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Resource allocation and growth strategies in a multi‐plant firm: Kanegafuchi Spinners in the early 20th century

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Research Summary Using detailed plant‐ and individual‐level data from a major Japanese cotton spinning company in the early 20th century, we examine the within‐firm allocation of skilled human capital in conjunction with investment in physical capital, accompanying the firm's evolving strategic priorities.
Shotaro Yamaguchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cruise traveling behavior post-COVID-19: An integrated model of health protection motivation, travel constraint and social learning

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Travel restrictions have harmed the cruise industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this study, which is attributed to permanent changes in the regulatory and social landscape, is to identify and examine the factors influencing post ...
Kum Fai Yuen, Lanhui Cai, Xueqin Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Sea cruises as a new branch of the tourism industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The article presents sea cruises - a form of tourism which is not very common in Poland but flourishes in other parts of the world. The author describes world and European fleets, cruise routes, ports visited and elements of cruise organization.
Ptaszycka-Jackowska, Danuta
core   +3 more sources

Analysis of the Co-integration Between the Number of Cruise Tourists and the World Unemployment Rate

open access: yesJournal of Eta Maritime Science, 2023
Cruise tourism has a great share in marine tourism and appears to be a fast-growing and income-generating sector in the travel industry. The cruise industry, which has a worldwide income of over 27 billion dollars, contributes to employment through the ...
Erdal Arlı   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cruise ship Work Readiness: Investigation of the Moderating Effect of Preventive Behavior towards Self Efficacy and Career Motivation in Cruise ship Industry [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure
Empirical research explicating cruise ship work readiness and career motivation has been limited, this research examines the association between cruise ship work readiness on self- efficacy and career motivation. Subsequently, the study also investigated
Mark ALVERO, Jan Racky MASA
doaj   +1 more source

Cruising Under and Post the COVID Pandemic: Toward Realization of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Maritime sectors have always dealt with uncertainties and disruptions. The COVID pandemic confronted the cruise industry with profound, wide-ranging, and lasting challenges while disrupting normal operations.
Majid Eskafi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Green Marketing Guideline for the Cruise Industry in North America

open access: yes, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this professional paper is to develop a guideline of green marketing strategies for cruise managers in North America. Statement of objectives: This paper will develop a customer relationship model according to the literature ...
Guo, Xi
core   +1 more source

Carbon dioxide emissions of Antarctic tourism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The increase of tourism to the Antarctic continent may entail not only local but also global environmental impacts. These latter impacts, which are mainly caused by transport, have been generally ignored.
Amelung, B.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Dynamic collapse characteristics of rectangular plate under periodic load and slamming load

open access: yesApplied Ocean Research
Ships experience time-varying dynamic loads during navigation, including periodic wave load and slamming load. This study investigates the dynamic collapse behavior of a typical ship plate through theoretical and numerical analyses.
Zhongyuan Ma, Zhiyong Pei, Chunfeng Zhou
doaj   +1 more source

Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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