Mergers and acquisitions in the hotel industry: A comprehensive review

This study aims to evaluate the current status of merger and acquisition (M&A) studies in the hotel industry and propose directions for future research. Forty-six articles were identified from ScienceDirect, Scopus, and EBSCOhost including 31 empirical and 15 conceptual articles. We review these articles from five perspectives, namely, journal/year distribution, methodology, research context, theoretical foundation and major topics. Findings reveal most studies on M&As in the hotel industry (hotel M&As) focus on performance, motivation and objectives. Developed economies (DEs) are the major research contexts and quantitative approach is the dominant research method. To this end, we propose seven research directions that cover outstanding themes as follows: 1) exploring M&A process, 2) M&A performance assessment, 3) identifying M&A impacts on stakeholders, 4) examining cross-border M&As, 5) examining emerging economies (EE)-based M&As, 6) investigating macro environment impacts, and 7) premium determinants and their impacts on hotel M&As.     

A review of the business case for CSR in the hospitality industry

Despite prolific research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in its various forms in the hospitality industry, there is no consensus regarding the business case for CSR initiatives. Using a stakeholder lens, we review the research on CSR and its rationale by analyzing its impact on the environment, employees, customers, community, and investors in the hospitality industry. Our review analyzes 170 articles published between 1990 and 2017 covering different conceptual frameworks, measures, and samples to evaluate the current state of the field, integrate findings, identify gaps, and suggest avenues for future research. Our review calls for a) more studies that examine hospitality-specific CSR initiatives to examine impact on firm performance, b) greater theory-driven research, and c) expansion of contexts both in terms of different sectors of the industry and geographical locations, than is covered by existing studies. Future research directions are provided.     

国际可持续集约化发展经验及其对中国耕地保护的启示

研究目的:厘清可持续集约化概念内涵和研究态势,梳理国际经验并研判对中国耕地保护的启示。研究方法:文献分析法、总结归纳法和例证法。研究结果:(1)可持续集约化是协调粮食需求与资源环境约束之间矛盾、因地制宜优化耕地利用、提升耕地生态系统服务价值的重要途径;(2)可持续集约化符合SDGs,与中国生态文明背景下的耕地保护理念和可持续发展战略相契合;(3)国际可持续集约化研究丰富,实践广泛,可为中国耕地利用和保护提供参考。研究结论:可持续集约化理念内涵及其国际经验为中国构建数量、质量、生态三位一体耕地保护格局提供了重要启示,在保证数量充足和质量优良的基础上,构建"用养结合"的动态平衡体系,创新耕地利用与农业经营模式,加强耕地养护和生态养育,确保粮食生产能力持续稳定。     

国外生态修复研究进展评述

研究目的:系统总结国外生态修复研究的重点进展和主流共识,为把握未来生态修复研究的前沿态势提供参考。研究方法:文献研究法。研究结果:按照生态修复的"目标导向—技术方法—成效评价"的框架进行梳理,现有研究在生态修复的对象及尺度、生态学及社会经济文化目标、各类型生态系统及要素的修复技术方法、成效评价维度及指标等方面取得了一定的研究进展,但总体而言,目前生态修复研究存在理论—实践—政策之间知识转移欠缺、生态学与社会经济学科交叉研究不足、全球气候变化背景下的研究缺乏等问题。研究结论:理论—实践—政策耦合研究、生态学—社会经济学科交叉研究、气候变化—生态修复联动研究等可能是未来生态修复领域的重点研究方向。     

林业职业技术培训研究进展与展望

从文献研究规模、研究主题以及研究机构三个方面对林业培训文献进行梳理,并从培训现状、尚存在的问题、培训研究方法以及培训对策对文献进行分析。结果发现:尽管林业培训越来越受到林业局以及林户的重视,但依旧存在培训内容不够全面、培训效果评估体系不够健全等问题。从政府和林业局、参与培训的林户以及该领域的研究学者三个方面提出了相应的建议。     

谈谈我国当前的先进农业生产力

该文认为先进农业生产力能够极大地促进农业综合生产能力的发展。一直以来,把先进生产力理论运用到当前的农业、农村中来,以不断培育和保护农业中的先进生产力的论述不多;该文试图在这方面作些探索,即通过对当前我国先进农业生产力特点的分析,提出进一步保护和发展先进农业生产力的建议。     

股权分置改革回顾与展望

股权分置改革经历了理论争鸣、试错阶段和悲观、彷徨阶段,现处于乐观、全面推进阶段.必须充分认识股权分置改革是一个系统工程,并采取多种配套政策和措施以强化股权分置改革的成果,全面推进资本市场的健康发展.     

Incorporating textual information in customer churn prediction models based on a convolutional neural network

This study investigates the value added by incorporating textual data into customer churn prediction (CCP) models. It extends the previous literature by benchmarking convolutional neural networks (CNNs) against current best practices for analyzing textual data in CCP, and, using real life data from a European financial services provider, validates a framework that explains how textual data can be incorporated in a predictive model. First, the results confirm previous research showing that the inclusion of textual data in a CCP model improves its predictive performance. Second, CNNs outperform current best practices for text mining in CCP. Third, textual data are an important source of data for CCP, but unstructured textual data alone cannot create churn prediction models that are competitive with models that use traditional structured data. A calculation of the additional profit obtained from a customer retention campaign through the inclusion of textual information can be used by practitioners directly to help them make more informed decisions on whether to invest in text mining.     

城市土地利用与交通相互作用（LUTI）研究进展与展望

研究目的:基于对国内外大量研究成果的梳理,对城市土地利用与交通相互作用(LUTI)的复杂机理展开系统回顾与述评,并尝试提出未来亟需重点关注的研究领域与方向。研究方法:文献资料法,对比分析法。研究结果:国内外实证研究领域及空间尺度表现出明显分异,部分研究结果亦呈现出差异化特征;国外热衷于引入多学科理论与方法构建LUTI一体化模型,而国内所引入的数学规划模型多停滞在理论分析与模拟层面,应用性相对有限,但近年来国内学者逐渐加强LUTI协调性评价,研究领域呈现出新特征。研究结论:全球可持续发展背景下,LUTI研究为实现城市土地利用与交通的协调发展提供了良好基础,未来应加强对LUTI模型方法与互馈机理的研究,并深入探讨现代交通发展对土地利用的影响机制,环境、社会因素亦应引起重视,国内学界则应注重本土性与应用性研究。     

粮食安全视角下中国耕地“非粮化”研究进展与展望

研究目的：基于粮食安全视角,系统梳理和总结中国耕地“非粮化”研究进展,展望未来研究趋势和重点方向。研究方法：文献回顾法、对比分析法。研究结果：在研究尺度上,既有研究更多关注粮食主产区,而多尺度耦合研究尚显不足;在研究内容上,耕地“非粮化”的概念界定较为一致,但测算方法尚未达成共识,耕地“非粮化”的驱动因素及防治策略较为丰富,但就如何构建区域协调治理机制的研究尚且不足;在研究方法上,主要采用传统的统计分析和计量模型,而地理空间分析技术应用不足且多学科综合研究范式亟需完善。研究结论：未来中国耕地“非粮化”研究应着力构建全方位、多角度认知框架并采取分类化的管控策略,加强与藏粮于地、藏粮于技重大战略的协同推进,强化多尺度耦合研究完善区域协同治理机制,增强测算方式的创新与地理空间分析技术的应用,强化多学科交叉融合研究构建耕地“非粮化”研究新范式。