Seasonality of Overseas Tourism Demand in Scotland: A Regional Analysis

This paper examines patterns of seasonality in international tourism to the regions of Scotland. Quarterly numbers of overnight stays are disaggregated by trip purpose. Seasonality in vacation tourism to Scotland is shown to be defined by more than a simple rural–urban division. Overseas visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism is largely an urban phenomenon and is consequently less seasonal than vacation tourism. Lower seasonal concentration of VFR tourism is not uniform across the regions. Although levels of seasonal intensity of business tourism to the three principal cities of Scotland are approximately the same, there are noticeable variations over time

The measurement dependency of strategy practice: the issue of importance in services

Visual research methods involve collecting data in the form of still and moving images, and is traditionally associated with social and anthropological studies. However, it also has a valuable role to play in business research, for example in being one of the techniques of data collection that could be deployed within an ethnographic or naturalistic research approach. This paper argues that the collection of visual images along with qualitative information can help provide richer insights into most phenomena, providing rich descriptions of both phenomenon and context. Visual data seems particularly relevant for the study of socio-economic patterns in emerging markets, where data available may be particularly sketchy, biased or inaccurate

Incidence of aetiological subtypes of stroke in a multi-ethnic population based study: the South London Stroke Register

International audienceSummary Background: Stroke risk is higher in black ethnic groups compared to white. Although risk factors for stroke are known to differ between these populations, few population studies have reported on the risk of aetiological stroke subtypes in Black ethnic populations. Methods: Ethnic group differences in incidence of first ever ischaemic stroke by aetiological subtype were investigated with the South London Stroke Register (SLSR). The SLSR is a population-based stroke register covering a multiethnic inner-city population of 271,871 inhabitants comprising 63% White, 28% Black and 9% other ethnic group. A modified pathophysiological Trial of Org 10172 (TOAST) classification of stroke was used to estimate patterns of aetiological subtype and stroke was subtyped into large artery atherosclerosis (LAA), cardioembolism (CE), small vessel occlusion (SVO), other aetiology (OTH), undetermined (UND) and multiple possible or concurrent aetiologies (CONC)