Search results for " Mark"
showing 10 items of 4118 documents
Relationships among residents' image, evaluation of the stay and post-purchase behaviour
2005
Scholars have approached the analysis of the host community from a supply perspective rather than a demand one. This paper focuses on the study of residents when acting as tourists in their own region. In this sense, the present work aims to fill the gap existing in the literature about residents' tourist behaviour, analysing the influence of the image of their province on their evaluation of their travel experience and their future behaviour intentions. To accomplish this objective, a path analysis is carried out to test jointly the set of relationships among image, perceived quality, satisfaction, intention to return and willingness to recommend.
Employers’ attitudes towards labour inclusion of persons with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF): An empirical evidence
2020
In the vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities (BIF), the need to consider the variables related to employer demand is increasingly becoming an important research topic. This empirical research explores the perceptions and attitudes of employers in hiring and retaining people with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF). For this purpose, the Metaplan procedure was used and a focus group was conducted in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the Spanish Vinalopó Footwear Cluster. Results showed a significant lack of knowledge and visibility of people with BIF. Lack of financial support to encourage hiring was pointed out by participants in the group as the most relevant ba…
Identifying and understanding spa tourists’ wellness attitudes
2018
As an increasing number of people in affluent societies are trending toward more health-conscious lifestyles, tourism consumer behavior has changed considerably, especially in the spa and wellness ...
¿Una feria de cambios a la valenciana? Debate financiero y energía emprendedora en el siglo XVII
2020
In 1619 Philip IV sent to print a Real Pragmatic [Royal Pragmatic legislation] that would regulate changes between Valencia and Medina del Campo being introduced by Valencian merchant families to enable them to receive interest on their loans without being accused of usury. Only three years later, in 1622, the Republic of Genoa inaugurated the exchange fairs of Novi Ligure, with which the Genoese consolidated their international position in the international credit market. These apparently independent circumstances constitute an important episode for international financial knowledge and the transformation of the Mediterranean credit market during the seventeenth century. Studying financial…
Impacts of Educational Technologies on Learning Engagement – A Case of Latvian and Thai's Learners
2019
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have changed the traditional approach to the teaching process in higher education, so it is important to observe how learning takes place in that technology-rich environment. Cognitive, social, and emotional engagement as part of the MOOCs learning context is a basic principle that prescribes the relationships and interactions between the teacher, student, and learning setting. Each of these components has multiple features and is related to the complex nature of learning and teaching. The qualitative exploratory research design as a case study was conducted with educators and students from two countries – Latvia and Thailand. They were involved in learni…
Using discourse markers to negotiate epistemic stance: A view from situated language use
2021
Abstract In this paper, I analyse the usage of a discourse marker =mari, belonging to the epistemic paradigm attested in Upper Napo Kichwa (Quechuan, Ecuador). I show that the use of =mari indicates that the information is known well to the speaker, but also to some extent familiar to the addressee. In situated language use, the marker contributes to creating a knowing epistemic stance of the speaker. The analysis presented here is based on a 13-h documentary corpus of interactive Upper Napo Kichwa discourse, recorded on audio and video. For the purpose of the paper, the relevant utterances are analysed in their broad interactional context, including not only the surrounding text, but also …
Outlining a grammaticalization path for the Spanish formula en plan (de): A contribution to crosslinguistic pragmatics
2020
Abstract This article discusses the diachronic development of the Spanish multifunctional formula en plan (with its variant en plan de, literally ‘in plan (of)’ but usually equivalent to English like). The article has two main aims: firstly, to describe the changes that the formula has undergone since its earliest occurrences as a marker in the nineteenth century up to the early 21st century. The diachronic study evinces a process of grammaticalization in three steps: from noun to clause adverbial and then to discourse marker. Secondly, to conduct a contrastive analysis between en plan (de) and the English markers like and kind of/kinda so as to shed new light on the potential existence of …
Correlation between school dropout and gross domestic product in the emerging countries of Central and Eastern Europe
2020
By school dropout is meant leaving the educational system, regardless of the reached level, before obtaining a qualification or a complete proffesional training or before the end of the study cycle started (Doron & Parot, 2006). Although there are numerous researches on school dropout, we consider that it is necessary to study the relationship it has with the level of development of a country, in order to identify new causes and possible solutions to this phenomenon. In this study we included seven emerging countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary. Thus, we analyzed the correlation between the annual gross domesti…
Les chaînes logistiques multi-acteurs internationales dans le textile : le point de vue des achats
2013
L’objectif de cet article est de determiner dans quelle mesure, du point de vue des achats, le pilotage de la chaine logistique amont du textile est strategique et donc dans quelle mesure la prise en compte des competences logistiques et supply chain peuvent remettre en cause les choix strategiques de globalisation des entreprises. Pour repondre a cette question nous avons mobilise une revue de litterature sur le pilotage des supply chains internationales, ensuite nous avons utilise l’etude de deux cas d’entreprises, la premiere est specialisee dans la lingerie tandis que la deuxieme est specialisee dans le haut de gamme. L’analyse de deux cas a partir du point de vue des acheteurs montre q…
Monedas sociales y complementarias (MSC)
2016
En las últimas décadas han surgido experiencias de monedas sociales y complementarias (MSC), medios de intercambio distintos del dinero de curso legal, con el fin de impulsar transacciones dentro del mercado. Su uso se justifica desde el punto de vista de la propia definición del dinero como acuerdo o ley dentro de una comunidad. Las MSC se clasifican en seis categorías distintas: las respaldadas con monedas oficiales (que optimizan la circulación de la moneda oficial al retenerla); las respaldadas con otros bienes y/o servicios (que inyectan liquidez en la comunidad); las emitidas por la autoridad pública (que circulan ampliamente por ser válidas en el pago de impuestos); las de confianza …