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Customer Relationship Management in Asia/Pacific Cruise Industry

open access: yes, 2006
This study has demonstrated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in the cruise industry is vital for its long-term success. The globalization of business has directly influenced the overall business strategy of cruise companies worldwide.
Liu, Xiao Meng
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About the Ageing‐Induced Modifications of Physical‐Chemical and Electrical Properties of Polyimide (PMDA‐ODA) Under Gamma Radiation and High Temperatures

open access: yesHigh Voltage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of radiation‐induced ageing on the physical, chemical, mechanical and electrical properties of Poly[4,4′‐oxydiphenylene‐ pyromellitimide] (PMDA‐ODA) polyimide, a high‐performance insulation material widely used in aerospace applications.
Simone Vincenzo Suraci   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increased energetic cost of movement reduces reproductive output in zebrafish at different temperatures and water flow rates

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Locomotion consumes a large proportion of individual energy budgets and may impose energetic constraints on other fitness‐related traits particularly under variable environmental conditions.
Miki Jahn, Frank Seebacher
wiley   +1 more source

Customer Relationship Management in Asia/Pacific Cruise Industry [PDF]

open access: yes
This study has demonstrated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in the cruise industry is vital for its long-term success. The globalization of business has directly influenced the overall business strategy of cruise companies worldwide.
Liu, Xiao Meng
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Plasma insulin‐like growth‐factor 1 (IGF‐1) concentrations predict early life‐history traits in a wild mammal

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The hormone insulin‐like growth factor 1 (IGF‐1) is a key player in the insulin/IGF signalling (IIS) pathway. Extensive biogerontological research demonstrates that this evolutionarily conserved nutrient‐sensing pathway plays a causal role in the regulation of growth ...
Sanjana Ravindran   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Offshore wind farm avoidance by a discard‐feeding seabird is independent of local fishing activity

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Fishing is not allowed within wind farms; therefore, discard‐feeding seabirds may appear to avoid wind farm areas. We found that most Lesser Black‐backed Gulls avoided the wind farm area, but not each individual in each period. Avoidance of the wind farm was not driven by fishing exclusion within its perimeter.
Rosemarie Kentie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Success and failure in foreign policy: Comparing Bob Hawke and Kevin Rudd's regional order‐building initiatives

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Remarkably little is known about what factors drive success or failure in foreign policy. In part, this is because there is little fundamental agreement on what constitutes success or failure in this domain in the first place. This article engages with these shortcomings by comparing two similar regional order‐building initiatives overseen by ...
Benjamin Day
wiley   +1 more source

International Tourism in the Global South: Revealing an Extractive Development Process

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Hosting international tourism remains a key development strategy for many Global South countries to generate economic growth, government revenue and employment. However, this conventional wisdom can be contested: tourism may instead be seen as an extractive process that disrupts livelihoods, ecosystems and host economies.
Julia Jeyacheya, Mark P. Hampton
wiley   +1 more source

Food Service Operations in the Cruise Industry

open access: yes, 1995
Food service on a cruise ship presents some unique challenges. A review of food service in the cruise industry is presented along with some ideas on the future.
Escoffier, Marcel R.
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