When analysing the impact of blogs on sales, previous research focused solely on qualitative factors (e.g. trust and credibility). This article, however, answers the question if one can also identify quantitative factors such as the number of followers on social media and similar. For this...

The trio of ‘sun, sea and sand’ has been regarded as the conventional combination of attractions that pulled the tourists to a destination and made them completely satisfied. People wishing for relaxation and enjoyment intentionally visited places that were isolated from the outside world...

People have easy access to the internet, social media and the information there. In just a matter of seconds, the consumer can obtain information about accommodation in any part of the world, including advertising and reviews. This research investigates social media in hospitality by analysing...

Nowadays we are faced with a growing number of people using social media. The most popular of these are YouTube and Instagram. Their users are exposed to the content generated by influencers - social media creators with loyal audiences. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact that...

When resource consumers select among competing providers based on delayed information, inefficient oscillations in resource utilization can emerge. This paper describes an approach, based on selective stochastic resource request rejection, for dealing with this emergent dysfunction

Soziale Interaktionen haben einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf die von Konsumenten präferierten Marken, ihre Kaufentscheidungen, auf die empfundenen Emotionen während des Kaufprozesses sowie zukünftige Konsumabsichten. Gleichwohl beschränken sich diese Interaktionen nicht nur auf die reale...