Governing Suburbia through regionalized land-use planning? Experiences from the Greater Frankfurt region

This paper explores the case of peripheral settlement growth in the Greater Frankfurt (Main) region within current debates on global suburbanization. Within Germany’s sophisticated spatial planning regime, Greater Frankfurt’s system of regionalized land-use planning marks an ambitious initiative to contain urban sprawl. Nonetheless, expansive peripheral settlement growth, and socio-spatial polarization remain distinct characteristics of the booming region. Analyzing state regulation vis-à-vis dynamics of capitalist urbanization and private authoritarianism, we decipher the complex governance arrangements producing this, at first sight, contradictory simultaneity. We uncover the rationales of local growth politics of autonomous municipalities and the region’s multiplied institutional fragmentation that undermine planning ambitions to contain suburban growth. We conclude by critically assessing the political economies of suburbanization in Greater Frankfurt and point to prospects for regional reform.     

推行双语——建立和谐语言生态环境的有效措施

推行双语是建立和谐语言生态环境,延缓少数民族语言逐渐走向濒危的有效措施之一,在本文的论述中解释了双语、双语现象及其类型,阐述了推行双语的必要性、优越性和重要性,并指出了推行双语必须要树立的正确观念——和谐发展。这对于形成健康的双语社会,更好的发挥母语和通用语在社会生活中的功能和作用,有着一定的理论指导价值。     

严寒地区预防EPS板外保温薄抹灰裂缝的对策与建议

针对严寒地区EPS板外保温薄抹灰裂缝的实际情况,对材料、施工工艺、温度等因素分析,并提出预防裂缝的对策与建议。     

关于“苏州评弹口述史（百年）”的构想

评弹口述史不仅能够呈现一部多元、全息、个人化的评弹史,而且还为江南文化社会研究提供重要视角和资料。评弹百年口述史构建以艺人史为中心,旁及艺术发展史、书目传承史、流派演变史、书场史、社团史等部门或专题,以从多侧面呈现百年来评弹经历的风云变幻,以及与江南社会之间的因应、互动关系。     

"众乐乐":旅游虚拟社区"结伴旅行"之质性研究

以往对互联网与旅游相结合的研究多集中在旅游信息交换方面,本文将探讨在互联网平台上寻找"游伴"的现象.采用扎根理论(grounded theory),文章搜集和分析了一个"讨论串"和12个半结构式访谈.研究发现,虚拟社区结伴旅行是互联网普及和自助精神共同作用下产生的一种自助旅行方式.旅游者通过控制旅伴的数量和质量,规定旅伴间的权责关系,力图在孤独的背包客和团队旅游中找寻一条中间道路,以"小圈子"把这条中间道路确定和保持下来,他们的旅游体验最终结合团队旅游和背包客的优点,实现了优化.文章最后讨论了研究限制和未来研究方向.     

An Empirical Study of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Hospitality Companies

This study tests the model of the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and strategic management, developed for the manufacturing industry by Barringer and Bluedorn (1999 Barringer, B. R. and Bluedorn, A. C. 1999. The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and strategic management. Strategic Management Journal, 20: 421–444. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), in the hospitality industry. The findings show some similar and different results from the research of Barringer and Bluedorn (1999 Barringer, B. R. and Bluedorn, A. C. 1999. The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and strategic management. Strategic Management Journal, 20: 421–444. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). Like manufacturing companies, hospitality companies perceive that corporate entrepreneurship is influenced by four strategic planning practices: environmental scanning intensity, planning flexibility, planning horizon, and locus of planning. Hospitality companies, however, consider that financial controls, not strategic controls, positively influence corporate entrepreneurship intensity. These findings have practical applications for hospitality corporations that are attempting to become more entrepreneurial, and will also help researchers to better understand the relationship of corporate entrepreneurship and strategic planning.     

Examining E-Relationship Marketing Features on Hotel Websites

Abstract

This study developed and tested a progressive five-level e-Relationship marketing (e-RM) model. The authors examined e-RM web features of the top 127 hotel companies. The results indicate that the hotel companies in the study did not extensively utilize higher-level (Accountable, Proactive, and Partnership) e-RM features on their websites although they employed many lower-level (Basic and Reactive) features. The study also reveals that the extent to which a hotel company employed e-RM website features was positively associated with the size of the hotel company but negatively associated with the number of brands held by the company. This article provides an in-depth e-RM literature review and discusses practical marketing implications as well.     

Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in Alpine Tourism

ABSTRACT

The paper addresses the need for more research in the field of entrepreneurial education in tourism, using the models of Butler's destination life cycle and Porter's diamond of competitive advantages. Following is a discussion of entrepreneurship in tourism in light of these analytical frameworks. As a consequence, key qualification and skill areas for tourism entrepreneurs are derived. Finally, the authors provide an overview of the main institutions that offer education in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland with a focus on entrepreneurship in tourism and establish critical needs for tourism entrepreneurship curricula and research.     

乡村生态旅游促进新型城镇化的实证分析--以西安市长安区为例

在生态资源富集又邻近大城市的乡村地区发展乡村生态旅游,能够有效地促进新型城镇化、助推新型旅游小城镇的形成。文章在界定核心概念并进行理论机理分析的基础上,以西安市长安区为例,对其2002—2014年间乡村生态旅游与新型城镇化之间的关系进行实证检验,结果表明：二者确实存在高度的正相关关系,且前者是后者的重要原因。因此,应采取有力措施发展这些地区的乡村生态旅游：第一,进一步加大政府对乡村地区基础设施的投资,彻底实现城乡公共产品供给的均等化;第二,引导民间资金、技术、管理等有序合理、规模适度地投入乡村生态旅游业;第三,务必加强乡村生态旅游业发展过程中的环境监管等。     

The nexus between sustainable practices in hotels and future Gen Y hospitality students’ career path decisions

This study explored tertiary hospitality students’ attitudes and overall perceptions about green and sustainable practices; and how these may impact their future career paths in the hotel industry. A thematic analysis with data from 12 semi-structured interviews with students in a hotel management school in Australia was used to identify patterns and interpretive themes. Results revealed positive attitudes among Generation Y hospitality students towards working in a green and sustainable hotel environment. Implications highlight the need for sustainability education in the curriculum of tertiary education providers and strong emphasis on sustainability practices in employee training programs. The results also suggest possible impacts of sustainability practices in recruiting and hiring in the hospitality industry and how this may affect future hospitality employees and leaders.