Encontros Científicos - Tourism & Management Studies is an academic, refereed Journal in the areas of Tourism and Management, which is published by the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism of the University of the Algarve, Portugal. The Journal is indexed in the international scientific databases EBSCO, SCIELO and LATINDEX and publishes original papers mainly in English but also in Portuguese and Spanish. Its main objective is to encourage academic research and share the scientific knowledge developed by national and international researchers in the areas of Tourism and Management.
The Journal has an Editorial Board with members from different universities and countries, and a Scientific Board composed of more than 50 PhD members from 30 universities from many different countries, which is responsible for the refereeing of the articles.

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: International Conference on Tourism & Management Studies – Algarve 2011 |
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| The School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism of the University of the Algarve and the Journal “Encontros Científicos - Tourism & Management Studies” are organizing the “International Conference on Tourism & Management Studies – Algarve 2011”, which will be held in Faro, Portugal on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th of October 2011. This conference will focus on a wide variety of topics related to Tourism studies and Tourism and Hospitality Management. This event aims to stimulate research and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the areas of Tourism and Leisure Studies, as well as Tourism and Hospitality Management, encouraging inter-disciplinary and comparative approaches. It is also our aim to provide a platform for stimulating inter-disciplinary discussions in the above mentioned areas, enhancing knowledge and experience and promoting scholarly cooperation and collaborative work among researchers from all over the world. |
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| Posted: 2010-07-13 |
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: Issue nr 5 of Encontros Científicos - Tourism & Management Studies |
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| Issue nr 5 of Encontros Científicos - Tourism & Management Studies has bin published in its print edition on the 31. of December 2009 |
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| Posted: 2010-02-19 |
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No 5 (2009): Encontros Científicos - Tourism & Management Studies
Table of Contents
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José António Santos |
3-4 |
Tourism: Scientific Papers
| TOURISM SYSTEMS AND POWER: AN OVERALL VIEW TO TOURISM ACCOMMODATION LAW |
PDF (PT)
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Virgílio Miguel Machado, Carlos Manuel Martins da Costa |
9-24 |
| TOURISM DEPENDENCE AND HOST COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS. NOTES ON THE SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY |
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Tomás Mazón, Raquel Huete, Alejandro Mantecón |
25-36 |
| REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF A TOURISM CLUSTER: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL PROPOSAL |
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João M. Ferreira, Cristina M. S. Estevão |
37-51 |
| FEATURES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VALUE-BASED METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF COMPETITIVENESS IN TOURISM |
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Ventsislav Statev |
52-64 |
| CORPORATE GROWTH IN BULGARIAN TOURISM BUSINESS |
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Tania Vesselinova Gorcheva |
65-77 |
| A Theoretical Approach to the Institutional Context of the Environmental Management Policies of Andaluzian Golf Courses |
PDF (SP)
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Alfonso Vargas Sánchez, Francisco Riquel Ligero |
78-94 |
| SANCTUARY-TOWNS: OFFER AND DEMAND – SYNTHESIS OF EDITED STATISTICS (2ND PART) |
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Vitor Ambrósio |
95-112 |
Management: Scientific Papers
| MEASURING THE EFFICIENCY OF BANKS USING A TWO-STAGE DEA MODEL |
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Ana Isabel Martins |
114-129 |
| MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES OF PUBLIC WORKS IN LATIN AMERICA |
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Rui Manuel Gouveia Lopes dos Reis, Henrique Manuel Pimentel Reis |
130-145 |
| CORPORATE STRATEGIES AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT IN THE AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS INDUSTRY |
PDF (PT)
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João Pedro Cordeiro |
146-164 |
| STRATEGIC DETERMINERS AND FACTORS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT RELATED TO THE DEFENCE INDUSTRY |
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Antonio Juan Briones Peñalver |
165-179 |
| MODERNITY, POST-STRUCTURALISM AND POSTMODERNISM IN THE INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATION THEORIES |
PDF (SP)
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José G. Vargas-Hernández |
180-192 |
Communications
| A ECONOMIA PERANTE A VIDA: UMA CONCILIAÇÃO NECESSÁRIA! |
PDF (PT)
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João Guerreiro |
194-199 |
Books
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etourism Case Studies |
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Roman Egger, Dimitrios Buhalis |
201 |
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Advances in Tourism Economics - New Developments |
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Álvaro Matias, Peter Nijkamp, Manuela Sarmento |
202 |
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Direito e Turismo como Instrumentos de Poder - Os Territórios Turísticos |
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Virgílio Miguel Machado |
203 |
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Turismo e Gestão: Inovação e Empreendedorismo no Contexto da Economia Empresarial |
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José António C. Santos |
204 |