

Understanding and Managing the Impact of Airbnb

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