Authors:Richard Butler, Leslie Davies, Richard Pike, John Sha
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: practice, process, theory, decisions, investment, strategic
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1993-05
List price: $45.99
ISBN-10: 0415075084
ISBN-13: 9780415075084

"Strategic Investment Decision Making" is based upon a study of strategic investment decisions in a wide range of UK and international companies. The authors examine these decisions from the perspective of organizational decision-making theory. They find that investments are not made only by the application of formal quantitative procedures but also involve the more qualitative processes of judgement, negotiation and inspiration. The concept of decision effectiveness is examined and two primary factors identified. These are: the "objectives-attainment" factor and the "learning factor". A numbe

Author: Richard Butler
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Keywords: tourism, theoretical, issues, aspects, conceptual, vol, area, life, cycle
Number of Pages: 327
Published: 2006-02-01
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1845410289
ISBN-13: 9781845410285

Key Features - Specially invited contributors review the original Tourism Area Lifecycle Model (TALC) - Each section is introduced by Richard Butler, the originator of the TALC model - Includes a review of the future potential of TALC for destination development This volume consists of specially invited chapters by leading researchers who have reviewed the original model in the light of their own and other conceptual and theoretical positions and models. The book is divided into five sections, the conceptual origins of the TALC, spatial relationships and the TALC, alternative conceptual

Author: Richard Butler
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Keywords: tourism, modifications, aspects, applications, cycle, area, life, vol
Number of Pages: 385
Published: 2006-02-01
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1845410254
ISBN-13: 9781845410254

Key Features - Explores, revisits and revises Butler’s influential Tourism Area Life Cycle model - Contributions from leading researchers who have used and modified the original model - Includes a comprehensive review of published material using the Tourism Area Life Cycle model This volume contains specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers who have used and modified the original TALC model over the past two decades, a reprint of the original article, a discussion of its origins, and a comprehensive review of most of the published material using the TALC. The book is divi

Authors:Richard Butler, Tom Hinch,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinema
Keywords: implications, issues, peoples, indigenous, tourism
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2007-11-09
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 0750664460
ISBN-13: 9780750664462

Tourism and Indigenous Peoples is a unique text examining the role of indigenous societies in tourism and how they interact within the tourism nexus. Unlike other publications, this text focuses on the active role that indigenous peoples take in the industry, and uses international case studies and experiences to provide a global context to illustrate best practice and aid comparison. First published over ten years ago the editors, Butler and Hinch, have thoroughly revised and updated the text to bring together a new collection of contributions and case studies from recognised international au

Authors:Douglas G. Pearce, Richard W. Butler,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: tourism, issues, challenges, critiques, research
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1993-02
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0415083192
ISBN-13: 9780415083195

As research in tourism expands at such a rapid rate, the development of concepts and methodologies which underpin the research has often suffered. In order to address the current questions and work through the key debates that challenge tourism researchers, certain criteria need to be laid out and a conceptual framework established to help research progress in rigorous and useful way. This collection offers an up-to-date analysis of research issues in tourism, testing conceptual and methodological issues from a variety of perspectives including sociology, psychology, management and planning. I

Authors:William Butler Yeats, Richard J. Finneran,
Publisher: Scribner
Keywords: yeats, poems, collected
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 1996-09-09
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0684807319
ISBN-13: 9780684807317

The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats includes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion in his standard canon. Breathtaking in range, it encompasses the entire arc of his career, from luminous reworkings of ancient Irish myths and legends to passionate meditations on the demands and rewards of youth and old age, from exquisite, occasionally whimsical songs of love, nature, and art to somber and angry poems of life in a nation torn by war and uprising. In observing the development of rich and recurring images and themes over the course of his body of work, we can trace the quest of this

Authors:Richard A. Holderness, Stephen D. Butler, Esq., Step
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Keywords: state, licensing, vol, contractor, engineer, guide, architect
Number of Pages: 2070
Published: 1995-12-31
List price: $425.00
ISBN-10: 0735565708
ISBN-13: 9780735565708

Failure to comply with state licensing laws could derail a construction, engineering or architecture project and even put licenses and payments in jeopardy. Don’t take the risk. Turn to the resource that provides comprehensive guidance on the architecture, engineering and contractor license laws for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. State by State Guide to Architect, Engineer and Contractor Licensing gathers all of the vital information you need in one convenient source to help you develop a cost-effective compliance strategy. With State-by-State Guide to Arc