Impacts of peer-to-peer accommodation on the hotel industry: Hoteliers’ perspectives

The sharing economy is a new phenomenon that has considerable implications for traditional industries in general and the hospitality sector in particular. Although some recent studies have investigated the effects of sharing economy on the hotel industry, they primarily focused on quantifying its effects which are not exploratory for a phenomenon. This study attempts to achieve two research objectives. First, an exploratory qualitative method via a semi-structured in-depth interview is employed to investigate the impacts of P2P accommodation on the industry from hoteliers’ perspectives in China. Second, the current study provides valuable insights about traditional hotel marketing and operations. A social science perspective is proposed because prior hospitality research, merely in its commercial sense, fails to capture the essence of hospitality. Results indicate that P2P accommodation has effects on the hotel industry in terms of host–guest interactions, product offerings, staff empowerment, and platform collaboration. The study also suggests that the extent to which P2P accommodation impacts the hotel industry is different in terms of hotel star ratings and operating model. P2P accommodation and the hotel industry in China have a supplementary relationship. This study contributes to social studies of the hospitality literature by gaining insights from hotel senior management level. It also has great implications for the hotel marketing and management practices within the sharing context.     

MDM2和PTEN基因表达与贲门癌发生发展的相关性

目的 MDM2、PTEN基因表达与贲门癌发生发展关系的研究。方法用免疫组化S-P法检测32例贲门癌组织及18例正常贲门粘膜组织中MDM2和PTEN表达情况。结果贲门癌组织中MDM2表达34.4%,显著高于正常贲门粘膜组织(P<0.05),且与贲门癌淋巴结转移、浸润深度呈正相关。PTEN在贲门癌组织中的表达40.6%,显著低于正常贲门粘膜组织(P<0.05),且与贲门癌淋巴结转移、分化程度相关。结论 MDM2和PTEN异常表达与贲门癌的关系密切,共同参与了贲门癌的发展、转移及浸润。     

Interplay between ethanol and electric vehicles as low carbon mobility options for passengers in the municipality of São Paulo

The Brazilian cities as well as many of the large urban centers in the world continue to expand, increasing the demand for mobility and transport, while, at the same time, the same cities are investing in greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation to avoid climate change. Brazil's urbanization rate increased from 26% in 1940 to almost 70% in 1980. During this period, the Brazilian population tripled and the urban population multiplied by seven. In 2010, the transport sector in São Paulo accounted for 71% of the total emissions released by the energy sector. Ethanol has been considered a fuel with less greenhouse gas emissions, when compared with fossil fuels. However, ethanol production would have to double to meet the expected demand. Electric vehicles (EVs) market is expanding around the world, and is also an option to reduce the transport emissions, if powered by clean electricity. To assess whether the adoption of EVs might bring more benefits than the current ethanol, we develop prospective scenarios supported by the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) simulation tool, taking a bottom-up tank-to-wheel approach to consider the CO₂ emissions of car in São Paulo. The scenario considering a substitution of 25% of gasoline-powered cars by EV in 2030 showed a reduction in energy consumption and CO₂ emissions, around 15% and 26% respectively in that year in comparison with 2015. We discuss the interplay between ethanol and EV, also considering emission coefficients from life cycle analysis conducted in Brazil, and concluded EV will have higher positive impact on climate change mitigation than ethanol.     

The differences in hotel selection among various types of travellers: A comparative analysis with a useful bounded rationality behavioural decision support model

This study aims to investigate the hotel selection differences among different types of travellers through online hotel reviews. Specifically, the study performs a detailed examination of the differences in hotel key factors, criterion importance and selection results among five types of travellers, namely, business, couples, families, friends and solo. Using a sample of 194,885 online reviews on TripAdvisor.com, this study identifies the hotel key factors and criterion importance by employing the term frequency-inverse document frequency algorithm and Word2Vec algorithm. Additionally, a bounded rationality behavioural decision support model with picture fuzzy information is proposed to address hotel selection problems for different traveller types. Our results suggest that different types of travellers present differences in hotel key factors, criterion importance and selection results. However, families and friends have similar hotel selection results. This study can serve as a reference for hotel managers in understanding traveller preferences and for tourism website optimisation.     

科技哲学视角下的P2P观察思考与展望

网络信贷起源于英国,2007年引入到中国,模式从最初的资产抵押到纯信用借贷,人群从普通工薪阶层覆盖到在校大学生,形式从最初的现金业务拓展到购物消费分期。行业背后的投资来源也逐步广泛随着网贷的不断发展,诸多问题相继产生,值得我们深入探讨。     

Impact of modern communication infrastructure on productivity,production structure and factor demands of US industries: Impact revisited

This study investigates the contribution of modern communication infrastructure characterized by high speed broadband access network on the productivity growth, production structure and factor demands for US industries and for the aggregate economy. To evaluate such contribution, we modify the traditional cost function by incorporating communication infrastructure as input in production process in conjunction with other public infrastructures. The network externality and spillover effect of broadband access technology are captured by introducing broadband penetration rate as a shift factor in industry level production function. Empirical results show that the increased use of modern communications infrastructure increases the productivity of all industries with wide variations across industries. Estimated impacts on input demands show that increase in use of communications infrastructure service saves labor and materials and increase the demand for private capital. Finally, aggregate social rate of return on such investment has been estimated for policy implications.     

基于城市视角下新能源汽车产业技术创新效率评价

在能源和环境问题日益凸显的情况下,新能源汽车的发展无疑为我国汽车产业的发展提供了新 的契机。借鉴区域和产业技术创新效率评价研究范式,结合新能源汽车特点,论文有针对性 地选取评价指标,以11个新能源汽车主要推广城市创新数据为基础,在城市视角下应用主成 分分析与DEA的组合方法,定量评价了其技术创新效率。通过对投入产出数据的DEA有效性进 行对比分析,发现这11个城市的整体技术创新效率偏低,主要是受规模效率与纯技术效率交 叉作用影响,且普遍存在新产品开发投入冗余、研发支出投入过多、企业规模不合理和资源 利用效率不高等问题。最后根据分析结果进一步提出了对策建议。     

钙热还原TiO_2法制取金属钛的技术研究

文章对钙热还原TiO2法制取金属钛的技术进行了研究,结合现代先进检测方法系统地研究了钙热还原法制备金属钛的实验过程中所用添加剂CaCl2、反应温度和反应时间等因素对整个还原反应的影响。通过对还原时间、添加剂比例等因素控制的研究结果表明:将反应温度控制在1 200℃,无水CaCl2与TiO2的质量比为1誜3,反应时间为360 min的条件下进行还原反应,最终可得到呈团聚颗粒状的金属钛,能谱仪分析其平均纯度高达99.64%。     

农村家电市场B2C电子商务物流配送模式的探讨

本文首先分析了我国B2C电子商务物流配送的三种模式,然后从现状出发,对我国农村家电市场B2C电子商务物流配送模式进行了探讨。     

B2C电子商务物流配送中心选址模型研究

分析了B2C电子商务的发展趋势、发展瓶颈即物流配送成本,为优化物流成本,构建了基于不同路段运输单价不同的最优运输费用的物流配送中心选址模型.