Results 131 to 140 of about 22,011,857 (311)

Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework to guide the sustainability of wildlife tourism operations: examples of marine wildlife tourism in Western Australia

open access: yes, 2010
Growth in the wildlife tourism industry has been significant in recent years with an increasing focus on tourism centered on free-ranging wildlife. In Australia tourism based in the marine environment, including observing and interacting with coastal and
Newsome, D.   +4 more
core  

Digital Transformation for Eco‐Innovation: Evidence From Agriculture 4.0 Adoption in Wine Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms face a fundamental strategic dilemma: how to align digital transformation with environmental sustainability while maintaining competitive advantage. Drawing on the eco‐innovation and green business strategy literature, this paper investigates how Agriculture 4.0 technologies act as enablers of sustainability strategies.
Alessandro Muscio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Volunteer tourism: working on holiday or playing at work?

open access: yes, 2009
The paper reviews the rapid growth of volunteer tourism, and discusses the changes that have taken place in the ethos and focus of this distinct market, the locations used as destinations and the organisations they represent. It is apparent that over the
Tomazos, Konstantinos, Butler, R.
core  

The role of the French state: Shifting from supporting large tourism projects like Disneyland Paris to a diffusely forceful presence

open access: yes, 2001
The French state, in its role as legislator, has sustained relations of production within the French economy because space can be selectively configured to promote economic, social, and environmental community goals.
d'Hauteserre, Anne-Marie
core   +1 more source

Generative AI, ESG Sensemaking, and Environmental Performance: an OIPT Perspective

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing enthusiasm for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in sustainability management, it remains unclear how such technologies translate vast ESG information into meaningful environmental outcomes. This study addresses this gap by investigating how ESG sensemaking capability mediates the relationship between GenAI integration
Surajit Bag   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Profit: Do Mergers and Acquisitions and the Board of Directors Increase the Environmental, Social, and Governance?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between mergers and acquisitions (M&A), board characteristics, and ESG performance in BRICS companies, considering the moderating role of sectoral sensitivity. The study analyzes 11,402 observations from 2293 BRICS companies, employing Two‐Stage Least Squares (2SLS) to address endogeneity and logistic ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tourism development in the southern wheatbelt of Western Australia. From dryandra woodland to dryandra country

open access: yes, 2005
Tourism development is often viewed as a means to counter the social and economic decline of communities in regional areas of Australia. Such decline is prevalent, particularly in areas determined to be on the tourism periphery.
Hughes, M., Macbeth, J.
core  

Do Eco‐Emotions and Climate Change Perceptions Influence Environmentally Conscious Decisions? Implications for Business Strategies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing research on explicating travelers' decision‐making processes regarding greener travel options, there remains potential for exploring nuances of different factors and mechanisms that may encourage higher green travel. Grounded in the propositions of the push–pull–mooring framework, our study attempts to explicate whether eco ...
Chuhong Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating e-business practices in tourism :a comparative analysis of three countries

open access: yes, 2013
This study examined the behaviour of tourist companies in relation to the adoption of e-business technologies and applications. The study aimed to identify groups of companies with homogenous behaviour among three European countries (Greece, Portugal and
Vlachos, Ilias
core  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy