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Conducting Luxury Research: Methodological Foundations and Standards

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The field of luxury research has grown rapidly in recent years, corresponding to the economic importance of the luxury industry. Despite this, the luxury field lacks established methodological foundations for rigorous luxury research. This is particularly problematic as a core tenet of luxury research is that luxury differs from other sectors ...
Jonas Holmqvist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Physical, Emotional, and Autonomous Anthropomorphism of Service Chatbots

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior research on chatbot anthropomorphism has often treated it as a unidimensional construct, producing inconsistent findings regarding how human‐like design cues shape user responses. This study conceptualizes anthropomorphism as a multidimensional higher‐order perception comprising three distinct forms of anthropomorphic attribution ...
Yangjuan Hu, Fulya Acikgoz, Shubin Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Productivity in the Hotel Industry

open access: yes, 1994
Productivity in the hotel industry is becoming increasingly significant as labor costs arise. Since the hotel industry is labour-intensive, its profitability depends on the success achieved in making good, productive use of its workforce. One might expect that the importance of maximizing labour productivity would be reflected in how jobs are designed,
openaire   +2 more sources

Are Start‐Up Acquisitions by Dominant Firms Driving Innovation or Killing Competition?

open access: yesManagerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops a sequential model to examine start‐up acquisitions in markets with network externalities, incorporating a pre‐entry strategic buyout option that allows the incumbent to integrate the start‐up's innovation, followed by post‐entry expenditure on coordination advertising, and defensive pricing strategies.
Adele Whelan, Kate Hynes
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting Loosening of Bolt‐Flanged Pipe Using Smoothed Pseudo Wigner–Ville Distribution: Digital Twin‐Based Approach Using Convolution Neural Networks

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, an integrated digital twin‐based fault‐diagnosis framework is proposed to detect bolt loosening in flanged pipe connections. The approach combines finite element‐based numerical modeling, experimental modal analysis, and advanced signal processing‐assisted deep learning to achieve reliable loosening detection under operational ...
Milad Shabani Yousefabad   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Affordability and Accessibility for Socially‐Beneficial Services via Government Incentives

open access: yesNaval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many socially‐beneficial services, like dental care, suffer from a dual challenge: Low affordability for citizens and long waiting times due to insufficient provider capacity. We model a government's problem of designing subsidy policies to address this issue.
Xiaoyan Zhao, Venus Lo, Stephen Shum
wiley   +1 more source

Online Rebate Strategy for a Dual‐Channel Supply Chain

open access: yesNaval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As online shopping channels become ubiquitous, consumers are faced with a vast number of digital purchasing options. To attract more consumers, many e‐shops utilize cashback websites (CWs) to provide online rebates. This study examines a dual‐channel supply chain, in which the manufacturer sells products through both its own online store and a
Peng Xu, Xuan Zhao, Tiaojun Xiao
wiley   +1 more source

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