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LGBTIQ-friendly in tourism businesses (LGBTIQ-FTB) encompass a wide range of formal and informal business practices, including internal decisions, market strategies, and societal engagement. However, the understanding of LGBTIQ-FTB has, thus far, remained fragmented and lacks a comprehensive perspective. This article theorizes LGBTIQ-FTB as a multi...
The protection of natural spaces is a practice that is widely used by governments or nongovernmental organizations seeking to preserve the scenic beauty of landscapes and their natural resources in spaces that stand out for their natural and cultural value and have not been heavily impacted by human activity. Proper tourism management of these spac...
The present study explores thermal tourism destination competitiveness from the stakeholder viewpoint, with the purpose of offering guidelines to decision makers to make their decisions in line with a sustainable perspective. Using qualitative research, data were collected through semistructured interviews and from secondary sources. The empirical...
This study aims to provide various maps of the evolution, current situation and future lines of sustainability indicators for tourism destinations research. The bibliographic analysis of 440 papers (after refinement) published from 1995 to 2021 reveal the existence of three stages over time and an enormous increase during the last eight years. The...
The sustainability approach applied to tourism has been taking shape as a dominant paradigm in tourism research, as well as becoming a requirement to achieve tourism competitiveness. This paper focuses specifically on the application of both concepts to protected areas, as tourist destinations. A bibliometric approach is adopted to provide informat...
There is a large volume of literature focusing on the factors determining the competitiveness of tourist destinations. Nevertheless, research delving deep into the dimensions comprising tourist competitiveness is still scarce; even more so when it comes to the competitiveness of specific types of destinations. In this contribution we tackle the con...
The models for the analysis of tourist destination competitiveness present in theory various factors that directly or indirectly affect competitiveness. The most prominent among these factors are a wide range of elements that can be integrated into the resource construct. In addition, the scientific literature on destination competitiveness establi...
In this paper we establish entrepreneurship characteristics and motivational dimension by gender. Analyzing a representative sample of rural tourism establishments of the Autonomous Community of Galicia (Spain), we seek behavioural differences between gender holders. Relationship is found between gender and reconciliation and importance of agricult...
RESUMEN: A partir de la década de los noventa se han propuesto diferentes modelos teóricos para el análisis de la competitividad de los destinos turísticos. En este trabajo exploramos los principales esquemas teóricos propuestos sobre factores determinantes de la competitividad de destinos turísticos, e incorporamos al análisis las más recientes va...
Purpose
The present paper proposes simultaneous research into the effects of co‐operation with buyers and suppliers on company performance, and how both types of co‐operation interact in one specific industry.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper conducts an analysis of a sample of 80 sawmills in the Spanish regions of Galicia and the Basque Coun...
En entornos rurales los negocios del ámbito turístico se desarrollan en gran medida compatibilizándose con actividades del ámbito agrario. En este trabajo indagamos sobre el comportamiento emprendedor en turismo rural. El objetivo es determinar cuáles son los factores que motivan a titulares de explotaciones agrarias a iniciar una estrategia de div...
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between business success and gender in the field of rural tourism in Galicia (Spain), employing financial (or economic) and non-financial elements as factors for success. The small size of the field for research allows control of structural factors (industry, location and company size), emplo...
Los determinantes y los resultados de la estrategia de diversificación se han abordado frecuentemente en la literatura. Son sin embargo pocos los estudios que analizan la diversificación en sectores concretos donde el impulso para diversificar no es estrictamente económico, sino político o social. La diversificación de la actividad agrícola hacia e...
The current problems involving Spain's oversized fishing fleet are explained by the growth of the fleet throughout the 20th Century. This article reviews the birth and development of Spain's distant-water fishing fleet that led to it becoming one of the world's largest fleets, albeit a fleet now devoid of fishing grounds, following the implementati...
Este estudo supón un primeiro achegamento á situación da mobilidade dos traballadores no sector da construción na Euro-rexíon Galiza-Norte de Portugal. Indágase sobre as características da mobilidade laboral neste sector e os elementos e factores que determinan a mesma. A procura desta información permítenos estabelecer un diagnóstico da situación...
Este trabajo examina las relaciones de poder interempresarial que se manifiestan en
un subsistema de empresas configurado como sistema de valor. El objetivo de la investigación
es doble: caracterizar las estructuras de poder asimétrico que se desarrollan en este marco e
investigar la influencia del poder interempresarial sobre el rendimiento organi...
No âmbito das actividades para 2006 do Gabinete EURES Transfronteiriço norte de Portugal e a Galiza foi incluída a elaboração do presente relatório, onde se procurou reflectir sobre a mobilidade dos trabalhadores portugueses no sector da construção civil e obras públicas entre o norte de Portugal e a Galiza.
Este traballo examina as relacións de poder interempresarial que se manifestan nun subsistema de empresas configurado como sistema de valor. O obxectivo da investigación é duplo: caracterizar as estruturas de poder asimétrico que se desenvolven neste marco e investigar a influencia do poder interempresarial sobre o rendemento organizativo. A eviden...
El objetivo de este trabajo es el de formular un modelo que recoja los factores que determinan la adopción de nuevas tecnologías en el sector pesquero. Para estimar dicho modelo usamos datos de corte transversal obtenidos a partir de las listas oficiales de buques para el período 1931-1961. Estimamos un modelo de regresión logística para establecer...
The aim of this article is to gain insight into some of the factors that determine adoption of new technologies in fishing sector. We use transversal information of Official List of Shipping (L.O.B) thr period 1931-1971. We investigated which characteristics of firms and offer sector have the most influence in adoption of new technologies. Binary l...
This work examines the relations of inter-organizational power in a subsystem of firms formed as value system. The aim of this article is double: to characterize the structure of asymmetric power that develops in this frame, and to research the influence of the inter-organizational power on organizational performance. The study provides empirical e...
The innovative process of fishing Spanish companies during the XXth century centred on the diffusion of new technologies developed by companies of other sectors. Innovations concerned the productive process and were introduced by means of the acquisition of machinery and other inputs by the aim to obtain major levels of productivity and / or a cost...
El objetivo de este trabajo es el de realizar una primera aproximación al estudio del proceso de incorporación de innovaciones en el sector turístico, tratando de establecer las variables que explican la adopción de de las mismas por parte de los establecimientos de turismo rural en Galicia. Para ello, se elaboró una base de datos en la que se reco...
The positive effects of technological and organizational innovation on economic performance of companies it is the main factor that motivates the decisión to adopt new technologies or to implant practices associated with High Performance Work System (HPWS). The aim of this paper is to research if the variation in performance of the companies can is...
The introduction of new microelectronic technologies in the manufacturing process forces companies to adapt human resource strategy to the changes in the workplace. While this subject has been widely researched from an operations management perspective, research from a human resource management viewpoint has been less frequent. The aim of this arti...
