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Exploring the Feasibility of Converting the Mardi Gras Hotel and Casino into a Casino Boutique Hotel

, 2011
Introduction: The topic of my Professional Paper will be the feasibility study of renovating the Mardi Gras Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Currently the Mardi Gras is operating as a Best Western and is looking to expand into the boutique hotel ...
Brennan, Patrick
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The Role of Māori Values in Corporate Culture and CSR: A Comparative Study in Aotearoa‐New Zealand's Fishing Industry

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the interaction of organisational culture, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and Indigenous values in Aotearoa‐New Zealand's fishing industry, focusing on Māori‐owned and non–Māori‐owned companies. It reveals how Māori values shape company culture and how CSR aligns with them. Using Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory,
Davood Askarany, Jenny Lam
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance: Investigating the Role of Management Innovation Through Marketing Intensity

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and firm performance using panel data from 716 Chinese firms listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock from 2013 to 2019. It further examines the role of management innovation, specifically marketing intensity, in moderating the CSR–financial performance ...
Freeman Brobbey Owusu, Dafydd Mali, Adil El Fakir, Hafez Abdo, Albert Acheampong   +4 more
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Tourism destination branding and its effects on national branding strategies : brand New Zealand, clean and green but is it smart? [PDF]

, 2010
The present work analyses how tourism and non-tourism place brands are integrated under an umbrella national brand, and how the tourism brand may have little value or even prove negative for other industry sectors. The study examines the development of
Hall, C. Michael
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Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

Egalitarians despite themselves: envy and leadership in Ecuadorian Amazonia Égalitaires malgré eux : envie et leadership en Amazonie équatorienne

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia once pursued eminence through warfare and vision quests. While vision quests have been retained, today – settled in villages – they seek eminence through economic success and political leadership. This article examines an apparent paradox: whilst envy suspicions pervade public life, they legitimize rather than level ...
Natalia Buitron, Grégory Deshoullière
wiley   +1 more source

‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Parenting Stress in US Immigrant Families: The Role of Social Support, Economic Stability and Immigration Status

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parenting in immigrant families is shaped by legal status, social support and economic conditions. Immigration‐related stress may increase parenting stress, but the pathways and moderators of this link remain underexplored. We surveyed 318 legally present immigrant parents in the United States through a national Qualtrics panel in 2023. Guided
Maryam Rafieifar, Hui Huang, Christian Adeleke, Catalina Cañizares   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of ecosystem status in Mozambique and implications for environmental planning

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We assess Mozambique's terrestrial ecosystems using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems framework, showing that more than half of Mozambique's ecosystems are threatened, with impacts primarily concentrated in temperate subhumid grasslands and pyric tussock savannas.
Kendall R. Jones, Mervyn Lötter, Hugo M. Costa, Gautam Surya, Vanessa Rathbone, Hermenegildo Matimele, Eleutério Duarte, Tereza Alves, Célia Macamo, Denise Nicolau, Muri G. Soares, Roberto Zolho, Hedley S. Grantham   +12 more
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