17 research outputs found
Working Paper 14-02 - Geographical Agglomeration: the Case of Belgian Manufacturing Industry
No full textGeographical agglomeration: Ellison and Glaeser's index applied to the case of Belgian manufacturing industry
No full textBertinelli L. and Decrop J. (2005) Geographical agglomeration: Ellison and Glaeser's index applied to the case of Belgian manufacturing industry, Regional Studies 39 , 567-583. The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive discussion of the use of the Ellison and Glaeser index and subsequently to carry out a descriptive analysis of the geographical concentration of the manufacturing sector in Belgium. To assess the degree of concentration, individual plant data on wage and salary earners are used, with a relatively fine geographical breakdown (districts and townships). It is shown that more than 30% of the industries are excessively agglomerated.Agglomeration, Ellison and Glaeser index, Spatial autocorrelation, Belgium, Agglomeration, Indice Ellison-Glaeser, Autocorrelation geographique, Belgique, Ballung, Ellison und Glaeserscher Index, Raumliche Autokorrelation, Belgien, Aglomeracion, Indice de Glaeser y Ellison, Autocorrelacion espacial, Belgica, JEL classifications: R12, R30,
Aménagement du territoire en Régions wallonne et flamande
No full textIn Belgium, town and country development is set under the exclusive competence of the Regions. This paper shows the characteristics and perspectives of Land Planning in the Walloon and Flemish Regions. A brief historical survey of town and country planning in both regions is followed by an outline of the most important instruments to pursue a spatial policy. A third part presents the main features of the respective plans and schemes of orientation as framework of the territorial policy for the medium range.L'aménagement du territoire belge relevant de compétences régionales, ce papier envisage ses caractéristiques et perspectives en Régions flamande et wallonne . Après un bref rappel de l'historique récent de l'aménagement dans chacune des régions, les principaux outils de l'aménagement régional sont présentés avant de tracer les lignes principales des plan / schéma d'orientation respectifs amenés à guider les Régions dans le moyen terme.Ruimtelijke ordening in België is een exclusieve bevoegdheid van de gewesten. Dit artikel bespreekt de perspectieven op gebied van ruimtelijke planning en ontwikkeling in het Waalse en het Vlaamse Gewest. Eerst wordt een kort historisch overzicht van de ruimtelijke ordening in beide gewesten gegeven, daarna volgt een schets van de belangrijkste instrumenten voor het voeren van een ruimtelijk beleid en tenslotte worden de hoofdlijnen uiteen- gezet van de respectieve plannen en oriënteringsschema's die leiding moeten geven aan het beleid op middellange termijn.Decrop Jehan, Orban-ferauge Françoise, Saey Pieter. Aménagement du territoire en Régions wallonne et flamande. In: Hommes et Terres du Nord, 1999/3. La Belgique. pp. 151-159
Working Paper 21-03 - Dynamique géographique de l’emploi en Belgique - Déterminants et impact des TIC
No full textWorking Paper 09-02 - Agglomération et dynamique des activités économiques dans les villes belges : Une approche spatiale et sectorielle
No full textOrganisations et territoires
No full textL'entrepreneuriat au Québec : ce que les experts en pensent - Nathaly Riverin
La trajectoire récente du Faubourg des Récollets - Danielle Bordeleau, Jean-Marc Fontan, Juan-Luis Klein et Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Regard critique sur les fusions municipales - Clermont Dugas
Choix d'investissement des fonds locaux et régionaux - Richard Benoît, Denis Langevin et Denis Martel
Les milieux innovateurs en Wallonie - Jehan Decrop
Vers un modèle intégrateur de la gestion de la performance - René Blais et Aline D'Amours
L'entreprise fromagère sarde - Daniele Porcheddu
Développement local et partenariat : Ville de Montréal - CDEC - Timothy Ayoub et Marie-Claire Malo
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Factors Affecting Intention of Traveling Abroad of Vietnamese People
No full textThis study has approached the nature of the relationship between the factors affecting the Vietnamese decision to travel abroad. From the theoretical basis of consumer behavior and overview of theories about buying decision-making behavior of customers, the author has identified the factors, identified the relationship model among the factors in the total. (internal factors of each individual: attitude, motivation; factors from the external environment, including: destination image, business approach to customers, influence of reference group). Inheriting the theory of planned behavioral action by Ajzen (1991), model research on travel decisions by Um and Crompton (1990); Woodside and MacDonald (1994); Decrop (2006b), the author initially establishes a theoretical model suitable to the research context of factors affecting the decision to travel abroad of Vietnamese people
Consumer leisure behavior change based on the new weekend policy in Taiwan, R.O.C.
No full textPlan BFollowing the continuous expansion of the economy in Taiwan, income keeps increasing. Simultaneously, more Taiwanese think highly of quality of life as well as leisure. In particular, leisure times, attitudes, and activities change most dramatically as Taiwan move from being a rural agrarian to being an urban-industrial society. The expanding economic environment has stimulated the growth of the tourism industry in Taiwan. On January 10th 1998, the government put into effect the alternating two-day weekend policy, a policy whereby the second and fourth Saturdays of every month would be days off. The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in consumer leisure patterns in addition to the domestic travel patterns based on the new weekend policy in Taiwan, R.O.C. Objectives of the study were to identify the development stage of the alternating two-day weekend policy, the consumer leisure preferences, the effects of the new weekend policy in consumer leisure behavior, and the factors impacting domestic travel decisions. Five hundred seventy questionnaires were delivered to consumers through 12 travel agents in Taipei, Taiwan, and 445 completed and valid questionnaires were obtained throughout the study with a 78.1 percent response rate. The findings of this study show that the usage of the weekends was continuously increased since the implementation of the alternating two-day weekend policy. In fact, consumers’ leisure and travel patterns in Taiwan have been changed since the implementation of the alternating two-day weekend policy. The alternating two day weekend policy has promoted leisure and travel market in Taiwan. People are willing to spend more time on leisure activities. The majority of respondents preferred to go travel suburban recreation areas with friends or families for one or two days during two-day weekends. Also, respondents travel not for sightseeing and pleasure purpose anymore but for escaping from the ordinary. However, travel jams and crowds kept many respondents away from domestic travel. Thus, many respondents chose to stay close to home for fear of traffic and crowds. Indeed, the majority of respondents frequently participated leisure activities within the normal living environment. Also, leisure activities with high social content with other people are well liked in large metropolitan area. Urban activities and more easily accessible entertainment options seem to be on the way, including exercise. Safety and security were the most important concerns for the travel decisions. No doubt, more leisure related facilities are considered necessary and requested by the people in Taiwan. The government and the industry are definitely needed to work on the development of the leisure related facilities. Furthermore, the five-day workweek policy already be passed in Taiwan and will soon implement in the following year, a solution for all the problems occurred by the alternating two-day weekend policy has emerged
The motivations, constraints and decision-making of Beijing outbound tourists
No full textThe number of international tourists from China has increased remarkably in the past two decades, and it is expected to continue growing with an increase of household income and discretionary time. This thesis aims to understand Chinese outbound pleasure travellers by identifying their travel motivations, constraints and decision making in the pre-trip stage. Beijing was selected in the research because it is one of the three largest outbound tourist generating cities in China. Hence, the characteristics of travellers from Beijing are representative of a significant part in China's outbound travel market.
This thesis addresses the following issues. The study of motivation answers quotwhyquot Chinese tourists go overseas for holiday. The literature suggests motivation can be understood from push and pull perspectives. In this framework, push factors refer to the tourist as a subject and deal with those factors driving him or her to travel. On the other hand, pull factors are those which attract the tourist to a given resort or destination. This study attempts to identify the push and pull factors associated with Chinese outbound tourists. Furthermore, market segmentation was achieved based on this framework by clustering the respondents into four groups.
The decision-making process is complex and involves several stages and influencing factors. The first decision is usually whether to travel or stay at home. The preposition is that motivation and constraints have certain impacts on participation. The next decision is related to where to travel. The preposition here is that the destination choice is influenced by motivation, constraints and socio-demographic characteristics as well as the attractiveness of place attributes. Moreover, these factors are expected
to also influence the travel frequency. After selecting the destination, a number of subordinate decisions, such as accommodation, travel mode, length of stay and activities have to be made. The preposition is that decisions on these issues are greatly influenced by socio-demographic characteristics. A theoretical model of decision-making was presented on the basis of these propositions. It should be mentioned that this model focuses on the relationship of these factors instead of the sequence of decision-making. There are indeed cases in which, for example, people decide on activities before destination choice.
A mixed method was adopted when the merits and deficiencies of both qualitative and quantitative approaches were taken into consideration. Qualitative data from interviews with 20 Beijing residents were collected with two purposes: first, to help identify the variables selected in the survey; second, to supplement interpretation of the results from the survey. Next a survey was used to gather quantitative data. T-test, ANOVA, factor and cluster analysis, as well as regression were used to analyse the data in SPSS. The combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches was utilized to enhance the trustworthiness of the findings.
The study identifies the most important push and pull motivations as well as the main constraints for Beijing outbound tourists. The results of the study also include an assessment of the influences of motivation, constraints and the role of socio-demographic variables on destination choice and travel frequency. Other useful findings about subdecisions of Beijing outbound tourists are reported such as desired activities, information search, accommodation selection etc.
The research findings provide information for destination marketers and service providers as to the expectation, preference, and characteristics of Chinese outbound iii
tourists, and help them better promote and service this market. Meanwhile, the research contributes to the travel behaviour literature by providing empirical evidence about the decision-making process of Chinese outbound tourists
