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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Decision theory > Risk assessment
Tourism destinations are traditionally dominated by small and
medium-sized enterprises that provide a wide range of products to
tourists such as accommodation, travel services, transportation,
recreation and entertainment, and food and beverage services. New
knowledge and global risks have emerged, and small and medium-sized
tourism enterprises (SMTEs) are now highly vulnerable. Recently,
the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the whole world and caused a change
in the tourism paradigm. Many SMTEs around the world have been
severely affected by the need to completely shut down their
activities for months, and expectations for recovery in the medium
term are not optimistic. SMTEs do not have the capacity and
increased resources-financial, human, operational-of large
companies to prepare for crisis contingencies (planning) and
respond to the challenges they face. They simply do not have the
resources or knowledge for risk analysis and the creation of crisis
teams or plans. This is an area of growing importance and concern,
both in the public and private sectors, where specific research and
more in-depth knowledge are needed. Risk, Crisis, and Disaster
Management in Small and Medium-Sized Tourism Enterprises connects
research in the field of crisis management with the risks affecting
small and medium-sized tourism enterprises. The book presents
prevailing research on SME-related planning, response, and recovery
during crisis situations, further propelling much-needed literature
on these challenges in today's tourism industry. The chapters cover
important topics such as terrorism threats, disaster management,
resilient strategies, pandemic management, and risk analysis. The
target audience of this book will be composed of professionals
working in the tourism and hospitality industries, restaurateurs,
travel agencies, hotel executives, directors, managers, crisis and
risk planners, policymakers, government officials, researchers, and
academicians who are interested in the threats to tourism
businesses and how small and medium-sized enterprises can manage
and navigate these risks.
With the adoption of its new constitution on 20 September 2015,
Nepal became a federal democratic republic. Since then, the
country's transition from a unitary system of government to the new
federal system has been ongoing and remains a challenging process.
The report examines the evolving institutional arrangements,
challenges, and governance risks for the sectors in which ADB
operates. It also identifies potential reform measures that ADB
could support to help address these governance risks. The report
aims to contribute to the preparation of ADB's 2020-2024 country
partnership strategy for Nepal.
The Causes, Culprits, and Context of Our Money Troubles is the
first book in a series about the psychology of money by Dr.
Christopher Bayer, the Wall Street Psychologist. Informed by more
than 30 years of research in the areas of economics/finance and
psychology, Dr. Bayer explores the history of our relationship with
money-specifically the role morality, and the concept of "virtue,"
has played in that history, and the wealth versus money dichotomy.
Filled with tales and exemplifications, the book introduces
readers, pseudonymously, to sample patients of money -mind
imbalances, such as the "11 million-dollar man" who becomes
corrupted by money's influence, that unbalances their internal
gyroscope (internal moral compass). It draws readers to examine
past- and present-day corruptions derived from money's influence
and compels them to examine concepts and theories from great
economists of yore (e.g., Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and J.M. Keynes)
to create a theoretical foundation for what the author calls a
Gyroscope methodology. As a foundational tool in the series, this
book invites readers to consider, for themselves, stories of mass
mind-control perpetrated by marketing mavens who utilize (and
perhaps manipulate) insights from behavioral psychology to generate
rank materialism, manifested in ever-increasing consumption,
palatable to the public.
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