Toward a Theory Development on the Synergetic Entrepreneurship in the Hotel Industry

Author(s):  
Angelo A. Camillo

The study uses the innovative model of Albergo Diffuso, or 'Dispersed Hotel', to substantiate the theory development of the organic synergetic entrepreneurship in hospitality. In this context, it involves the interrelationship between hotel management; restoration of ancient, inhabitable, and abandoned architectures; upcycling sustainability; and the synergetic interplay of all stakeholders. Currently, the number of abandoned structural architectures in Italy is about seven million. This initiative is beneficial to entrepreneurs engaging in upcycling abandoned structures to revive them and create jobs while adding value to the local economy. Identifying the development of concept will serve as the building block to create a synergetic framework for future research and for practitioners in the field.

Author(s):  
Eli Cohen

Aim/Purpose: The paper introduces new concepts including cognitive mapping, cognitive message processing, and message resonance. Background: This paper draws upon philosophy, psychology, physiology, communications, and introspection to develop the theory of cognitive mapping. Methodology: Theory development Contribution: The theory offers new ways to conceptualize the informing process. Findings: Cognitive mapping has a far-reaching explanatory power on message resonance. Recommendation for Researchers: The theory of cognitive mapping offers a new conceptualization for those exploring the informing process that is ripe for exploration and theory testing. Future Research: This paper forms a building block toward the development of a fuller model of the informing process.


10.28945/4578 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Cohen

Aim/Purpose: The paper introduces new concepts including the cognitive map, message atoms, and message resonance. Background: Existing models of the informing process cannot explain how messages are created nor how people deal with multiple messages. Methodology: Theory development. Contribution: The theories presented offer new ways to conceptualize the informing process. Findings: The often-unrecognized narrative has a far-reaching impact on message resonance. Recommendations for Practitioners: The paper shows ways to creates messages that resonate. Recommendations for Researchers: The theory of the narrative should expand the conceptualization of those exploring the informing process. Future Research: This paper forms a building block in a full model of the informing process.


Author(s):  
Ronald E. Rice ◽  
Simeon J. Yates ◽  
Jordana Blejmar

We conclude the Handbook of Digital Technology and Society by identifying topics that appear in multiple chapters, are more unique to some chapters, and that represent general themes across the material. Each of these is considered separately for the ESRC theme chapters and the non-ESRC chapters. In the ESRC theme chapters, cross-cutting research topics include digital divides and inequalities; data and digital literacy; governance, regulation, and legislation; and the roles and impacts of major platforms. Cross-cutting challenges include methods; theory development, testing, and evaluation; ethics; big data; and multi-platform/holistic studies. Gaps include policy implications, and digital culture. In the non-ESRC chapters, more cross-cutting themes include future research and methods; technology venues; relationships; content and creation; culture and everyday life; theory; and societal effects. More unique, these were digitization of self; managing digital experience; names for the digital/social era; ethics; user groups; civic issues; health, and positive effects. The chapter also shows how the non-ESRC chapters may be clustered together based on their shared themes and subthemes, identifying two general themes of more micro and more macro topics. The identification of both more and less common topics and themes can provide the basis for understanding the landscape of prior research, what areas need to be included in ongoing research, and what research areas might benefit from more attention. The chapter ends with some recommendations for such ongoing and future research in the rich, important, and challenging area of digital technology and society.


Author(s):  
Craig R. Carter ◽  
Marc R. Hatton ◽  
Chao Wu ◽  
Xiangjing Chen

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to update the work of Carter and Easton (2011), by conducting a systematic review of the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) literature in the primary logistics and supply chain management journals, during the 2010–2018 timeframe. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a systematic literature review (SLR) methodology which follows the methodology employed by Carter and Easton (2011). An evaluation of this methodology, using the Modified AMSTAR criteria, demonstrates a high level of empirical validity. Findings The field of SSCM continues to evolve with changes in substantive focus, theoretical lenses, unit of analysis, methodology and type of analysis. However, there are still abundant future research opportunities, including investigating under-researched topics such as diversity and human rights/working conditions, employing the group as the unit of analysis and better addressing empirical validity and social desirability bias. Research limitations/implications The findings result in prescriptions and a broad agenda to guide future research in the SSCM arena. The final section of the paper provides additional avenues for future research surrounding theory development and decision making. Originality/value This SLR provides a rigorous, methodologically valid review of the continuing evolution of empirical SSCM research over a 28-year time period.


AMS Review ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 279-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Heidenreich ◽  
Katrin Talke

AbstractIn organizations, mandated adoption contexts are the rule rather than the exception. Individuals, who are denied the choice between adopting and rejecting an innovation, are more likely to engage in opposition behavior, particularly if the innovation conflicts with their held beliefs. Interestingly, neither the construct of forced adoption nor its consequences have received much research attention. To address this gap, we conduct a systematic literature review and provide theoretical rationales for the emergence of innovation resistance and opposition behaviors in organizations. We then develop an innovation decision model of individual adoption behavior that localizes negative outcomes of the secondary adoption process along the different process stages, providing insights into their emergence and potential consequences for the organization. Furthermore, we identify important avenues for future research and show how our innovation decision model can be used to advance theory development on forced adoption.


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Holm ◽  
Frank Thinggaard

Purpose – The authors aim to exploit a natural experiment in which voluntary replace mandatory joint audits for Danish listed companies and analyse audit fee implications of using one or two audit firms. Design/methodology/approach – Regression analysis is used. The authors apply both a core audit fee determinants model and an audit fee change model and include interaction terms. Findings – The authors find short-term fee reductions in companies switching to single audits, but only where the former joint audit contained a dominant auditor. The authors argue that in this situation bargaining power is more with the auditors than in an equally shared joint audit, and that the auditors' incentives to offer an initial fee discount are bigger. Research limitations/implications – The number of observations is constrained by the small Danish capital market. Future research could take a more qualitative research approach, to examine whether the use of a single audit firm rather than two has an effect on audit quality. The area calls for further theory development covering audit fee and audit quality in joint audit settings. Practical implications – Companies should consider their relationship with their auditors before deciding to switch to single auditors. Fee discounts do not seem to reflect long-lasting efficiency gains on the part of the audit firm. Originality/value – Denmark is the first country to leave a mandatory joint audit system, so this is the first time that it is possible to study fee effects related to this.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Torbjørn Bjorvatn

PurposeThe purpose of this conceptual paper is to describe and explain how organisations use internal projects to implement organisation-level strategy objectives.Design/methodology/approachTheory development with an emphasis on explaining key constructs and their mutual relationships. The theoretical contribution is represented in a diagram along with a detailed verbal account.FindingsThe paper develops a dynamic, cross-level framework to illustrate the organisational processes and outcomes that determine project-based strategy implementation within a single organisation. The interplay between the base organisation and the project, and benefits realisation were singled out as key future research areas. The proposed framework engages with central discourses in the fields of project management, strategic management, innovation studies, knowledge management and organisation studies.Research limitations/implicationsOnly the contours of an organisation-level theory of strategically motivated internal projects are outlined. Future research must elaborate on the complexities, the non-linear relationships and the boundary conditions that follow from the proposed framework.Practical implicationsManagers are alerted to the strategic role of internal projects, how these projects help connect strategy and performance and what the accompanying organisational processes and outcomes look like.Originality/valueThe paper constitutes an early conceptual treatment of strategy-driven internal projects as a distinct project category, thus addressing a major knowledge gap in project studies. Organisational project-management theory is extended with suggestions for future research.


1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
Vlado Galičić

Business reengineering as a new stream in philosophy in managerial theory and practice, deserves appropriate attention. Such request sounds extremely natural when an hotel industry is concerned. Employing positive aims in business reengineering and controlling, as a way of modern management in a hotel business process, hotel management achieves valuable possibilities to gain better business results.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Jian S Dai ◽  
Yan Jin ◽  
Clément Gosselin

Abstract This Editorial is for the Focused Section with 11 papers aiming to share research efforts in design, theory, development, and applications for Reconfigurable Parallel Mechanisms (RPMs) building on work first presented at the 4th International Conference on Fundamental Issues, Applications and Future Research Directions for Parallel Mechanisms / Manipulators / Machines (World Parallel 2020).


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Mohamad Fauzan ◽  
Heri Puspito Diyah Setiyorini

Tourism is an industry thath as the potential to become an instrument of increasing foreign exchange earnings. The sector is evolving as it has become a necessary to travel along with the development of tourism social-culture undergoing changes. One of the tourism industry that is always growing increasingly is hospitality industry. Especially in hotel industry. Competitionin hotel industry in Indonesia, especially Bandungkeep growing fast. The key to success in the hotel management not only in terms of services but also from elements of the products and pricing. Those become an valuable asset it self and important in general. Hotel Bumi Asih Jaya Bandung is one of three stars hotel which always strive to provide variety of products through pricing approach. Demand-based pricing method pricing methods that focus on the customer's perspectiveis consistent with the pricing on the customer's perception of value to affect the decision of using meeting package. As the above background, the research conducted on the effects of demand-based pricing methods toeard to purchase decisionof meeting package. The purpose of this study was to determine how the demand-based pricing methods and purchase decision of meeting package at Hotel Bumi Asih Jaya Bandung, and to know how bigthe influence of demand-based pricing methods toward to purchase decision of meeting package. This study is descriptive and verifikatif, while the method is a descriptive survey and survey eksplanatory. Samples takenin this study population as many as 48 people. Sampling techniqueis carried out the census. Data processing is done using parametric statistical test which uses the formula path analysis via SPSS11.5 for Windows. The results showed that the dimensions of demand-based pricing methods that get the highest ratings on the dimensions of the buyer based pricing. While making use of sub-variables that get the highest ratings at the time of use. Demand based pricing methods that consist of buyers based pricing, psychologicalpricing, and negotiation has a positive effect amounting against the decisions of the use of meeting package at Hotel Bumi Asih Jaya Bandung, which means the better the demand-based pricing methods that have the higher the usage decision meetings package is formed.


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