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The impact of taxes on the competitiveness of European Tourism (2017)
Report
Larhlid, A., Carey, S., Trinh, T., O’Donovan, N., Pöschl, C., Naker, S., Gillham, J., Kupelian, B., Jain, S., Markovitch, T., Wagenaar, L., Blanche, M., & Arnold, M. (2017). The impact of taxes on the competitiveness of European Tourism. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/130660/The%20Impact%20of%20Taxes%20on%20the%20Competitiveness%20of%20European%20tourism.pdf

Tourism is an important economic sector bringing a very substantial contribution to the EU economy. Achieving growth in this increasingly competitive international market requires a supportive regulatory environment, and taxation is a core component... Read More about The impact of taxes on the competitiveness of European Tourism.

Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis (Ed. C Tsoukis) (2017)
Book
Tsoukis, C. (2017). I. Bournakis, C. Tsoukis, D. K. Christopoulos, & T. Palivos (Eds.). Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis (Ed. C Tsoukis). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8

Offers an economic explanation to the failures of both the Greek economy as well as systemic failures of the euro architecture and the operations of EU authorities

Brings together contributions from economists with a wide range of expertise

Con... Read More about Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis (Ed. C Tsoukis).

Effectiveness of tax incentives for venture capital and business angels (2017)
Report
Larhlid, A., McClintock, K., Gillham, J., Wilson, A., O’Donovan, N., Hacker, C., Naker, S., Glowacki, K., Laki, B., Radzikowski, B., Loretz, S., & Sögner, L. (2017). Effectiveness of tax incentives for venture capital and business angels. European Commision

The Capital Markets Union project (CMU) aims to strengthen the single market by deepening the integration of investment across the European Union. Improved access to finance is a key component of this project, in particular for start-ups, small- and... Read More about Effectiveness of tax incentives for venture capital and business angels.

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’. 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’.

Is Trade in Permits Good for the Environment? (2017)
Journal Article
Lapan, H., & Sikdar, S. (2017). Is Trade in Permits Good for the Environment?. Environmental and Resource Economics, 500-510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0202-z

We analyze the impact of trade in emission permits on environmental policy when countries trade a differentiated good. Pollution is always higher with tradable permits as compared to the case where permits are not internationally tradable. If polluti... Read More about Is Trade in Permits Good for the Environment?.

Multilingual Research, Monolingual Publications: Management Scholarship in English only (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Multilingual Research, Monolingual Publications: Management Scholarship in English only. European Journal of International Management, 28-45. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2018.10009384

This paper identifies several stages of international management scholarship as multilingual in character as the conception and execution of research projects, whether empirical or theoretical, frequently require the use of several languages... Read More about Multilingual Research, Monolingual Publications: Management Scholarship in English only.

Energy Consumption and Economic Development in Hong Kong, China (2017)
Journal Article
To, W., & Lee, P. K. C. (in press). Energy Consumption and Economic Development in Hong Kong, China. Energies, 10(11), 1883. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10111883

The economic structure of a city evolves as the city develops, resulting in a change in energy consumption. This paper presents a historical review of Hong Kong’s economic development and energy consumption from 1970 to 2015. Based on the official da... Read More about Energy Consumption and Economic Development in Hong Kong, China.

When and why does the name of the brand still matter? (2017)
Journal Article
Round, D. (2017). When and why does the name of the brand still matter?. European Journal of Marketing, 2118 - 2137. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-06-2016-0360

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to fill a current gap in the literature, through the development of theory concerned with changes that occur over time to the functions and importance of the brand name element of a branded entity.

Design/meth... Read More about When and why does the name of the brand still matter?.

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.

Green marketing orientation: Conceptualization, scale development and validation (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Green marketing orientation: Conceptualization, scale development and validation. Journal of Business Research, 236 -246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.05.024

As green marketing becomes an essential tool for sustainable business strategy, companies are adopting green marketing practices to achieve better business performance. However, no research has yet operationalized all the organizational facets that a... Read More about Green marketing orientation: Conceptualization, scale development and validation.

Economic Crisis and Youth Unemployment: The Greek case (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Economic Crisis and Youth Unemployment: The Greek case. Science and Society, 145-172. https://doi.org/10.12681/sas.10779

Young people have been hard hit by the crisis and the austerity measures implemented in Greece since 2010. After six years of significant changes in the Greek employment and social system young people face burgeoning difficulties to find quality and... Read More about Economic Crisis and Youth Unemployment: The Greek case.

Are all online hotel prices created dynamic?: An empirical assessment (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Are all online hotel prices created dynamic?: An empirical assessment. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2017.09.001

Understanding how tourist firms set their online prices is important given their growing reliance on Online Travel Agencies (OTA). The article investigates whether the narrative of a pervasive presence of dynamic pricing provides a realistic descript... Read More about Are all online hotel prices created dynamic?: An empirical assessment.

Innovative Business Projects as an Enabler to Enhance Intercultural and Management Skills of Students (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2017, October 9-11). Innovative Business Projects as an Enabler to Enhance Intercultural and Management Skills of Students. 24th International Academy of Management and Business (IAMB) Conference, Dubai. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414562

This paper presents the findings of a study conducted among a sample of German and South African students participating in a virtual collaboration project in 2016. This blended learning international cooperation project (abbreviation: BLIC) involved... Read More about Innovative Business Projects as an Enabler to Enhance Intercultural and Management Skills of Students.

Cultural change and perpetuation in organisations: evidence from an English emergency ambulance service (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Cultural change and perpetuation in organisations: evidence from an English emergency ambulance service. Public Management Review, 923-948. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2017.1382278

Transforming cultures rather than changing structures is a favourite prescription for reforming health care organisations. We explore the relationship between cultures, performance measures, and organisational change by analysing the cultural charact... Read More about Cultural change and perpetuation in organisations: evidence from an English emergency ambulance service.

The challenges of police-community collaboration: Identity manoeuvres and power struggles in a neighbourhood based meeting (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). The challenges of police-community collaboration: Identity manoeuvres and power struggles in a neighbourhood based meeting. Public Management Review, 1353-1373. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2017.1383718

The turn to collaborative governance is a key feature of the New Public Governance environment in many Western economies. Within the UK, successive governments have mandated policing organizations to engage in public service partnerships and collabor... Read More about The challenges of police-community collaboration: Identity manoeuvres and power struggles in a neighbourhood based meeting.