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Thomas Magno Interview
No full textCDR Magno spent 22 years as a naval flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993) and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003. This interview covers his entire career
Carlo Magno nell'"Entrée d'Espagne"
No full textIl personaggio di Carlo Magno e i suoi rapporti con Rolando individuati come strutturali nella composizione del poema epico trecentesco "L'Entrée d'Espagne"
The impact of social media influencers in tourism
No full textIn the past decade, extensive research has been conducted on the effects of user-generated content (UGC) on consumers’ travel-related attitudes and decisions (Filieri, 2016; Howison, Finger, & Hauschka, 2015; Park, Xiang, Josiam, & Kim, 2014). However, to date, the mechanisms through which content generated by the specific type of users known as social media influencers or digital influencers (Kapitan & Silvera, 2016; Zhang, Moe, & Schweidel, 2017) affects followers have been overlooked in tourism studies (Ge & Gretzel, 2018). Social media influencers represent ‘a new type of independent third-party endorser who shapes audience attitudes through blogs, tweets, and the use of other social media’ (Freberg, Graham, McGaughey, & Freberg, 2011, p. 90). Recognised as opinion leaders, they are able to increase the influence of the information they receive and transmit to others (Jalilvand, 2017, Uzunoğlu & Kip, 2014). Studies in fields other than tourism, such as culture (Magno, 2017) and fashion (Halvorsen, Hoffmann, Coste-Manière, & Stankeviciute, 2013), have documented the increasing relevance of digital influencers and the mechanisms through which they affect the formation of their followers’ attitudes and decisions. This research note intends to advance knowledge on this issue in tourism
Alessandro Magno nella "Philosophiegeschichte" di Hegel
No full textLa cultura classica, considerata nei suoi diversi aspetti -quindi non soltanto in quello filosofico, ma anche in quello letterario, artistico e storico-politico- ha avuto un grande peso tanto nella formazione della filosofia hegeliana, quanto nel modo in cui si sono sviluppate le formulazioni speculative del sistema maturo. Se la grecità ha rappresentato il centro dell'interesse di Hegel per il mondo antico, questa ha a sua volta un centro specifico: Alessandro Magno, considerato la individualità più libera e bella che la realtà abbia mai prodotto
Flavio Magno Aurelio Cassiodoro, Varie, vol. III, Libri VI-VII
No full textPrima edizione mondiale dell'opera "Variae" di Flavio Magno Aurelio Cassiodoro, fonte principale per la storia d'Italia nel VI secolo d.C
Data-driven use of cross-border e-commerce platforms and export performance: The mediating role of foreign market knowledge acquisition
No full textCross-border e-commerce as a foreign market entry mode among SMEs: the relationship between export capabilities and performance
No full textPurpose Although cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) has become increasingly popular among small and medium-sized enterprises as a foreign market entry mode, research on the determinants of its success is scarce. Drawing on the resource-based view, this study aims to examine the relationship between a firm’s information technology, international marketing and export operations capabilities and its cross-border e-commerce strategic and financial performance. Design/methodology/approach Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to analyze data from a sample of Italian exporters in the food and beverage industry. Findings The results highlight the mixed effects of information technology, international marketing and export operations capabilities on both e-commerce strategic and financial performance. Moreover, the use of third-party e-commerce platforms reduces the effect of exporters’ information technology capabilities on their e-commerce financial performance. Research limitations/implications The majority of exporters in this study had implemented cross-border e-commerce only recently; hence, longitudinal data on the success factors of e-commerce are not available. Practical implications While cross-border e-commerce may work as an accelerator of the overall export performance, export managers are urged to approach it strategically with a clear medium-term view to develop the required capabilities. Originality/value This study was one of the first to examine the drivers of small and medium-sized exporters’ cross-border e-commerce performance. Moreover, unlike most previous analyzes, it focused on e-commerce as a foreign market entry mode rather than a supplement to offline exporting activities
Effects of agritourism businesses' strategies to cope with the COVID-19 crisis: The key role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) behaviours
No full textEvidence of the effects of tourism businesses’ strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of the COVID-19 crisis remains remarkably scarce. Drawing on the system resilience framework, this study suggests a model in which corporate social responsibility (CSR) behaviours encompassing five dimensions – community, employees, environment, heritage and products – and co-creation experience mediate the relationships between strategies and performance. Applying partial least squares structural equation modeling to a sample of 199 agritourism businesses in Italy, this study finds that proactive strategies have a positive effect on performance and that this effect is fully mediated by CSR and co-creation experience. Reactive strategies have both a negative direct effect and a positive mediated effect on performance. Hence, the strategies positively affect performance only if they first contribute to the resilience of the local system through CSR behaviours, enhancing the resources needed for tourism experience co-creation. This analysis emphasises the impacts of the community, environmental and heritage dimensions of CSR behaviours
Antecedents of professionals' self-efficacy in professional service firms: effects of external source credibility and content quality
No full textPurpose Professional service firm (PSF) performance depends on the accumulation and application of specialist knowledge to find customised solutions to customer problems. However, available research has not examined whether knowledge acquired from external sources affects PSF outcomes by strengthening professionals’ beliefs rather than only by increasing technical competency. Drawing on self-efficacy theory, this study tests a model that links the quality of content acquired from external sources and the credibility of those sources to professionals’ self-efficacy and, in turn, to PSF outcomes (solution quality and firm performance). In particular, this paper aims to consider the case of professional content exchanged through professional social media. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional research design was applied. Data were collected from a sample of 208 accountants, auditors and lawyers who used professional social media and were analysed using covariance-based structural equation modelling. Findings When accessing professional content from external sources, source credibility and content quality are significant antecedents of professionals’ self-efficacy, which, in turn, has positive effects on PSF outcomes (solution quality and PSF performance). Research limitations/implications Self-efficacy plays a key role in the link between knowledge acquired from external sources (professional content) and PSF outcomes. Practical implications This study provides recommendations and actionable insights for PSFs, professionals and other actors who create and exchange professional content. Professional associations may also take an active role by contributing and sharing credible and high-quality content, using, for example, professional social media. Originality/value This paper advances the current understanding of the effects of professionals’ access to content from external sources on PSF outcomes. It provides an explanation of these effects based on the enhancement of professionals’ beliefs instead of their technical competencies, as indicated in previous research. In addition, it is the first research effort to consider professional social media as a communication channel to exchange content that affects the self-efficacy of PSF professionals
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