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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTAND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES USAGE; A STUDY OF KAINJI LAKE NATIONAL PARK
No full textAssessment of Environmental and Recreation Facility Maintenance was carried out in Kainji Lake National Park. Questionnaire method of data collection was employed to collect the data needed. Purposive and simple random techniques were adopted to sample respondents in the study area. One hundred questionnaires were designed and administered. The data collected were analyzed through simple percentage and presented in table and charts. However, the results showed that recreation facilities are 99% present, while swimming pool is 65% functional. The study showed that visitors came there three times in a week indicating 44% of the respondents while on maintenance of the park environment and the facilities indicated 94% and 88% of the respondents respectively. The study further recommended the followings facilities basketball pitch. Hockey game, volley ball and well-constructed swimming pool.Keywords:-Environment, Maintenance, Recreation, Facilities, Usage and Par
Terrorism and Tourism: A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature
No full textThe paper systematically discusses the literature on terrorism and tourism between the years 2010 to 2019. The Scopus database was selected to make the literature search process transparent, and the literature survey was based on terrorism and tourism as the keywords. The PRISMA 2009 helped the selection and exclusion process. During literature classification, the final 37 articles with at least one citation for the review were arranged in an excel sheet to find the gap and directions of terrorism and tourism. The results revealed literature on the nature of the relationship between terrorism and tourism, critical challenges related to terrorism, regional effects of terrorism on tourism, and terrorism impact preventing strategies. The systematic review recommends that future research must focus on critical disputes related to terrorism, and suitable strategies to prevent terroris
TRENDS OF CLIMATE ELEMENTS IN COTNARI AND LOCAL AGROGEOGRAPHIC SUSTAINABILITY
No full textThe present study presents the evolutions of the main climatic elements (air temperature, relative humidity of the air, the nebulozity, the shine duration of the Sun, atmospheric precipitation and winds) between 1961-2018 and the probability of local agricultural activities in Cotnari area, under growing conditions. the vulnerability of the environmental components to the variability of the climatic elements. The Cotnari area is located in the transition zone the Plateau of Suceava towards the Moldavia Plain, between the Ruginoasa - Tg. Frumos to the south and Bucecea - Botoşani, to the north. Climatically, Cotnari is located at the intersection of Eastern European air masses specific to the Moldavian Plain, characterized by hot and dry summers, cold winters with cold winds and Scandinavian-Baltic influences specific to the Suceava Plateau, characterized by cool summers and cold winters [3]. The average values of the main climatic elements calculated for the period 1961-2018 are of 9.6 ° C for the air temperature, 520mm the average amount of atmospheric precipitation, the relative humidity of the air of 76% the dominance of the winds from the northwest (31%) and the longer duration of Sun shine in the northern Moldovan area of 2140 hours/year. Elementary climatic conditions for the phenological regime of local agricultural plants and the scientific explanation of the cultivation of native white vine species on Cătălina Hill: Grasă of Cotnari, Frâncușa, Fetească Albă, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Pinot gris, Pink Traminer, Tămâioasa, Muscat Ottonel
ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION AND CRYPTOCURRENCY PRICE DYNAMICS (GEORGIAN CASE)
No full textRecent fluctuations in the cryptocurrency prices raised a question about profitability of the mining process. As a result, a lot of companies around the world stopped producing cryptocurrency. Same happened in Georgia, however the share of electricity consumed in the mining process (counting only direct consumers) in the total electricity supply of the country exceeded 5 percent in 2019. The same indicator for the whole world is small enough and approximately equals to 0.3 percent of the total world electricity consumption. It is relatively new and remarkably important for the countries around the world to work on various approaches of regulating mining and usage process of cryptocurrencies. The regulatory methods significantly differ country by country. Existing regulations mainly cover status of the cryptocurrency and taxation approaches. Given foreign experience, it is desirable to consider the main models of tax regulation of cryptocurrencies and to adjust them to the reality of Georgia
CONTRADICTORY INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN THE GOALS OF ECONOMIC POLICY AND ASSESSMENT OF ITS RESULTS
No full textSALES PROMOTION TOOLS FEATURES
No full textThe article analyzes that sales promotion is the totality of customer-oriented actions aimed at increasing sales by facilitating the purchase of goods. In order to achieve sales growth, not only end users but also salespeople can be encouraged. Sales promotion can have three strands: end-user promotion, merchant promotion, sales staff promotion. Businesses, based on business model, product and service specifics, and potential customer segments and their behavioral motives, refine sales promotion strategies that enable existing and prospective customers to create the best experience, uncover competitive advantage and increase sales throughout the customer journey. Companies also clarify a specific action plan to drive sales at all points of contact with the customer: post office, soc. networks, websites, presentations, commercial offers, media, and of course, physical outlets
CONNECTING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ON THE RETAIL SECTOR OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
No full textMany companies are unaware of the influence of CSR activities on customer buying decisions, its correlation with building trust towards the company and its long-term effect on customer loyalty. By focusing the research towards examining the familiarity of customers with the CSR concept and evaluate its general influence on consumer behavior on the retail market of Bosnia and Herzegovina the end goal was to determine possible connection between CSR, trust and customer buying decisions.Survey data demonstrate, CSR activities are a motivating factor for purchasing decisions in favor of the company implementing them. CSR activities influences the grow of trust which customers have towards the company but not at a much larger scale then the affect on purchasing decisions. Result that seems slightly surprising is that trust towards the company does influence purchasing decisions but at a very low volume. The influence of CSR would grow with consumers comprehension of the concept and information transfer from companies and their activities
STRATEGIC TEACHING PLAN FOR THE TRAINING OF STUDENTS TOWARDS THE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FAMILY BUSINESSES IN BARCELONA, SPAIN
No full textLas empresas familiares son uno de los principales impulsores de la economía, de ahí la relevancia de estudiarlas. Hay varias contribuciones de especialistas nacionales en el tema de las empresas familiares, pero los estudios y las herramientas desarrolladas con el fin de profesionalizar a este tipo de empresas son insuficientes. Por lo tanto, el objetivo principal de esta investigación es diseñar un plan de enseñanza estratégico con características interdisciplinarias para la formación de estudiantes hacia la creación y gestión de empresas familiares en Barcelona, España, respondiendo a las necesidades y demandas de la sociedad. La metodología utilizada es de naturaleza cuantitativa, con un alcance de acuerdo con el nivel de conocimiento obtenido con dicha investigación: exploratorio-descriptivo. También requería un tipo transaccional descriptivo no experimental, todo para investigar la incidencia y proporcionar una visión de la comunidad de estudio. La unidad de análisis utilizada fue el profesorado del área de Organización de empresas. Con base en el plan de enseñanza estratégico propuesto, se pretende que los maestros adquieran primero las mismas habilidades que los estudiantes deben administrar y dirigir las empresas familiares
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS - BETWEEN OPPORTUNITY AND LIMITS
No full textOrganizations, public or private, are attracted by larger and more important investments, materialized in short or long term investment projects (with own or non-refundable financing). The opportunity and viability of these projects must still be considered in the design phase, before starting the actual investment, being considered viable in this sense the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA). The article presents the CBA as a procedure for evaluating the efficiency of the invested capital, in monetary values, in order to support the managerial decisions regarding the remuneration of the personnel, the acquisition of equipment, the accomplishment of arrangements and constructions, etc. Existing literature emphasizes the obvious opportunities and benefits of CBA (both for the beneficiary and for the investor), but avoids underlining its limitations by correlating the possibility of manipulating the information in favour of the beneficiary, avoiding highlighting the associated risks and errors
Evaluation of effectiveness of public expenditures in psychiatric healthcare treatments in Georgia
No full textHealth care system in Georgia appears to be one of the important priority of the country during last decade and varies within 9-11%. With regard to health care costs, mental health sector, share its funds within 2%. Although mental health financing and resource distribution are characterized by a growing tendency in Georgia, effective allocation of funds directed for psychiatric treatment remains underestimated. Evidence based government policies imply to offer differentiated services for people with mental health problems and are based on cost-effectiveness analysis. Contemporary studies with the cost/benefit/effectiveness analysis, confirm the effectiveness of community services intervention. In particular, under the same expenditures, community services can make far more positive results by improving the quality of life of people with mental disorders rather than ordinary hospital services. Nowadays, costs for the inpatient services are three times higher compared to the ambulance treatments in Georgia. Taking into view the fact that the country spends 100 times less funds in financing of mental healthcare policies then developed countries and 12 times less than Eastern European countries, choosing appropriate policy which remains adequate ratio between treatment approaches on the bases of cost-effective studies arises in the political agenda. Investing funds in community services means taking out the same amount of funds from in patient, which is already scarce and significantly lower in comparison with the similar indicators in other countries. Thus, giving preferences to inpatient or outpatient services seems to be problematic without analyzing appropriate data and comparing benefit received from funding one treatment policy to the losses of another treatment policy as a result of finance reducing