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Sustainable Dreams, Overlooked Realities: Closing the Design–Outcome Gap in Sustainable Business Models

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable business models (SBMs) are enablers of the circular economy (CE) and sustainability. However, its adoption does not always improve environmental performance. This study investigates the conditions under which SBM design does (or does not) produce the expected environmental benefits.
Ana Carolina Bertassini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Return to sport after meniscectomy, meniscal repair, and meniscal allograft transplantation for meniscal lesions in athletes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The aim of this systematic review and meta‐analysis was to quantify and compare the evidence on the results obtained with the surgical treatments for meniscal lesions in athletes. Methods A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Cochrane and Web of Science in August 2025 according to the PRISMA guidelines.
Alessandro Bensa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some current data and observations regarding the ski slopes in Suceava County, Romania

open access: yesGeoreview, 2023
Current climate change poses numerous challenges for humanity. People's leisure activities are affected by climate warming, here including winter sports, in general, and skiing, in particular.
Dinu Iulian OPREA, Andrei-Emil BRICIU
doaj   +1 more source

Generating socially responsible events at ski resorts

open access: yesInternational Journal of Hospitality Management, 2020
This study examines how ski resorts can manage events that are sustainable, while also balancing the needs of consumers and local workers. Using a mixed-method approach, quantitative results (from 710 ski tourists) highlight the influence of community-centric Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Orientation towards Sporting Events (OSE) on the ...
Thompson, Jamie, Taheri, Babak
openaire   +1 more source

Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology of Lower Leg Fractures at a Colorado Ski Resort

open access: yesFoot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022
Category: Trauma; Ankle; Sports Introduction/Purpose: Lower extremity fractures are relatively common among winter sports participants.
Jennifer Cogburn   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The ‘Great Frost’ of 1708–9 in Britain and the Condescensions of Posterity

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ‘great frost’ of 1709 and its impact on economic life in Britain, challenging a popular view that, based on gross domestic product (GDP) estimates, it was catastrophic. It shows that the annual GDP figures for the period have such wide error margins that they cannot establish the scale of the disruption; that the ...
Julian Hoppit
wiley   +1 more source

A STUDY ON MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR REALISTIC VISUALIZATION THE PARTICULAR CASE OF SKI TRAIL MAPPING [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
This article presents preliminary results from a research project in progress that brings together geographers, cognitive scientists, historians and computer scientists. The project investigates the evolution of a particular territorial model: ski trails
R. Balzarini, A. Dalmasso, M. Murat
doaj   +1 more source

MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing perceived images with projected images – A case study on Finnish ski destinations

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Tourism Research, 2016
The objective of this study is first to compare the image perceived by the visitors of five Finnish ski destinations with the image projected by the respective ski resort DMOs. Second, the profiles of the five ski resorts are then compared.
Raija Komppula, Tommi Laukkanen
doaj   +1 more source

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