The corporate social responsibility–financial performance link in the US restaurant industry: do economic conditions matter?

S Lee, M Singal, KH Kang - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2013 - Elsevier
This study examines the role played by economic conditions (recessionary periods) on the
link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance …

Using self-service technology to reduce customer waiting times

A Kokkinou, DA Cranage - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2013 - Elsevier
An important perceived benefit of self-service technology has been its potential to reduce
customer waiting-times. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine under which …

Restaurant analytics: Emerging practice and research opportunities

D Roy, E Spiliotopoulou… - Production and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Smart technologies and increased data availability enable restaurateurs to gather more
information about customers and their behavior. These data can be combined with data from …

Moderating effect of capital intensity on the relationship between leverage and financial distress in the US restaurant industry

S Lee, Y Koh, KH Kang - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2011 - Elsevier
During the recent and ongoing economic turmoil, countless businesses have been facing
financial distress and many have filed for bankruptcy. This issue is especially critical for the …

Measuring and managing service productivity: a meta-analysis

J Hofmeister, DK Kanbach, J Hogreve - Review of Managerial Science, 2024 - Springer
Despite service productivity's scholarly prominence and practical relevance, past research in
marketing has primarily adopted isolated perspectives from which disjointed empirical …

Unifying service marketing and operations with service experience management

RJ Kwortnik Jr, GM Thompson - Journal of service research, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
One of the pioneer firms in the leisure cruise industry embarked on a bold idea in 2000 to
offer an unregimented experience unlike most cruises. Despite the appeal of the concept …

The negative synergistic effect of internationalization and corporate social responsibility on US restaurant firms' value performance

SY Jung, S Lee, M Dalbor - International Journal of Contemporary …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the current study is to investigate the possible existence of a
synergistic effect of internationalization and corporate social responsibility (CSR) on a firm's …

Approaches for restaurant revenue management

M Tyagi, NB Bolia - Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 2021 - Springer
Revenue management (RM) helps predict customer demand to optimize inventory
availability and price so that revenue growth can be maximized. The main aim of revenue …

The effect of inventory turnover on financial performance in the US restaurant industry: The moderating role of exposure to commodity price risk

E Park, WH Kim - Tourism Economics, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the importance of efficiently managing inventory in the restaurant business,
evidence of satisfactory inventory turnover in the restaurant industry remains limited. This …

Benchmarking firm capabilities for sustained financial performance in the US restaurant industry

N Hua, S Lee - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2014 - Elsevier
This study is designed to present an empirical assessment of important firm capabilities
appropriate for benchmarking and on which firm capabilities restaurant firms should focus to …