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COVID-19 Impact on Tourism Performance in Africa
Par Peter Chihwai. 2024
This book examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism performance in Africa. It covers a wide range of…
topics that will interest academic readers and researchers, including the effects of COVID-19 on various segments of the tourism sector. The aim is to provide a deeper understanding of the damage caused by the pandemic, enriching future research based on the findings and conclusions presented in the book. The research presented in this book is new and original, representing different perspectives from across Africa's 52 countries. It offers valuable insights for the business world on how to adapt and adopt communication strategies during crises such as COVID-19. Themes such as innovation, service quality, and continuous improvement during the pandemic are explored, providing lessons that can benefit the tourism industry in navigating similar challenges in the future. Additionally, the book discusses the future of tourism, presenting various perspectives on what the future holds for the tourism industry. This provides an exciting platform for tourism stakeholders to learn about the future of the sector from diverse and knowledgeable angles. The unique perspectives offered, especially those from Africa, will appeal to a wide and diverse audience, including ecotourists, educational tourists, adventure tourists, governments, academics, and other stakeholders.Drittanbietercookies ermöglichen Vermarktern eine fundierte Kampagnenanalyse und Zielgruppenbestimmung. Welche Auswirkungen hat der Wegfall von Cookies auf sie? Das essential beschreibt…
zunächst Cookies und deren aktuelle Einsatzfelder. Auf Basis von Experteninterviews mit Branchenkennern folgt dann ein Ausblick, welche Chancen und Risiken mit dem Wegfall der Cookies für die Vermarkterbranche und Endverbraucher einhergehen und welche Alternativen zu Drittanbietercookies existieren.Cooperation Between Companies and Non-profit Organizations: Taking Responsibility Together: Guidelines for Constructive, Credible and Transparent CSR Projects
Par Gabriele Faber-Wiener, Bettina Gjecaj. 2024
This book describes how cooperation between companies and non-profit organizations can be successfully structured. Companies want and need to take…
on more social responsibility, and joint projects with non-profit organizations are therefore more in demand than ever. This is not about maximizing profits through greenwashing or token commitments, but about serious corporate social responsibility projects and purpose strategies that strengthen the reputation on both sides. This requires a structured, transparent approach from the outset.The authors explain the theoretical basis and provide practical guidance on how the initiation of cooperation projects can lead to a credible and sustainable collaboration with added value for all stakeholders. An elementary part of the book is the "Code for Transparent Cooperation", a proven framework that can be applied directly in practice.A book for CSR, communication, marketing and compliance managers in companiesand non-profit organizations who strive for clear rules and an open dialogue at eye level.Anyone who acts as a credible driver of transformation would do well to operate sustainably themselves. Transparency creates credibility and reliability. The more an organization's goals shape the design of partnerships with companies, the more authentic they can appear to the outside world. This guide provides helpful tips and orientation on how to achieve coherence.Dipl.theol. Yvonne Zwick, Chairwoman of B.A.U.M. e.V. - Network for Sustainable Management, HamburgNon-profit organizations are central pillars of our society. Especially in times of disruption and change, their performance is of increasing importance. The prerequisite for this is independence - also in cooperation with companies. This book helps companies and non-profit organizations to understand their counterparts and establish stable collaborations.Dr. Günther Lutschinger, Managing Director of Fundraising Association Austria, ViennaThe time for lone wolves is over. If we are to achieve the Paris climate targets, companies must offer profitable solutions for people and the planet. It's all about: How do I tackle it? The new book by Gabriele Faber-Wiener and Bettina Gjecaj focuses in particular on partnerships with non-profit organizations and aims to prepare the ground for successful collaboration.Daniela Knieling, Managing Director respACT and Network Representative Global Compact Network Austria, ViennaCredibility, responsibility and transparency are the guarantee and basis for the sustainable development of companies. A thriving, trusting cooperation between companies and non-profit organizations helps to answer political and social questions and is a profound approach to solving complex ecological problems.Ernst Ternon, MBA MSc MSc, Head of Green Marketing, Wieselburg Campus, Wiener Neustadt University of Applied SciencesComputing Intelligence in Capital Market (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1154)
Par Asef Yelghi, Aref Yelghi, Mehmet Apan, Shirmohammad Tavangari. 2024
The book is divided into sections according to the content of the chapters. The first section covers AI concepts with…
NP and financial issues. The second section covers AI techniques in relation to Fintech issues. The remaining sections are implementation and analysis. As science and technology development and algorithms are widely used in various fields, their influence and development have increased efficiency and productivity. The introduction of algorithms in the financial field has not been an exception to this. In recent years, the growth and development of the financial system have been in sync with the growth of technology. Fintechs were born at the intersection of these two sectors. What happens through the application of computer knowledge in the financial field, or the examination of the efficiency and effectiveness of their use and the interaction and combination of these two fields has been written very infrequently in the majority of books. In Fintech, there are problems that researchers focus on such as customer support, portfolio management, trading algorithms, fraud detection, credit risk assessment, insurance, and wealth management. The mentioned problems are complex and are mapped to NP problems in the field of artificial intelligence. In the last two decades, optimization algorithms, neural networks, and deep learning have been widely applied in many scientific and engineering fields to solve the mentioned problems. The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with the most used artificial intelligence methods for scientific and engineering problems. This book is used by students, scientists, and practitioners in various fields. The chapters are self-explanatory, and the reader can read each one separately. They describe the algorithm used, the chosen problem, and the implementation. In addition, practical examples, comparisons, and experimental results are presented.Animals With Human Voices
Par Damen O'Brien. 2021
In Animals with Human Voices you will find worms that dream of god, jellyfish weary of immortality, a powerless Superman,…
some illogical observations on aliens', a lightning conductor tired of lightning and the truth about Elvis. In multi award-winning poet Damen O'Brien's debut collection, his cinematic eye and love of nature deliver poems which are ciphers for the normal concerns of every human: love, life and death and what we leave behind.Mind Shift: It Doesn't Take a Genius to Think Like One
Par Erwin Raphael McManus. 2023
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Mental toughness, mental clarity, and mental health all have one thing in common: The journey begins in…
your mind. In this radical guide, the award-winning author of The Last Arrow illuminates a surprising path toward personal fulfillment and optimal performance.&“Erwin McManus is the most brilliant thinker I&’ve ever met.&”—fourteen-time bestselling author Jon GordonThroughout his thirty years of work as a mindset expert and leadership coach, Erwin Raphael McManus has been obsessed with these questions: Why do some people succeed despite having all the odds stacked against them? How do others achieve the unthinkable, only to watch their lives slip away? Are there mental structures for failure and success?McManus has come to realize that too many of us have &“near-life&” experiences. We almost pursue our dreams. We almost make the decision that changes everything. We are always one choice away. If we want to live without regret, we need to make a mind shift—trading beliefs that limit our potential for ones that help us move toward optimal performance and pursue the success of being fully alive. We must move from a life of obligation to a life of intention.In Mind Shift, McManus brings together twelve mental frameworks that have helped some of the most accomplished people on earth create internal structures of success. Among them:• You have to choose between acceptance and uniqueness. If you are addicted to affirmation, you will become what others want you to be rather than who you were created to become.• You don&’t need an audience. It&’s what you do in private that makes you who you are.• Talent is a hallucinogen. It will make you believe that hard work and discipline are for everyone else.Sharing experiences from entrepreneurs, artists, professional athletes, and his own career, McManus shows us how to transform our thinking—and, in turn, transform our lives.AWS FinOps Simplified: Eliminate cloud waste through practical FinOps
Par Peter Chung. 2022
Manage, control, and optimize your cloud spend on AWSKey FeaturesLearn best practices for implementing a cloud FinOps discipline with AWSSet…
up your organization for success by enabling people, process, and organizationChoose the right pricing model strategy to optimize the use of AWS resourcesBook DescriptionMuch like how DevOps is a combination of cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that advocate a collaborative working relationship between development and IT operations, FinOps encourages the same collaboration between technology and finance team, making it key relationship to establish and maintain for any thriving business.This book will help you understand how organizations with a mature FinOps practice can decentralize cost ownership to developer teams and encourage cross-functional collaboration between business, finance, and technology, enabling speed, innovation, and business growth. You'll focus on structuring your organization to form the right FinOps team, including a Cloud Center of Excellence, and learn how to implement practical cost savings measures with AWS tools to optimize costs in both the short as well as long term.By the end of this cloud FinOps book, you'll be ready to implement a successful Cloud FinOps practice for your organization to get the best value from the AWS cloud for your workloads.What you will learnUse AWS services to monitor and govern your cost, usage, and spendImplement automation to streamline cost optimization operationsDesign the best architecture that fits your workload and optimizes on data transferOptimize costs by maximizing efficiency with elasticity strategiesImplement cost optimization levers to save on compute and storage costsBring value to your organization by identifying strategies to create and govern cost metricsWho this book is forThis book is for enterprise architects, cloud architects, CFOs, CTOs, product managers, finance managers, and FinOps practitioners looking to optimize their use of the cloud. This book guides you through tools, strategies, and frameworks to minimize costs, allowing your business to realize sustainable financial benefits and efficiently use cloud resources.The Holy Grail of Investing: The World's Greatest Investors Reveal Their Ultimate Strategies for Financial Freedom (Tony Robbins Financial Freedom Series)
Par Tony Robbins, Christopher Zook. 2024
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tony Robbins returns with the final book in his financial freedom trilogy by unveiling the…
power of alternative investments. Robbins, and renowned investor Christopher Zook, take you on a journey to interview a dozen of the world&’s most successful investors in private equity, private credit, private real estate, and venture capital. They share their favorite strategies and insights in this practical guidebook.For decades, trillions of dollars in &“smart money&” has been making outsized returns using private equity, private credit, venture capital and other alternative investments. Robbins teams up with renowned private equity investor Christopher Zook, founder of CAZ Investments, to sit down with more than a dozen of the world&’s greatest alternative investment managers, collectively managing over half a trillion dollars on behalf of investors. Names like… Robert F. Smith – Founder of Vista Equity Partners, Smith is the considered the most successful enterprise software investor of all time. Vinod Khosla – Founder of Khosla Ventures, Vinod Khosla is considered a legend in Venture Capital. He is famous for turning a $4 million investment into a $7 billion windfall for his investors. Michael B. Kim – The &“Godfather of Private Equity&” in Asia, Kim has created the largest private equity firm in Asia. His astounding success for investors has also made him South Korea&’s wealthiest man. And many more! In The Holy Grail of Investing, you&’ll discover: -How to take advantage of the trillions flowing into private equity by becoming an owner of firms that actually manage the assets and share in the revenue they generate -How to take advantage of the two to three times higher returns of private credit as an alternative (or compliment) to bonds -How new rule changes allow individual investors to own a piece of the major professional sports teams (MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS) and benefit from this fanatically driven asset class -How to invest in the energy evolution and ride the wave of trillions in global investments -How investments in private real estate can work as an inflationary hedge and source of tax efficient income -How many of the world&’s greatest investors thrive in good times and badIn this personal journey, ultra-light backpacker and sought-after speaker Glen Van Peski shares the life lessons he has learned through…
years of lightening his pack and helping others.Adventures provide the richness and texture to a life well lived. So remain open. Keep saying yes to life's opportunities. Glen Van Peski helped revolutionize backpacking by creating ultralight equipment, which allows people to take less so they can do more in the wilderness. During decades of championing ultralight backpacking, Glen became aware that &“take less, do more&” is more than just a hiking slogan. As he reduced his pack weight, he realized that the lessons learned applied to all areas of life. Now he wants to share the lessons he learned to help others live full and vibrant lives—lives characterized by purpose, meaning, and joy. In this book, you will discover transformative life lessons, which may go against the grain of popular thought but have been proven to change lives for the better. You'll learn that: Often the best strategy for achieving goals comes from subtracting rather than adding. When your first instinct is generosity, the long-term dividends will be greater than if you strive to gain your own advantage. Revising the stories you tell yourself about situations will reframe your life and increase gratitude. By investing creatively in relationships, you will generate more joy in your life. Making friends with failure will cause you to grow and improve. take less. do more. It's a revolutionary idea that will transform your life and free your soul to find your purpose—and maybe a little bit of adventure too.Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
Par Jaime Clarke. 2007
No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club,…
Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Some Kind of Wonderful are timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation. Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, don't you forget about me contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives -- an irresistible read for anyone who came of age in the eighties (or just wishes they did). Featuring new writing from: Steve Almond * Julianna Baggott * Lisa Borders * Ryan Boudinot * T Cooper * Quinn Dalton * Emily Franklin * Lisa Gabriele * Tod Goldberg * Nina de Gramont * Tara Ison * Allison Lynn * John McNally * Dan Pope * Lewis Robinson * Ben Schrank * Elizabeth Searle * Mary Sullivan * Rebecca Wolff * Moon Unit ZappaI Was...: A Recycling Book for Children of All Ages
Par Mary Schmeisser. 2024
Prepare to embark on an inspiring journey for readers of all ages – an urgent call to action to protect…
our planet through the power of recycling. I Was… unveils the extraordinary stories of everyday heroes who have made a profound impact on Earth&’s future.Handbuch Organisationstypen
Par Maja Apelt, Veronika Tacke. 2023
Die Organisationssoziologie ist es gewohnt, ihren Gegenstand anhand eines allgemeinen Begriffs der Organisation zu beschreiben. Zwangsläufig aber hat sie es…
stets mit besonderen Typen der Organisation zu tun, seien es Unternehmen, Universitäten, Verwaltungen, Kirchen, Parteien, Schulen, Krankenhäuser, Wohlfahrts- oder Protestorganisationen. Auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen der typologischen Generalisierung tragen die Beiträge des Handbuchs das Wissen über eine Vielfalt moderner Organisationen zusammen, ohne dabei grundsätzliche Fragen der einheitlichen Typologiebildung aus dem Blick zu verlieren.'Strangers On A Train meets The Pact in this high concept thriller: daring, dramatic and totally original, I loved it.'…
Gillian McAllisterHow far would you go to save a perfect stranger? Maggie is trapped. Dumped on her wedding day, rejected by her family and hounded by a man determined to make her suffer. Charlotte is desperate. Double-crossed by her only friend and facing total ruin, she will go to any lengths to save what matters.Two women, one night. A decision that will change everything.Loved THE WOMAN ON THE BRIDGE? You can download Holly Seddon's latest twisty thriller THE SHORT STRAW now, an atmospheric mystery about three sisters stranded in an abandoned manor house later at night.Tidal Pools and Other Small Infinities
Par Kristen Costello. 2023
"You'll walk away with more gratitude for the slow burn of the healing process." — Alicia Cook, author of Sorry…
I Haven&’t Texted You BackTidal Pools and Other Small Infinities blurs the lines between endings and beginnings. The love story starts in the usual way: a whirlwind of confessions, late night conversations, and promises that seem sturdy. The years pass by, and novelty is replaced by a comforting routine – one that&’s difficult to walk away from when things take a toxic turn. This is a collection about bravery and evolution. It takes courage to leave behind the familiar. To question all the things that once seemed undeniably true. To learn to stand on your own and, in doing so, become who you were really meant to be. Endings can be the best beginnings…once you realize you have the power to create them.Pangaea: Prose and Poetry
Par Hinnah Mian. 2022
&“if you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.&” Pangaea is a collection of poetry about working…
through the trauma inflicted on a body, whether the trauma comes from a person, a country, or from within. It is the act of learning to be whole in a broken body, a broken world. It is a collection of tales told through generations of stories hidden beneath the skin.Sometimes I Fall Asleep Thinking About You
Par Catarine Hancock. 2021
Following the success of Catarine's shades of lovers, sometimes i fall asleep thinking about you is a look into the…
process of recovering after a particularly bad love.sometimes i fall asleep thinking about you is a collection of poetry on the feeling of never getting closure, that lingering longing you still get even when you know you shouldn&’t, and how it feels to finally be able to say, &“I have finally let you go,&” after years of struggling to find the words.Find out why this book is viral on TikTok.Confessions of Her
Par Cindy Cherie. 2020
Confessions of Her is a tale of survival depicting how one young woman found love in herself, rather than searching…
for it in the arms of another. This autobiographical collection of poetry and prose takes the reader on a journey of love and loss, depicting how she overcame heartbreak to ultimately, save herself.Fans of Confessions of Her are saying "beautiful words from a beautiful woman", "emotionally charged" and "goosebumps for all!"Lovely Seeds: A Walk Through the Garden of Our Becoming
Par R. H. Swaney. 2018
&“Explores the beauty that can be found in even the most hopeless of situations.&”—Cyrus Parker, author of DROPKICKromance&“Every page is…
a gentle reminder to take care of yourself. Lovely Seeds will help you be ok with being you.&”—Iain S. Thomas, author of I Wrote This For YouR. H. Swaney brings a depolarizing voice to the poetry world with this debut collection. Amongst the topics of mental health, self-love, and social progress, readers will find a soft but powerful voice that uncovers the beauty that exists inside of all of us.Examining life and its circle from seed to withering to regrowth, the thought-provoking nature of this collection will bring readers to a place of self-exploration, reflection, and a deeper understanding of their place in the world.Turning to Wallpaper: Poems and Art
Par Heidi Wong. 2021
"Wear poetry as both perfume and armor." In Turning to Wallpaper, lush, elegant language contrasts with the disturbing and at…
times gruesome imagery to create a collection that knows exactly how to haunt the reader. Wong&’s words and artistry are vibrant with color, richly textured, defiant, and unapologetic in their boldness. Her speaker undertakes a spiritual journey of remembrance that transcends body, tradition, and even nation in the pursuit of authentic art—art that is constructed using radical acceptance of the past as a means to leave it all behind. This is a story where no wounds are softened or left unconfronted. Unconcerned with conventional beauty, it is undeniably beautiful.Coffee Days Whiskey Nights: First Sip In The Morning And Last Sip At Night
Par Cyrus Parker, Parker Lee. 2020
A lot can happen between the first sip of coffee and the last taste of whiskey.Coffee Days, Whiskey Nights is…
a collection of poetry, prose, and aphorisms that juxtaposes the hopefulness a brand new day can bring with the lingering thoughts that keep us up into the late-night hours. This book takes a look at the way a single day can change our outlook on everything from relationships with others, to our relationships with ourselves, and everything in between."With this beautifully vulnerable collection, Parker reminds us that no matter what we are feeling, we are never alone. I found truth and comfort in these words and will be reading them again."—Makenzie Campbell, Author of 2am Thoughts&“An honest, tender, and inspiring collection. It's a reminder to forge ahead and never give up on yourself.&” —K. Y. Robinson, Author of The Chaos of Longing Ultimately, this book illustrates that no matter how hopeless we may feel at the end of a day, a new one is only a few hours away. Featuring a Q&A with amanda lovelace and Parker Lee.