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The business system and management practices in Greece (2011)
Book Chapter
(2011). The business system and management practices in Greece. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (259-271). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_14

We started this book with the intention of providing an outline, a succinct story describing the business system and management practices in Greece. It began as a simple categorization of contextual factors and managerial activities and ended in a ri... Read More about The business system and management practices in Greece.

Systems and practices: Peripheral countries compared with the UK (2011)
Book Chapter
Prouska, R., & Kapsali, M. (2011). Systems and practices: Peripheral countries compared with the UK. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (272-299). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_15

This chapter aims to aid understanding of the data presented in this book by presenting key themes in a comparative perspective. A selection of countries has been made: Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Spain are all considered comparable (especially in t... Read More about Systems and practices: Peripheral countries compared with the UK.

Innovation: The national innovation system (2011)
Book Chapter
Kapsali, M. (2011). Innovation: The national innovation system. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (96-111). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_5

Innovation was initially considered by traditional economic models as an exclusively internal organizational activity, where actors were coming together to fix prices, pool finance and set up their marketing strategies. However, recent research revea... Read More about Innovation: The national innovation system.

Politics: Political and economic developments through a historical perspective (2011)
Book Chapter
Kapsali, M., & Butler, J. (2011). Politics: Political and economic developments through a historical perspective. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (3-25). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_1

This chapter describes the political history of the Modern Greek state since its re-establishment in the nineteenth century and the impact it has had on the economy and the business system. It should be emphasized that this is an outline, highlightin... Read More about Politics: Political and economic developments through a historical perspective.

Suggestion for further research on the business system and practices in Greece (2011)
Book Chapter
Prouska, R., & Kapsali, M. (2011). Suggestion for further research on the business system and practices in Greece. In R. Prouska, & M. Kapsali (Eds.), Business and Management Practices in Greece: A Comparative Context (300-303). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306530_16

As most research focuses on developed ‘core’ economies, such as the USA, the UK and Germany, research in peripheral and semi-peripheral ones is usually neglected and the smaller the country, the fewer the sources of information. This book has bridged... Read More about Suggestion for further research on the business system and practices in Greece.

Geographies of gentrification and tourism (2011)
Book Chapter
Wilson, J., & Tallon, A. (2011). Geographies of gentrification and tourism. In J. Wilson (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies (103-112). London: Routledge

Trends and drivers of the knowledge economy (2010)
Book Chapter
Cooke, P. N., & De Laurentis, C. (2010). Trends and drivers of the knowledge economy. In P. N. Cooke, C. D. Laurentis, S. MacNeill, & C. Collinge (Eds.), Platforms of Innovation: Dynamics of New Industrial Knowledge Flows (1--26). Edward Elgar Publishing

This ground-breaking book offers a coherent theoretical analysis of contemporary industrial knowledge flow dynamics. Furthermore, it advances wide-ranging and varied empirical findings from international comparative research which demonstrate that kn... Read More about Trends and drivers of the knowledge economy.

Tourism and human rights (2010)
Book Chapter
Cole, S., & Eriksson, J. (2010). Tourism and human rights. In S. Cole, & N. Morgan (Eds.), Tourism and Inequality: Problems and Prospects. Oxford: CABI

Urban beaches as social tourism installations: case studies of Paris Plage and Bristol Urban Beach 2007 (2010)
Book Chapter
Gale, T. (2010). Urban beaches as social tourism installations: case studies of Paris Plage and Bristol Urban Beach 2007. In S. Cole, & N. Morgan (Eds.), Tourism and Inequality: Problems and Prospects (183-193). Wallingford: CABI Publishing

Urban beaches have become a feature of many European cities in the summer months, on the pretext of providing an alternative recreational space for residents on low incomes. Accordingly, this chapter extends the discussion of social tourism elsewhere... Read More about Urban beaches as social tourism installations: case studies of Paris Plage and Bristol Urban Beach 2007.

Cities and the ‘soft side’ of Europeanization: the role of urban networks (2010)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R., & Rossignolo, C. (2010). Cities and the ‘soft side’ of Europeanization: the role of urban networks. In A. Hamedinger, & A. Wolffhardt (Eds.), The Europeanization of Cities - Policies, Urban Change & Urban Networks. Amsterdam: Techne Press

This chapter addresses the impact of the Europeanization process on cities; how cities are influenced by the process and how they influence the process. It breaks new ground by identifying and examining the types of networks that cities create (engag... Read More about Cities and the ‘soft side’ of Europeanization: the role of urban networks.

Complexity and travel behaviour: A multi-agent simulation for investigating the influence of social aspects on travellers' compliance with a demand management measure (2010)
Book Chapter
Sunitiyoso, Y., Avineri, E., & Chatterjee, K. (2010). Complexity and travel behaviour: A multi-agent simulation for investigating the influence of social aspects on travellers' compliance with a demand management measure. In E. Silva, & G. de Roo (Eds.), A Planners Encounter with Complexity (209-226). Aldershot: Ashgate

The planning and design of transport systems have an important part in leading travellers to more sustainable and efficient choices. Car-dependence is a prominent problem to be solved in order to reduce traffic congestion. It also affects the general... Read More about Complexity and travel behaviour: A multi-agent simulation for investigating the influence of social aspects on travellers' compliance with a demand management measure.

Public attitudes to hydrogen (2010)
Book Chapter
Ricci, M., Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., Dresner, S., & Tomei, J. (2010). Public attitudes to hydrogen. In P. Ekins (Ed.), Hydrogen Energy: Economic and Social Challenges (241-264). London: Earthscan

Introduction (2010)
Book Chapter
Tallon, A. (2010). Introduction. In A. Tallon (Ed.), Urban Regeneration and Renewal (1-23). London: Routledge