Editorial

Partnerships are becoming increasingly important in the tourism industry especially for small and medium sized enterprises. The development of an ale trail, similar to a wine route, represents an important tool to facilitate the building of partnerships for organisations linked to culinary tourism. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the rise and fall of the Waterloo-Wellington Ale Trail located in south central Ontario, Canada. Qualitative analysis of key informant interviews is presented to examine why the decision was made to discontinue the Ale Trail despite its success.     

Land reform and rural development in the Transvaal

This paper considers and contrasts agriculture on the white‐owned farms and in the black‐occupied areas of the Transvaal. It outlines the limitations of the existing tribal tenure system in the black areas, and argues that the various development initiatives that have taken place there have not left the people either financially better off, or with a greater degree of control over their land than before. The whole Transvaal should be seen as a single unit for agricultural planning purposes. This would mean that natural resources, as well as agricultural services, could be spread more equitably among the entire population of the area, which would boost agricultural production, as well as lessen the gross inequalities currently pertaining between black and white agriculture in the area.     

Modular risk management: an applied example

A major problem for managers is to effectively manage the high risks inherent in moving a new product from idea to market introduction. An example is presented in which a company effectively manages the process of developing a new product by effectively managing risk. The process is characterized by a modular approach to risk and timely review points built into each risk management module. Explicit recognition is made of the major uncertainties at the end of each module and specific actions taken to reduce these uncertainties and therefore reduce risk.