infonet-economy

Shopping has become a determinant factor , which affect s destination choice. The emerging concept of shopping tourism is defined as “a contemporary form of tourism fostered by individuals for whom purchasing goods outside of their usual environment is a determining factor in their decision to travel” ( The United Nations World Tourism Organization, 2014 , p.13 ). Shopping is…

The topic of work-to-family is not new to researchers or practitioners , but what is not yet known is what affects the degree to which people are tolerant of work to family interruptions, and whether this matters for individual and organizational outcomes. In this paper , building on a previous measure of work - family interruption behaviors we develop th e construct “…

The literature reveals the complexity of identifying the attributes, the factors and the mechanisms that would influence trust between supply chain partners. Moreover, the way trust influences the performance of a supply chain is still a subject that remains to be thoroughly researched since trust is a subjective issue that has several dimensions. This paper focuses on the influence…

This paper aims to develop a decision support system for bulk material handling ports in relation to ship scheduling and discrete berth allocation. Ship scheduling according to available discrete berths and to customer priority is a complex problem. A multiobjective formulation is then proposed to model the problem in minimizing ship waiting times and deviation of customer priority.…

The purpose of our study is to shed light on the effects of family supportive supervisor behaviors via the performance of the subordinates in their family life. Using the work - family conflict and work - family enrichment theoretical frameworks, we seek to un derstand how employees’ self - reported family performance impacts their job performance (evaluated by their supervisors…

The package tour market is information-intensive in nature. Its complex information structure is generally inaccessible to tourists, whose purchase behavior may be affected by the extent to which they can access such information. This study shows that package tours can be structured by both tour operators’ bundling strategy and tourist preference, resu lting in different…

In this study, we test the impact of the implementation of the asset - light strategy on performance. Our focus is on the effect of this new structural design, or plural sourcing. We use a panel data design on a sample of four leading U.S lodging corporations over a 16 - year period (i.e. 1998 - 2013). Our results show that the implementation of asset - light strategy has…

Franchising is an important form of organizational control. Possible benefits of franchising include its ability to reduce agency costs that increase with costly monitoring , and provide incentives for the use of local information by onsite managers . However, these benefits may come at a cost, as franchisees may reduce quality by choosing to free ride .…