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Mondialisation, progrès technique et dépréciation du capital humain ::l’impact sur les politiques de formation
Le capital humain et les politiques visant à sa création et à sa préservation prennent de plus en plus d’importance dans les sociétés industrialisées. Cet article propose un survol de la littérature économique récente dans ce domaine. Le défi majeur qui occupe aujourd’hui le marché du travail est l’accélération du progrès technique, qui s’accompagne d’effets différenciés suivant le...
Institution partenaire
Français / 24/11/2016
Examining the motivations of volunteer tourists: : insights from images posted on social media
Extensive research has been conducted on the motivations of volunteer tourists; however , the scope has not included how motivation is expressed through posting of images on social media . This study examine s the relationship between volunteer tourist s’ motivations and social media use through the identification of picture publishing behaviour based on motivations. An online...
Institution partenaire
English / 22/11/2016
Approaches to food waste management: : sharing economy and traditional hospitality firms
Institution partenaire
English / 22/11/2016
Is rainwater harvesting system a feasible option in Swiss hospitality?
This study examines the potential for rainwater harvesting in an existing 3 - star hotel in Switzerland with the purpose of illustrating, to what extent the usage of a rainwater harvesting system could reduce cost and potable water consumption in a hotel. The paper comprises methods used by previous research in rai nwater harvesting and applies them to the hotel industry with a...
Institution partenaire
English / 22/11/2016
How does language use affect relations in multicultural teams? A social identity and linguistic perspective
The aim of this paper is to apply linguistic and international management theories to team interactions and effectiveness in cross - cult ural settings. First , in relation to language, we draw on pragmatics and politeness theory, notably with regard to relational practice (Brown & Levinson , 1987 ; Holmes & Marra , 2004) in English as a lingua franca (Pullin , 2010, 2013...
Institution partenaire
English / 21/11/2016
Selecting a partner hotel by the chain
This Handbook aids in filling the gap by exploring and critically evaluates the debates, issues and controversies of all aspects of hotel chains from their nature, fundamentals of existence and operation, expansion, strategic and operational aspects of their activities and geographical presence. It brings together leading specialists from range of disciplinary backgrounds and regions...
Institution partenaire
English / 21/11/2016
Dividends and taxes: : new evidence on firm behaviour after a recent change in the Swiss Tax Law
This article studies the effect of dividend taxation on corporate behaviour, more specifically how firms respond to a dividend tax cut. A change in the Swiss corporate law in 2011 has introduced the possibility for some firms to pay tax-exempted dividends to their shareholders We find that all the firms that fulfilled the conditions required by the new law started paying tax-exempted...
Institution partenaire
English / 21/11/2016
Plus de femmes dans la gouvernance d'entreprise: : atout ou fardeau ?
Le débat sur la féminisation du pouvoir économique fait rage. Indispensable pour certains, insignifiante pour d’autres, la question de la présence des femmes dans la gouvernance d’entreprise ne laisse personne indifférent. Si des raisons sociales d’équité sont souvent mises en avant, qu’en est-il de l’impact économique ?
Institution partenaire
Français / 15/11/2016
Indicateurs de fraude et informations librement accessibles: une combinaison efficace pour lutter contre la fraude en entreprise ?
Les informations librement accessibles recèlent des potentiels encore en partie inexploités, qui intéressent toutes les parties prenantes. Mais les obstacles à leur utilisation sont nombreux car les indicateurs qui en résultent sont peu référencés et certains résultats sont encore relativisés par la problématique de la fiabilité et de la vérification des sources.
Institution partenaire
Français / 15/11/2016
The Socio, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Casino Tourism in Goa
This study investigates resident perception towards Casino Tourism which m ay be helpful for the formulation of possible strategic tourism policies. Binary logit model was applied to reveal the heterogeneity of resident’s perception towards casino tourism impacts. The result of this study reflects the overall opinions of the sam ple population, and further identifies relatively...
Institution partenaire
English / 08/11/2016
An alternative to online travel agencies for retention of hotel customers
This paper describes a service that allows hotels to reduce their dependency form online travel agencies, such as Booking.com or Expedia. Online travel agencies are extremely helpful to increase the number of new reservations of most hotels, but they seem to be less effective for niche hotels that seek for recurring customers. By following the guidelines for design research, we seek...
Institution partenaire
English / 08/11/2016
Multi-method approach to compare the socio-demographic typology of residents and clusters of electricity load curves in a Swiss sustainable neighbourhood
A sustainable neighbourhood was built Switzerland by one of the leaders in this field. Half of the 400 apartments have been equipped with smart meters delivering big data on energy consumption (electricity, water, heating…). The company would like to know if it is possible to link socio-demographic typology of residents with energy consumption patterns. To answer this question we...
Institution partenaire
English / 08/11/2016
A learning tabu search for a truck allocation problem with linear and nonlinear cost components
The two-level problem studied in this paper consists of optimizing the refueling costs of a fleet of locomotives over a railway network. The goal consists of determining: (1) the number of refueling trucks contracted for each yard (truck assignment problem denoted TAP), and (2) the refueling plan of each locomotive (fuel distribution problem denoted FDP). As the FDP can be solved...
Institution partenaire
English / 07/11/2016
Cost (In)efficiency and institutional pressures in nursing home chains
Over the past 10 years, merger activities in the private for-profit nursing home industry have been increasing in Europe. In this paper, we investigate chain affiliation’s influence on the performance of lucrative nursing homes. We measure performance using a cost frontier estimated by stochastic analysis on a sample of 370 French for-profit nursing homes. We find that cost...
Institution partenaire
English / 04/11/2016
Analysis of satisfiers and dissatisfiers in online hotel reviews on social media
The purpose of this study is to analyze online hotel reviews produced by customers to identify and compare factors known as satisfiers and dissatisfiers based on Herzberg’s two-factor theory. This approach was applied to compare full-service and limited-service hotels, which can show different levels of customer expectation.
Institution partenaire
English / 04/11/2016
Le pourboire: : indicateur de la qualité de service ou reflet de la personnalité des serveurs ?
Institution partenaire
Français / 04/11/2016
Strategic development of REITs in India
In this paper, we discuss managerial challenges and opportunities related to the newly introduced real estate investment trust (REIT) in India. Features of the proposed REIT structure are critiqued in light of the existing body of knowledge about REITs. We revisit the debate surrounding the issue of external versus internal management of REITs. Analysis of salient aspects of Indian...
Institution partenaire
English / 04/11/2016
Food–wine pairing suggestions as a risk reduction strategy: : reducing risk and increasing wine by the glass sales in the context of a Swiss restaurant
This study tests the effect of a pairing suggestion for food with wine by the glass directly placed on the menu. We made the assumption that these suggestions can, by reducing social and financial risk, increase wine by the glass sales. One hundred and fifty-nine customers of a Swiss restaurant participated in this experiment. For 82 customers, a food and wine by the glass suggestion...
Institution partenaire
English / 04/11/2016
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