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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Lodging Industry"”.
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The U.S. lodging industry : an econometric analysis
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Determinants of Successful Acquisition Management: A Process Perspective in the Lodging Industry
… impacts on corporate acquisitions in the lodging industry. Specifically, this study attempted to systematically discover evidence about the determinants of a successful pre-acquisition management process, and the determinants of successful post-acquisition integration, as well as to …
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An exploratory study of key variables affecting profitability in the lodging industry
The major purpose of this study was to develop a model to analyze designated variables inherent in hotel/motel operations and to determine their interrelationships and effects on profitability measures. An additional purpose was to determine the regression equations for predicting future …
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A survey of cash management practices in the food service and lodging industry
… survey was sent to 434 food service and lodging companies May, June, and August of 1983. The objective of this survey was to investigate and assess current cash management practices. A response rate of 21.89% was received. After the surveys were returned, results were analyzed in two …
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Environmental uncertainty, business strategy and financial performance: a study of the lodging industry
… strategy, and financial performance in the lodging Industry. Using a contingency framework, this study investigated the match between strategy content and environmental uncertainty which, from previous research, appear to distinguish between high and low performing organizations (Miles 8 …
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Measurement of the strategy construct in the lodging industry, and the strategy-performance relationship
… objectives of this study were to develop an industry-specific instrument to measure lodging strategy, identify a set of strategic dimensions underlying such strategy, and relate performance differences among lodging units to varying strategic dimensions emphasized by such units. The study …
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An analysis of wealth effect to shareholders of the lodging industry in mergers and acquisitions
… is no enough evidence related to the hospitality industry; The result indicated that corporate takeovers generate, on average, significant positive additional gains to shareholders of acquiring firms of non-casino hotel firms and shareholders of target firms of both non-casino and casino hotel …
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Corporate Social Responsibility in the Brazilian Lodging Industry: A Perspective of Small and Medium-Sized Properties
… compared to the CSR activities of the top 150 lodging companies worldwide. For the comparison purposes, 150 Brazilian SMPs were selected randomly and content analysis done of 150 individual websites. The results show significant differences between the two groups and in two levels of …
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Select-service hotels : a guide to understanding the lodging industry and one of its most attractive segments
… serves as a pedagogical guide to the hospitality industry, and presents a broad overview of the unique issues that arise through the development, ownership and management of select-service franchised hotels. It attempts to answer the following four questions: * How is the lodging industry …
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A case study: creating and sustaining competitive advantage through an information technology application in the lodging industry
The use of information technology (IT) is becoming an essential component within the commercial sector. While large number of companies have adopted IT applications to achieve competitive advantage, and number of studies have been done on competitive advantage through an IT application, it is not …
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The Competitive Market Structure of the U.S. Lodging Industry and its Impact on the Financial Performance of Hotel Brands
… them to the unique characteristics of the U.S. lodging industry, the above constructs were linked to produce the Lodging Market Structure (LMS) Model. The study consisted of a cross-sectional analysis using a sample of 67 well-recognized hotel brands operating in the U.S. (representing 63 …
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Competitive strategy, organization structure and performance in the lodging industry: an empirical assessment of Miles and Snow's (1978) perspectives of organizations
… the nature of competitive strategies within the lodging industry. Subsequently the relationships among competitive strategies, three dimensions of organization structure, company size, and five measures of firm performance were examined. Furthermore to more rigorously control for environmental …
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Consumer Evaluation of a Vertical Brand Extension in the Lodging Industry: Relationships among Brand Trust, Band Loyalty, Brand Distance, and Brand Extension
… have been used as popular strategies in the lodging industry. Research on brand extension that is related with brand trust and brand loyalty has been useful in making brand extensions successful. However, previous research focused on aggregated relationships among brand trust, brand loyalty, …
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An Investigation of the Relationships between Diversity Management Training Involement with the Personal Inputs and Outputs of Managers in the Lodging Industry
… management training programs on mangers in the lodging industry was the challenge put forth in the present study. The study sought to gain a better understanding of the usefulness of diversity management training programs in the hospitality industry. Specifically, the present study investigated …
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The effect of price, brand name, and level of advertising on perceived service quality, perceived service value, and purchase intention of the lodging industry
… value, and their willingness to stay at a lodging facility. Hypotheses are derived from a conceptual model to posit the relationship that the three extrinsic cues of price, brand name, and level of advertising have with the constructs of perceived service quality, perceived service value, …
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An Empirical Study of Organizational Justice as a Mediator in the Relationships among Leader-Member Exchange and Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover intentions in the Lodging Industry
… attitudes and behavior in the hospitality industry. This study examined the mediating role played by distributive and procedural justice in linking leader-member exchange and job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions in the hospitality industry. The model was …
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A study of the extent of brand loyalty exhibited by business travellers towards the lodging product
… because of the extensive use of branding in the lodging industry during recent years. As the industry has matured, segmentation strategies have been adopted by lodging companies. Brands were supposed to protect market share,build brand loyalty, and differentiate the product (Withiam 1985).
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Study of business failure in the hospitality industry from both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives
Business failures in the hospitality industry were examined in this study from both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. In the micro-level study, this paper developed a discriminant model for predicting bankruptcy of hospitality firms (lodging and restaurant firms). This model achieved a …
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An exploratory study on factors affecting the recruitment, retention and promotion of blacks in upper-level lodging management
… of upper-level management positions in the lodging industry. This is evident when the numbers of black upper-level managers are compared to their representation in the hospitality labor pool and the United States population. This study uses the perceptions of black general managers and …
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Healthier hotel rooms: Training procedures for hotel guestroom sanitation
… conjunction with a thorough content analysis of industry cleaning procedures, this study aimed to determine effective and efficient cleaning procedures currently used in the lodging industry by sampling 23 locations within hotel rooms using aerobic plate counts (APC) and adenosine triphosphate …
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