Shannon information entropy (SE), concurrence (CC), quantum discord (QD) and localization properties for various one-dimensional one-electron wave functions are intensively studied, respectively. They include Gaussian functions, power-law functions, and functions in the Anderson model and the...

We propose a complex quantity, AL, to characterize the degree of disorder of L-length binary symbolic sequences. As examples, we respectively apply it to typical random and deterministic sequences. One kind of random sequences is generated from a periodic binary sequence and the other is...

Purpose: There is a growing trend that hospitality brands are allowing employees to personalize their workplace display. Following this trend in practice, this paper aims to examine the influence of employees’ conspicuous consumption cues (ECCCs) on consumer responses toward service failures...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present initial findings from a vulnerability assessment based on the perceptions of practitioners working in four tourism and hospitality sectors in Wuhan and Hubei Province, namely, cruise lines, hotels, travel agencies and touristic attractions....

The hotel industry continues embracing loyalty/rewards programs as a major platform to nurture customer relationships as well as reap return business. The reality is that major hotels have been aggressively spending more but achieve less in defending existing customers. We address this void by...

Viral marketing is the business approach that uses peer-to-peer communications to increase product awareness and adoptions through widespread social networks of receivers. Benefiting from the unprecedented fast growth of online social networks, this marketing maneuver merits a deeper...