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Tourism studies

Where Does Tourists’ Money Go? Tourism Leakage

Why does so little of what tourists spend reach local fishermen and neighborhood restaurants? This piece explains tourism leakage: how tourism revenue reaches the local economy, im

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Library & information science

Afraid to Ask: Library Anxiety

Library anxiety is the discomfort, worry, and fear people feel when they need to find and use materials in a library, and the urge to avoid asking for help that comes with it. This

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Economics

Putting a Price on the Harm: Pigouvian Tax

A Pigouvian tax charges an activity that harms others a tax equal to that harm, so market prices reflect the true social cost. Learn about externalities, how the tax corrects the m

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Business administration

Does Going First Win? First-Mover Advantage

First-mover advantage is the edge a company gains by entering a market before anyone else. We look at where that edge comes from, the costs pioneers pay, what historical research r

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Chemistry

Separating by Differences in Boiling Point: Distillation

Distillation heats a liquid mixture, sends the more volatile components off as vapor first, then cools that vapor back into liquid to separate what was mixed. We look at its histor

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Business administration

Strategies for Efficient Task Force (TF) Operations

Efficient problem solving is one of the challenges commonly faced by many organizations and businesses. To address such problems, many organizations have recently been using specia

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Information technology

Core VPN Features and Safe Internet Use

In modern society, the internet has become an essential part of our lives. However, as internet use increases, problems such as personal information leaks and invasions of privacy