infonet-economy

The aim of this paper is to develop a typology of workers base d on work - life balance (WLB) or imbalance (WLI) and satisfaction about this (im) balance (SWLB) . For this purpose, we use the data available in the special module “Work, Family and Wellbe ing” of the European Social Survey 2010. Our a priori typology includ es seven categories, namely the “work - centered” (WLI…

Most p rior literature has argued that turnaround firms’ first objective is to focus on retrenchment activities that avoid a further deterioration of the firm decline situation. Once firm s ha ve ensured its short - term survival, the turnaround activities shift their focus towards recovery. How ever, recent turnaround studies have questioned this sequential process of…

A service experience corresponds to a soci al process in which the “production” involves both a provider and a client. Th is production process relies on the well- being of them both to ensure proper value creation. We posit that the link between well-being and value creation can thus also be studied from the risk management perspective (i.e. “ill-being” and “value destruction…

To help metal conservators search for corrosion forms and find treatment protocols, this paper describes the augmentation of the MIFAC-Metal project through its migration to the internet and the addition of the MiCorr Decision Support System (DSS). The new online version of MIFAC-Metal enables conservators to digitally construct stratigraphies that they document during their visual…

Pourquoi jeter lorsqu’on peut conserver? Exit le papier physique et les mètres linéaires. L’ère du numérique a tout chamboulé. L’espace dans les nuages est infini, c’est la promesse de la loi Kryder qui prédit empiriquement le doublement de la densité de stockage tous les ans depuis 60 ans. Mais conserver l’information c’est bien, la retrouver c’est encore mieux et indispensable.…

Since the early 90’s, three dimensional virtual reality has raised interest as it appeared to allow users to feel immersed in virtual environments. Yet, expensive and cumbersome equipment were required and this technology has never delivered on its promises. In the last two years, affordable head mounted displays, which have very recently, or will very soon be launched on the market…

The marketing education community is well suited to be a leader in online education and the internet has proven a powerful tool in teaching a variety of marketing courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are one of the fastest growing approaches to teaching and learning in the new digital paradigm. They are categorized either as cMOOCs following a connectivist approach, or as…

The marketing education community is well suited to be a leader in online education and the internet has proven a powerful tool in teaching a variety of marketing courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are one of the fastest growing approaches to teaching and learning in the new digital paradigm. They are categorized either as cMOOCs following a connectivist approach, or as…

ocial media has become a dominant subject in tourism and hospitality research. Given the importance of social media in the customer journey, destination marketing organizations (DMOs) need to understand the effectiveness of their social media activities. This paper analyses the relationship between DMOs’ marketing spending and staffing and various social media key performance…