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The article describes the development of the tourism management and organizational structure in the Sudetenland. At first, the development is briefly outlined from the beginning of the Habsburg monarchy, when locally operating so-called foreign associations (Fremdenverkehrsverein) began to arise, then through the period of interwar Czechoslovakia, which retained the current federal structure, until the Sudetenland joined Nazi Germany. The main core of the article is the transformation in tourism management after the annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany. Paper describes dissettlement of the existing associations as well as the introduction of the tourism management structure based on the German model. Also, particular specifics of individual areas are pointed out. The Sudetenland was to some extent exceptional in its interconnectedness with the Czech lands, but at the same time it was oriented towards Reich tourists. The paper is based mainly on archive sources stored in the Czech, Moravian, Austrian and German archives additionally supported by periodical literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The governance of large-scale scientific research projects often attracts little attention. Organisational obstacles resulting from the chosen structure are accepted, although methods for analysing the governance of organisations have long existed. This paper uses these methods to identify these obstacles and to draw conclusions for the design of future large-scale research projects. The governance of the NAKO health study, in which the roles of the sponsor and the recipient of funding are mixed, serves as an example. We performed a governance analysis according to Benz et al. which revealed a serious disturbance of the (political) competition. This and other adverse effects additionally identified could be of possible significance also to other large-scale research projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]