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Managing Small-Medium Cities In A Time Of Globalization: Experiences And Evidence From Florida’S Public Managers, Nadine V. Wedderburn Dec 2009

Managing Small-Medium Cities In A Time Of Globalization: Experiences And Evidence From Florida’S Public Managers, Nadine V. Wedderburn

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines how public management practitioners in small and medium-sized Florida cities perceive globalization and its impact on public management practice. Using qualitative analysis, descriptive statistics and factor analysis methods, data obtained from a survey and semi-structured interviews were studied to comprehend how public managers view the management and control of their municipalities in a time of globalization. The study shows that the public managers’ perceptions of globalization and its impact on public management in Florida’s small-medium cities are nuanced. Whereas some public managers feel that globalization has significant impacts on municipalities’ viability, others opine that globalization has no …


The Demands Of Globalization On The Lodging Industry, Laurence Geller Jan 1998

The Demands Of Globalization On The Lodging Industry, Laurence Geller

Hospitality Review

In this guest editorial the distinguished president and CEO of Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc., a leader in the lodging industry outlines his views in a paper written for the Review which was also delivered at the Credit Lyonnaise Lodging Converence in Paris in March of 1998.