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Insights into Online Reviews of Hotel Service Attributes: A Cross-National Study of Selected Countries in Africa (2017)
Book Chapter
Ukpabi, D., Olaleye, S., Mogaji, E., & Karjaluoto, H. (2018). Insights into Online Reviews of Hotel Service Attributes: A Cross-National Study of Selected Countries in Africa. In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2018 (243-256). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72923-7_19

Online travel reviews are paramount to trip planning because they help consumers’ form images of destinations. Despite ample studies on hotel service attributes, knowledge is scarce regarding culturally nuanced attributes, including security percepti... Read More about Insights into Online Reviews of Hotel Service Attributes: A Cross-National Study of Selected Countries in Africa.

The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’ (2017)
Book Chapter
Tsoukis. (2017). The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’. In Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis: Debt, Austerity and Unemployment. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8_10

We consider the maximum public debt-GDP ratio that is serviceable when one allows for the fiscal effects of the required primary surpluses (the ‘fiscal multiplier’). This simple but novel approach yields a debt Laffer Curve that defines the debt and... Read More about The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’.

Environmental economics (2017)
Book Chapter
Fernandez, R. M. (2017). Environmental economics. In The Business Student's Guide to Sustainable Management (227-258). (2). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351216500-8

This chapter discusses basic concepts related to environmental economics and a reasonable overview of the policies and instruments more widely used to tackle environment-related issues such as risks to human health from the point of view of the neces... Read More about Environmental economics.

Attitudes towards brands and advertisements: Qualitative and thematic analysis of social media data (2017)
Book Chapter
Mogaji, E., & Farinloye, T. (2017). Attitudes towards brands and advertisements: Qualitative and thematic analysis of social media data. In Contemporary Issues in Social Media Marketing. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315563312-15

This chapter identifies that social media are changing the manner in which brands and consumers relate to one another. Customers are co-creating value and meaning with brands, generating data which can be qualitatively analysed to further enhance our... Read More about Attitudes towards brands and advertisements: Qualitative and thematic analysis of social media data.

Spain and renewable energy promotion. Europeanization upside down. (2017)
Book Chapter
Solario, I., & Fernandez, R. (2017). Spain and renewable energy promotion. Europeanization upside down. In A Guide to EU Renewable Energy Policy. Comparing Europeanization and domestic policy change in EU member states (141–161). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783471560.00018

Spain’s renewable energy policy can be traced back to the 1970s, with the first legislation outlining a specific support scheme for renewable electricity issued early in the following decade. From then onwards Spain became a European forerunner in th... Read More about Spain and renewable energy promotion. Europeanization upside down..

Dockworkers’ Resistance and Union Reform within China’s Globalised Seaport Industry (2017)
Book Chapter
Cao, X., & Meng, Q. (2017). Dockworkers’ Resistance and Union Reform within China’s Globalised Seaport Industry. In Chinese Labour in the Global Economy (13). Taylor and Francis

This study examines the prominent 2013 Yantian dock strike in China and analyses the main factors contributing to the dockers’ successful campaign. It finds that the dockers’ capacity to take strike action mainly derives from their bargaining power,... Read More about Dockworkers’ Resistance and Union Reform within China’s Globalised Seaport Industry.

Performing the Legacy of Animative and Iterative Approaches to Co-producing Knowledge (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). Performing the Legacy of Animative and Iterative Approaches to Co-producing Knowledge. In Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research: Beyond Impact. https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447331605.003.0006

This chapter advances a distinctive conceptual framework for defining legacy, seeing it as co-produced and co-performed in relational processes and dialogical encounters between scholars and community partners, facilitated by creative methodologies o... Read More about Performing the Legacy of Animative and Iterative Approaches to Co-producing Knowledge.