Motivations and Use Context in Mobile Tourism Shopping: Applying Contingency and Task–Technology Fit Theories

Mobile tourism shopping is an emerging market, but there is little theoretically based research on the topic. This study investigates the impact of motivations (value, enjoyment, time saving and mobility) on consumer satisfaction by applying contingency and task–technology fit theories in the mobile tourism shopping context. The results show that value and enjoyment have significant effects on satisfaction. Use context is found to have a full mediating role between time saving and satisfaction as well as between mobility and satisfaction. This study offers theoretical and practical contributions to the tourism literature and mobile tourism industry. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Greening transportation fleets: Insights from a two-stage game theoretic model

The greening of organizational transportation fleets, especially trucks and automobiles, has gained increasing attention by companies in a variety of industrial sectors. The reasons for this concern and attention are due to regulatory and competitive pressures, but also increasing costs of fossil-fuels. Surprisingly the amount of research and modeling for fleet management overall has been rather limited, with the focus on managing green vehicle investments virtually non-existent. In this study we develop a two-stage game theoretic model that helps evaluate, from both policy and organizational perspectives, the implications of greening of transportation fleets. Various parameters are evaluated including factors such as innovations in green vehicle technology, levels of service differences, cost of fuel, adjusting tax policy, regulatory compliance requirements, and adaptation costs. This evaluation provides practical insights into actions that could be considered by regulators and organizations to encourage environmental investments.     

供电企业人力资源管理改进实例分析

本文针对电力行业的特点,借助供电企业的实例和大量数据,对电力企业人力资源管理的现状进行了分析,并在此基础上,针对上述环节,结合供电企业人力资源管理的实际情况,逐一提出了改进方法和措施.     

铁路交通枢纽与城市综合体设计初探

通过对国内铁路旅客车站交通枢纽设计模式及国外交通枢纽城市综合体典型案例的分析和总结．提出铁路旅客车站结合物业开发设计并形成交通枢纽城市综合体将是国内铁路旅客车站发展趋势之一的观点,以期对今后铁路旅客车站的建筑设计有所启示。     

Cost List of Logistics Industry

Cost of long distance trucking Though skyrocketing oil price is the most direct factor behind the high cost,other expenses also take a large proportion of the cost for load carriers.     

推进当代中国马克思主义大众化的若干思考

进入新世纪以来,国际国内形势发生了深刻变化,当代中国马克思主义大众化面临着新的任务和挑战。我们要认真研究当代中国马克思主义大众化所面临的挑战,着力推进当代中国马克思主义大众化的专业人才培养,关注民生问题,努力探索当代中国马克思主义大众化的科学路径。     

The spatial and temporal variation in passenger service rate and its impact on train dwell time: A time-series clustering approach using dynamic time warping

This study aims to improve the understanding of the underlying mechanism of passenger boarding and alighting processes, as well as its potential influence on train dwell time and train operation. Empirical data collected from one of busiest metro stations in Seoul, Korea, demonstrates the spatial and temporal variation in the passenger service rate, as a result of interference between boarding, alighting, and standing passengers. This study postulates that the level of interference can be associated with the train car occupancy and the proximity of train door to entry points, as waiting passengers tend to cluster near the platform entries. A unique temporal service rate curve is derived from each door location. We introduce Dynamic Time Warping for similarity assessment and clustering. It revealed four groups of train doors showing distinct shapes of curve from each platform. The first cluster includes the train doors located closest to the platform entry points where the initial service rate is drastically impeded by severe inference among passengers. The level of interference gradually diminishes as the door is located farther away from the entry points, but the overall service rate decreases as well. A passenger service time model is derived to include the cluster variable. To test its significance, the prediction capability of the model is presented with and without the cluster variable. The results of this study may be used to guide waiting passengers along the platform to minimize interference and to avoid serious disruption during passenger service time.     

The role of perceived behavioural control in the constraint-negotiation process: the case of solo travel

This study extends the leisure constraint-effects-mitigation model to the perceived behavioural control (PBC)- constraint-negotiation model by adding PBC. Three competing models were tested to determine which model best fits the data. Results suggested that PBC mediates the relationship between motivation and negotiation, and there is a direct path from motivation to participation. Findings contribute to deepening and broadening the theory of leisure constraint negotiation because the new variable was successfully added to the original model and the model was extended to new settings (i.e. solo travel and non-Western).     

我国区域旅游空间结构演化的微观机理与动态模拟研究

本文在垄断竞争、规模经济、交通成本、消费者多样化偏好以及旅游产品和服务差异化的两区域旅游空间结构模型的基础上,提出了经济学演绎模型与基于自主体(agent)的计算实验相结合的研究路径,通过对旅游企业、消费者等大量微观自主体的相互作用来"动态地"观察和探讨沿海与内地两区域旅游空间结构变动的微观基础、影响因素和动态过程.本文认为,研究区域旅游空间结构及其演化机理,空间经济学演绎模型与推导→基于agent的地理计算→实证分析与计量检验,是一个值得探索的技术路线.     

Personalisation–privacy paradox: The effects of personalisation and privacy assurance on customer responses to travel Web sites

Personalisation refers to individualizing products, services, and contents according to customer interests and preferences. In order to deliver appropriate personalised offerings, firms inevitably need to collect rich customer data profiles. Prior research suggests that personalised services lead to positive customer responses such as increased willingness to disclose personal information and make purchases. However, another stream of research emphasizes negative outcomes of personalisation – namely, privacy concerns surrounding the use of personal information and associated negative effects on behaviour. The objectives of this study are twofold: (1) to examine how privacy assurance affects proximal outcomes of personalisation, such as perceived usefulness and privacy concerns; and (2) to identify the role such outcomes play in predicting customer behavioural responses, such as willingness to disclose personal information and make purchases. Our findings show that enhancing privacy assurance increases the perceived usefulness of services and decreases customer privacy concerns. Moreover, customer behavioural responses are positively related to the perceived usefulness of services and negatively associated with privacy concerns. However, despite the positive effects on perceived usefulness and purchase intentions, personalisation has no effect on privacy concerns and intentions to disclose personal information.