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- Almered Olsson, Gunilla, 1951, et al.
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City–Region Food Systems: Scenarios to re-establish urban-rural links through sustainable food provisioning
- 2018
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Ingår i: Tomorrow’s Food Travel (TFT) conference, Centre for Tourism – University of Gothenburg, 8–10 October 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- City–Region Food Systems (CRFS) is a cutting-edge concept and an emerging field of research. As a new analytical lens, it offers an integrated and multi-dimensional perspective on food’s origins, how it is grown and the path it follows to our plates and beyond. Building on this concept, this presentation reflects a prospective research project which seeks to explore opportunities for innovative and sustainable food systems in the Gothenburg region of Sweden by focusing on how rural and urban regions, food production and market can be integrated to promote regional food security. The project intends to: 1) develop scenarios with stakeholders for local food production in the region; 2) analyze the consequences of the scenarios on landscape change and biodiversity; 3) explore socio-economic consequences for producers and local communities; and 4) evaluate the sustainability and feasibility of scenarios with stakeholders. Five municipalities in Western Sweden (Gothenburg, Kungälv, Lerum, Alingsås and Essunga) will serve as study areas for the project, selected to reflect different kinds of potential for local food production in terms of dissimilar environmental conditions, prerequisites for farming and economic histories. The project responds to expressed interests and knowledge needs in the region and will be developed and implemented in direct cooperation with local and regional actors such as Västarvet, the Västra Götaland Region, the municipalities and various producer organizations. In sum, there are premises suggesting that recent urban food strategies and plans with sustainability ambitions are embracing several Sustainable Development Goals in the environmental, social, economic, and equity dimensions. This, in turn, is a characteristic of the Transition Movements pathway, in which the utility of food strategies in the work with sustainability transitions seems inevitable. The results are therefore likely to be transferable to other regions.
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- Andersson, Tommy D., 1947, et al.
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The use and non-use values of events: a conceptual framework for event evaluation
- 2014
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Ingår i: The 23 r d Nordic Symposium On Tourism And Hospitality Research. THE VALUES OF TOURISM 2-4 October 2014. Köpenhamn, Danmark..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- An important focus of current research has involved the holisti c assessment of event impacts, including social, cultu ral and environmental impacts a s well as economic impacts. Events create externali ties that can be understood wit h the help of concepts such as Use and Non‐use values. To date, these concepts have been de veloped and applied primarily within environmental economics as comprising what eco nomists call 'total economic value'. They have been u sed to understand the benefits and costs that occur both for users of natural resources and for non‐users, i.e. ind ividuals that are affected by positive or negative externaliti es linked to, for example, the preservation of natural resources. They have also been e stablished within cultural econ omics to understand the values created by, for example, cultural institutions and art. A more recent development has been the application of Use and Non‐use values in the conte xts of events and festivals. The link between cultural instit utions and events can be establ ished by the cultural content of many events and festivals. However, the adoption of these concepts can also be linked to the notion that events have wider societal impacts, b eyond economic impacts or the financial injection of new money. The aim of this paper is to conceptualize Use and Non‐use value s in an event context. A literature review of the definit ions and applications within th e fields of environmental and cultural economics will be t he basis for the conceptualizat ion, as well as the recent applications in the event context. The conceptual framework pro vides a view on value creation of events, including bo th visitors (users) and local r esidents (non‐users). Use values are discussed in terms of direct and indirect use value which can be linked to different aspects of the event e xperience by participants, visi tors and destination residents. Non‐use values, on th e other hand, are discussed in terms of option value , bequest value , stewardship , altruistic value , and existence value and how these values can (if at all possible) be related to a wider group of event stake holders. The paper contributes an alternative perspective on event evaluation comp ared to standard approaches. This perspective also provides a fertile agenda for more detailed research on the role and importance of diffe rent types of values in event a ssessment.
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- Andersson, Tommy D., 1947, et al.
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Use-Value of an event experience
- 2013
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Ingår i: Innovation and value creation in experience-based tourism, The 22nd Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research, Bodö & Lofoten Islands, Sept. 24-27, 2013 / editor: Frank Lindberg.
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- Armbrecht, John, et al.
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Experience quality, satisfaction, perceived value behavioral intentions in an event context
- 2017
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Ingår i: Session Proceedings. 26th Nordic Symposium of Tourism and Hospitality Research, October 4-6 2017, Falun, Sweden.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Quality is central to understand consumer behavior. In an event context Andersson, Armbrecht & Lundberg (2015) found that production quality and service quality determine satisfaction which determines the use value of event experiences and consumer expenditures at an event. Otto & Ritchie (1996) advocate a consumer perspective and propose that quality of a service and quality of an experience must be evaluated to understand the true nature of satisfaction. Researchers have engaged in developing scales for measuring these concepts during the last decade. Particularly the affective responses to experiences has been in focus to provide the experience and event industry with a deeper insight into aspects which might result in consumer immersion (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 2014), arousal (Bigné et al., 2005; Holbrook & Hirschman, 1982) and extraordinary experiences (Abrahams, 1986; Arnould & Price, 1993). Few studies have however combined measures of affective and functional aspects into larger measurement models to predict satisfaction, value, intentions and behavior. This study measures affective and hedonic aspects of event experiences and to what extent they explain consumer value. Results indicate that affective and functional aspects are important. An interesting difference is that affective aspects are more likely to influence consumer satisfaction while functional aspects predict intentional behavior such as the likeliness to recommend the event to friends and family. Session: Advances in Event Management Research
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- Armbrecht, John, et al.
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Impact Analysis of Sustainable Sports Events: Triple Impact Assessments of the 2013 EAIC
- 2014
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Ingår i: Estimating the Impacts of Tourism and Events A research symposium in Gothenburg, Sweden in March 20-21, 2014.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this study is to answer the question: How to measure the impacts of sport events in a commensurable way. A model for measuring the impacts of a sport event from sustainability perspectives and in a common monetary metric is tested. Contingent valuation method, direct economic impact assessment and ecological footprint analysis are used to estimate the event impacts. The model is applied to a three day long European athletics indoor championship 2013 and the results demonstrate a possibility to produce a sustainability impact analysis in a uniform metric. Measured in monetary terms, socio-cultural impacts carry more weight than economic impacts do whereas environmental impacts have little importance for the total assessment. The tested model constitutes a promising method to develop a more holistic assessment of sport events.
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- Armbrecht, John, et al.
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The shadow economy : Its effects on the competition in the Swedish restaurant industry
- 2011
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the International Conference on Tourism (ICOT 2011). - : International Association for Tourism Policy. - 9789963979936 ; , s. 28-47
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper, as part of a research attempt to map and analyse the current situation regarding the Swedish restaurant industry’s tax situation, is focusing on the effects tax evasion on the competition. Previous research has indicated that a large shadow economy sector could lead to unfair market competition and consequently less development in the sector. The companies within the shadow sector of the economy, ie the companies that with different methods are trying to avoid paying some or all of the taxes due to the tax authority, can survive and prosper with lower margins. Simultaneously tax revenues are decreasing. This is a serious issue in a country where the tourism is perceived as an important part of the overall economic strategy. Ultimately the situation could force the serious firms out of business and inflict the tax paying morale in the society as a whole. The results are based on a survey of 535 restaurants in Sweden and indicate that there is a problem not only to survive as a law-abiding firm, but also that the unfair competition is affecting the whole sector’s progress and development. The theoretical contribution is based on adding knowledge, based on industry specific data, to the discussion on the effects of the shadow economy. Simultaneously, the results could be practically useful for the development of a more suitable tax system, such as a presumptive tax system, that could address some of the issues with unfair competition in sectors with similar problems.
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