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Retirement Planning Model, Robin J. Wynne, David L. Groves, Patricia L. Peterson

Visions in Leisure and Business

This is a disparage in retirement planning between theory and practice. If a systems model can be developed to incorporate a theoretical, as well as a practical perspective, then new hypotheses or models can be developed to better understand the retirement process.

Back Matter, Visions Editors

Visions in Leisure and Business

Includes announcement of Visions special issue, advertisement for Journal of Sustainable Tourism, and back cover.

Leisure Services Marketing: Quantity Or Quality?, Mark B. Orams

Visions in Leisure and Business

Marketing has, in recent years, become an integral part of the public leisure service profession. However, through adapting marketing practices and techniques an emphasis on providing the most popular recreation opportunities may result. This paper reviews some recent literature on the leisure service marketing process and argues that there is a current bias toward increasing market share and patronage. This bias reduces the importance of a number of "quality" issues which are necessary functions of public leisure service agencies, these include; benefits to participants and society, environmental protection, leisure needs and satisfaction levels and diversity of recreational opportunity. A framework …

Privatization In Hungary: A Stocktaking Of Economic Reform, Kenneth R. Gray, Robert E. Karp

Visions in Leisure and Business

Following the political changes in early 1990, Hungary was positioned to push ahead with economic reform. During the final years of communist government, Hungary implemented key laws which provided a framework to undertake the subsequent massive economic transformation.

During the summer of 1994, one of the authors had an opportunity to do some marketing strategy development work for the United States Information Service in Budapest, Hungary. This paper deals with the economic, political, and commercial aspects of the privatization process in Hungary.

Ecotourism: Where Business And The Environment Meet, Roger W. Riley, Douglas M. Turco

Visions in Leisure and Business

Ecotourism has become a powerful economic segment of the wider tourism industry despite a lack of consensual definition and standards that define operating parameters. This paper explores ecotourism by reviewing, the statistics of the phenomenon, potential reasons for its unprecedented growth and attempts at definitional consistency. The pejorative impacts on host cultures and the environment, and positive steps that are rectifying earlier mismanagement in both demand and supply side sectors are also considered. A final section addresses questions that need to be answered by the principles involved in the promotion and supply of the ecotourism business.

Front Matter, Visions Editors

Visions in Leisure and Business

Includes front cover, editorial board, table of contents, and issue introduction.

Industrialization Of Sport, Beverly R. K. Zanger, David L. Groves

Visions in Leisure and Business

Sport in U.S. society has evolved into a major component of the business institution. The culture has embraced sport as a dominant element that influences consumer decision. This study was undertaken to identify a framework to examine the impact of the industrialization of sport. Such a framework is essential to understanding the new infra-structure that is developing and driving the "new global economy".

Front Matter, Ayres G. D'Costa, Susan M. Brookhart, John R. Surber

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

Front Matter

Convention Address: Trends In Research On Teaching, Jere Brophy

Mid-Western Educational Researcher

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The Bg News December 13, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 13, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 75.

Monitor Newsletter December 13, 1993, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

The Bg News December 10, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 10, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 74.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 1993-12-09, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

The Bg News December 9, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 9, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 73.

The Bg News December 8, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 8, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 72.

The Bg News December 7, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 7, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 71.

The Bg News December 6, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 6, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 70.

Monitor Newsletter December 06, 1993, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

The Bg News December 3, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 3, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 69.

The Bg News December 2, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 2, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 68.

The Bg News December 1, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 1, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 67.

The Bg News November 30, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 30, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 66.

The Bg News November 23, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 23, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 65.

The Bg News November 22, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 22, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 64.

Monitor Newsletter November 22, 1993, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Bgsu Football Program November 20, 1993, Bowling Green State University. Department Of Athletics

Football Programs

Football program: Bowling Green State University vs. Western Michigan University, Perry Field, November 20, 1993.

The Bg News November 19, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 19, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 63.

The Bg News November 18, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 18, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 62.

The Bg News November 17, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 17, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 61.

The Bg News November 16, 1993, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 16, 1993. Volume 76-Issue 60.