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Search well and be wise: A machine learning approach to search for a profitable location (2022)
Journal Article
Han, S., Jia, X., Chen, X., Gupta, S., Kumar, A., & Lin, Z. (2022). Search well and be wise: A machine learning approach to search for a profitable location. Journal of Business Research, 144, 416-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.049

A good location is critical for the sales performance of a hotel or a restaurant. This study proposes a machine learning-based model for location selection that focuses on the estimation of sales potential of a prospective site and helps to overcome... Read More about Search well and be wise: A machine learning approach to search for a profitable location.

Perceiving Control over the Exchange on Peer-to-Peer Platforms: Measurement and Effects in the Second-Hand Market (2022)
Journal Article
Mencarelli, R., Lunardo, R., Lombart, C., Blut, M., & Henon, E. (2022). Perceiving Control over the Exchange on Peer-to-Peer Platforms: Measurement and Effects in the Second-Hand Market. Marketing Letters, 33(3), 523-541. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-022-09619-6

While the emergence of peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms has revolutionized the way people exchange goods, these platforms face the need to provide appealing products offered by independent providers. However, those providers have to deal with anonymous b... Read More about Perceiving Control over the Exchange on Peer-to-Peer Platforms: Measurement and Effects in the Second-Hand Market.

Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Healthcare Information Technologies: A Meta-Analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Chong, A., Blut, M., & Zheng, S. (2022). Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Healthcare Information Technologies: A Meta-Analysis. Information and Management, 59(3), Article 103604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2022.103604

Healthcare information technologies (HIT) can address several challenges faced by healthcare systems. To benefit from the advantages HIT offer, users must first accept them. This meta-analysis synthesizes previous research on HIT acceptance. It uses... Read More about Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Healthcare Information Technologies: A Meta-Analysis.

Meta-Analysis of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): Challenging its Validity and Charting A Research Agenda in the Red Ocean (2022)
Journal Article
Blut, M., Chong, A., Tsiga, Z., & Venkatesh, V. (2022). Meta-Analysis of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): Challenging its Validity and Charting A Research Agenda in the Red Ocean. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 23(1), 13-95. https://doi.org/10.17705/1jais.00719

There are both formal and informal cries that UTAUT and by association the stream of research on technology adoption has reached its limit, with little or no opportunities for new knowledge creation. Such a conclusion is ironic because the theory has... Read More about Meta-Analysis of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): Challenging its Validity and Charting A Research Agenda in the Red Ocean.

Tracking the Trackers: Self-Tracking in Households as Social Practice (2022)
Journal Article
Hardey, M. (2022). Tracking the Trackers: Self-Tracking in Households as Social Practice. Digital Health, 8, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221093131

The purpose of this article is to examine the effect of different types of self-tracking users (trackers) on the health behaviours of others living in the same household. The study takes an international perspective, examining tracking practises from... Read More about Tracking the Trackers: Self-Tracking in Households as Social Practice.

A Game Model for Medical Service Pricing Based on the Diagnosis Related Groups (2021)
Journal Article
Duan, J., Lin, Z., & Jiao, F. (2021). A Game Model for Medical Service Pricing Based on the Diagnosis Related Groups. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, Article 737788. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.737788

Background: Currently there are various issues that exist in the medical institutions in China as a result of the price-setting in DRGs, which include the fact that medical institutions tend to choose patients and that the payment standard for comple... Read More about A Game Model for Medical Service Pricing Based on the Diagnosis Related Groups.

A Dynamic Tax Model Based on Destination Lifecycle for Sustainable Tourism Development (2021)
Journal Article
Yang, C., Lin, Z., Huang, J., & Cheng, T. (2023). A Dynamic Tax Model Based on Destination Lifecycle for Sustainable Tourism Development. Journal of Travel Research, 62(1), 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875211057596

This study proposes a dynamic model for identifying the optimal amount of tourism taxes at the different stages of a destination’s lifecycle. Based on the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model of economic growth, we reformulate the Cobb-Douglas function to inco... Read More about A Dynamic Tax Model Based on Destination Lifecycle for Sustainable Tourism Development.

COVID-19, economic impact, mental health and coping behaviors: A conceptual framework and future research directions (2021)
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Lu, X., & Lin, Z. (2021). COVID-19, economic impact, mental health and coping behaviors: A conceptual framework and future research directions. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 759974. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.759974

The covid-19 pandemic has caused serious economic and social consequences. Recent research shows that the pandemic has not only caused a physical health crisis, but also caused many psychological and mental crises. Based on the contemporary cognitive... Read More about COVID-19, economic impact, mental health and coping behaviors: A conceptual framework and future research directions.

Explore for a day? Generating personalized itineraries that fit spatial heterogeneity of tourist attractions (2021)
Journal Article
Ji, H., Zheng, W., Zhuang, X., & Lin, Z. (2021). Explore for a day? Generating personalized itineraries that fit spatial heterogeneity of tourist attractions. Information and Management, 58(8), Article 103557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2021.103557

Recommender systems are widely adopted by firms as an innovative personalization tool across various industries. Most of the existing tour recommender systems treat the spatial structure of tourist attractions as a single type, which neglects the spa... Read More about Explore for a day? Generating personalized itineraries that fit spatial heterogeneity of tourist attractions.

Mental health and the role of physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Ai, X., Yang, J., Lin, Z., & Wan, X. (2021). Mental health and the role of physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 759987. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.759987

The COVID-19 pandemic and its related public health restrictions are having an increasingly serious impact on mental health, and measures need to be taken to curb this trend. The positive relationship between physical exercise and mental health has b... Read More about Mental health and the role of physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leveraging tourist trajectory data for effective destination planning and management: A new heuristic approach (2021)
Journal Article
Zheng, W., Li, M., Lin, Z., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Leveraging tourist trajectory data for effective destination planning and management: A new heuristic approach. Tourism Management, 89, Article 104437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2021.104437

Understanding tourist movements provides insights for destination planning, service design and marketing. The key challenge is to develop a tool that can capture the value in the tourist mobility data. This study presents a new heuristic approach tha... Read More about Leveraging tourist trajectory data for effective destination planning and management: A new heuristic approach.

Multi-attraction, hourly tourism demand forecasting (2021)
Journal Article
Zheng, W., Huang, L., & Lin, Z. (2021). Multi-attraction, hourly tourism demand forecasting. Annals of Tourism Research, 90, Article 103271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103271

Forecasting tourist demand for multiple tourist attractions on an hourly basis provides important insights for effective and efficient management, such as staffing and resource optimization. However, existing forecasting models are not well equipped... Read More about Multi-attraction, hourly tourism demand forecasting.

Meal for Two: A Typology of Co-performed Practices (2021)
Journal Article
Khanijou, R., Cappellini, B., & Hosany, S. (2021). Meal for Two: A Typology of Co-performed Practices. Journal of Business Research, 134, 675-688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.05.054

Drawing on practice theory, this ethnographic study investigates how meal practices are co-performed by 13 newly cohabiting couples. Findings reveal how practices previously performed by individual consumers become co-performed through a synergetic a... Read More about Meal for Two: A Typology of Co-performed Practices.

Subjective well-being, mobile social media and the enjoyment of tourism experience: A broaden-and-build perspective (2021)
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Chen, Y., Lin, Z., Filieri, R., & Liu, R. (2021). Subjective well-being, mobile social media and the enjoyment of tourism experience: A broaden-and-build perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 26(10), 1070-1080. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2021.1952285

Drawing on broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, this study treats tourist pre-existing subjective well-being as an antecedent and examines its impact on the use of mobile social media (MSM) for sharing tourism experiences. The study further... Read More about Subjective well-being, mobile social media and the enjoyment of tourism experience: A broaden-and-build perspective.

Intensive Grandmothering? Exploring the Changing Nature of Grandmothering in the Context of Changes to Parenting Culture (2021)
Journal Article
Harman, V., Cappellini, B., & Webster, M. (2022). Intensive Grandmothering? Exploring the Changing Nature of Grandmothering in the Context of Changes to Parenting Culture. Sociology, 56(1), 38-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211034983

This paper explores the ways in which the intensification of parenting and the notion of children at risk have influenced grandmothers’ narratives and practices. Interviews with grandmothers who regularly look after their grandchildren, reveal that t... Read More about Intensive Grandmothering? Exploring the Changing Nature of Grandmothering in the Context of Changes to Parenting Culture.

The role of visual cues in eWOM on consumers’ behavioral intention and decisions (2021)
Journal Article
Filieri, R., Lin, Z., Pino, G., Alguezaui, S., & Inversini, A. (2021). The role of visual cues in eWOM on consumers’ behavioral intention and decisions. Journal of Business Research, 135, 663-675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.06.055

Consumers increasingly use eWOM to make decisions about various products and services. However, few studies have investigated how different visual and verbal eWOM cues affect the intention and decision to visit tourist destinations and their attracti... Read More about The role of visual cues in eWOM on consumers’ behavioral intention and decisions.

Family practices and temporality at breakfast: hot spots, convenience and care (2021)
Journal Article
Pirani, D., Harman, V., & Cappellini, B. (2022). Family practices and temporality at breakfast: hot spots, convenience and care. Sociology, 56(2), 211-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211015563

Drawing on 34 semi-structured interviews, this study investigates the temporality of family practices taking place in the hot spot (Southerton, 2003). It does so by looking at how breakfast is inserted in the economy of family time in Italy. Our data... Read More about Family practices and temporality at breakfast: hot spots, convenience and care.