Integrating coordination mechanisms in the sustainability assessment of agri-food chains: From a structured literature review to a comprehensive framework

Digital business models are reshaping industries nowadays. This trend certainly includes the tourism and hospitality sector, where several digital business models have already gained extraordinary momentum and transformed the way business is done. There is a growing body of scholarly literature concerning individual digital business models in tourism, yet papers with comprehensive comparison of digital business models in tourism are scarce. The aim of the paper is to fill this research gap and provide a thorough overview and comparison of the most important types of digital business models in tourism. Methods used to achieve this include case studies and structured literature review supplemented with content analysis. The most important characteristics of each business model have been identified and analyzed using relevant frameworks. Further, a tourism digital business models typology has been proposed that classifies the currently prevailing digital business models in this sector into seven distinct types.

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Conceptualising innovative price models: the RITE framework

Baltic Journal of Management ◽

10.1108/bjm-06-2018-0216 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 540-558 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mathias Cöster ◽

Einar Iveroth ◽

Nils-Göran Olve ◽

Carl-Johan Petri ◽

Alf Westelius

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Business Models ◽

Final Outcome ◽

Empirical Testing ◽

Content Type ◽

Meta Model ◽

Practical Implications ◽

A Current ◽

Structured Literature Review

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to lay a current, research-based foundation for investigation of the concept of innovative price models and its connection to business models. Design/methodology/approach The design is composed of a structured literature review of articles on price models published in 22 journals during 42 years. This then serves as a base for a subsequent conceptual discussion about the foundation of innovative price models. Findings The literature review yields only very few results that are loosely scattered across various areas and mostly without any kind of deeper exploration of the concept of price models. The paper therefore goes on to conceptually explore some fundamental conditions that might influence or even determine price models. The final outcome of this exploration is the relation, intention, technology and environment (RITE) framework that is a meta-model for conceptualising innovative price models. Research limitations/implications The literature review could include additional journals and areas, and empirical testing of the RITE framework as yet has been limited. Practical implications The RITE framework can be used by practitioners as a tool for investigating the potential and usefulness of developing the capability to handle innovative price models. Originality/value The RITE framework provides fundamental conditions, which influence, or even determine, how innovative price models are developed and applied.

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A survey of secure middleware for the Internet of Things

10.7287/peerj.preprints.1241 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Paul Fremantle ◽

Philip Scott

Keyword(s):

Internet Of Things ◽

Literature Review ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

The Internet ◽

Privacy Threats ◽

Strong Focus ◽

Security Properties ◽

Iot Platforms ◽

The Internet Of Things ◽

Structured Literature Review

The rapid growth of small Internet connected devices, known as the Internet of Things (IoT), is creating a new set of challenges to create secure, private infrastructures. This paper reviews the current literature on the challenges and approaches to security and privacy in the Internet of Things, with a strong focus on how these aspects are handled in IoT middleware. We focus on IoT middleware because many systems are built from existing middleware and these inherit the underlying security properties of the middleware framework. The paper is composed of three main sections. Firstly, we propose a matrix of security and privacy threats for IoT. This matrix is used as the basis of a widespread literature review aimed at identifying requirements on IoT platforms and middleware. Secondly, we present a structured literature review of the available middleware and how security is handled in these middleware approaches. We utilise the requirements from the first phase to evaluate. Finally, we draw a set of conclusions and identify further work in this area.

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Socio-technological system of sharing economy

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Management ◽

10.21638/11701/spbu08.2021.203 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 192-215

Author(s):

Amarjeet Singh ◽

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Social Innovation ◽

Social Issues ◽

Focal Point ◽

Sharing Economy ◽

Social Motives ◽

Holistic View ◽

Comprehensive Framework

Sharing economy is a system which functions successfully provided that technological and social subsystems complement each other forming an indivisibly combined cohesive structure. The premise of balancing social and technological aspects is proposed in the socio-technological theory. Social issues call for social innovation to fulfil the needs and requirements of the society as well as individual citizens. The goal of this paper is to fill the gap in the extant literature by proposing a comprehensive framework of sharing economy based on the socio-technological theory. This study carried out a systematic literature review of works on sharing economy and socio-technological theory in order to develop a conceptual framework. There were identified different social motives associated with each of the subsystems; interplay between them was established. This study contributes to the increasing research by presenting a holistic view of sharing economy through the theoretical lens of socio-technology keeping society as well as consumer needs and requirements at its focal point.

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Realizing Value with Data and Analytics: A Structured Literature Review on Classification Approaches of Data-Driven Innovations

Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ◽

10.24251/hicss.2021.690 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Liza Kayser ◽

Michael Fruhwirth ◽

Roland M. Mueller

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Data Driven ◽

Structured Literature Review

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Addressing sustainable food management in hotels: proposing a framework and examining hotel groups

British Food Journal ◽

10.1108/bfj-12-2020-1171 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

María Eugenia Ruiz Molina ◽

Sergio Belda-Miquel ◽

Anni Hytti ◽

Irene Gil-Saura

Keyword(s):

Food Supply ◽

Sustainability Assessment ◽

Corporate Sustainability ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Content Type ◽

Food Supply Chains ◽

Food Management ◽

The Social ◽

Social Environmental ◽

Comprehensive Framework

Purpose Sustainable food practices have been recognised as a key issue in efforts to improve and report sustainable tourism practices, given the importance of the social, environmental and economic impacts of the food industry throughout its entire chain of production – from farm to fork. From this standpoint, the aim of the present paper is to propose a comprehensive framework for reporting or making decisions concerning sustainable food management in hotels, taking into account the various facets of the food supply chain.Design/methodology/approach Several dimensions are proposed for dealing with sustainable food management, involving all aspects of food supply chains that may be relevant for hotel decision-making. Furthermore, some key criteria for creating and using indicators of different types (qualitative and quantitative) to address these various dimensions of sustainable food management are suggested. Subsequently, the proposed framework is validated with the sustainability criteria and indicators provided by the top eight hotel groups, according to the 2019 SAM Annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment.Findings Hotels neglect a number of aspects of sustainable food management identified in the framework. The quality and the quantity of the information provided by hotels are limited.Practical implications There is a need to improve sustainability in food management in the hotels under analysis in several areas. A comprehensive framework such as that proposed in this paper may be of great value in seeking to remedy this situation. It may also assist users of hotel services and communities in making more informed decisions.Originality/value The proposed framework may be beneficial in advancing academic debate towards a more embracing and relevant understanding of sustainable food management in hotels and on the indicators required in this regard.

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A survey of secure middleware for the Internet of Things

10.7287/peerj.preprints.1241v2 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Paul Fremantle ◽

Philip Scott

Keyword(s):

Internet Of Things ◽

Literature Review ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

The Internet ◽

Privacy Threats ◽

Strong Focus ◽

Security Properties ◽

Iot Platforms ◽

The Internet Of Things ◽

Structured Literature Review

The rapid growth of small Internet connected devices, known as the Internet of Things (IoT), is creating a new set of challenges to create secure, private infrastructures. This paper reviews the current literature on the challenges and approaches to security and privacy in the Internet of Things, with a strong focus on how these aspects are handled in IoT middleware. We focus on IoT middleware because many systems are built from existing middleware and these inherit the underlying security properties of the middleware framework. The paper is composed of three main sections. Firstly, we propose a matrix of security and privacy threats for IoT. This matrix is used as the basis of a widespread literature review aimed at identifying requirements on IoT platforms and middleware. Secondly, we present a structured literature review of the available middleware and how security is handled in these middleware approaches. We utilise the requirements from the first phase to evaluate. Finally, we draw a set of conclusions and identify further work in this area.

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