The purpose of this paper is to determine the key drivers of innovative behavior of employees in hotel industry using evidence from a developing country. Measurement items were adapted from existing scales found in the organizational behavior literature. Academic colleagues reviewed the items for face validity and readability. The scales were evaluated for reliability, convergent validity, and ...

The user-generated content (UGC) Web sites are gaining popularity for a wide range of media content, such as news, blogs, forums, and open-source software. Instead of relying on information on company Web sites, users benefit by reading reviews written on UGC Web sites by consumers. Online evaluations are usually informative and reduce the information asymmetry. This study examines the problem ...

This paper analyzes the developments in Croatian tourism sector during the last decade. Croatian tourism indicators are compared to the indicators of other Mediterranean countries with strong tourism activity and a dominance of the “sun and sea” tourism product. The results of the analysis suggest that tourism in Croatia exhibits favorable results in terms of strong growth in tourism revenues, ...

We propose, ‘E la carte’, an eMenu solutions employing ARM architecture is proposed for next generation dining experience. eMenu is an efficient way of catering patrons thus enriching their dining experience. The implemented design results in a decrease in the customer service time of 44% and the customer downtime by 64% .A helical antenna of gain approx 7 db is designed to provide wireless tra...

Going off to college opens many opportunities for learning ? in this case, how to make healthy food choices on your own. It may be that you grew up with relatively balanced meals that are now replaced by a smorgasbord of dining hall offerings. Having nearly unlimited access to a variety of foods is a new challenge for many students. However, focusing on eating foods that are high in fiber and p...

There are many recommendation systems available for problems like shopping, online video entertainment, games etc. Restaurants & Dining is one area where there is a big opportunity to recommend dining options to users based on their preferences as well as historical data. Yelp is a very good source of such data with not only restaurant reviews, but also user-level information on their preferred...

OBJECTIVE The present paper reports on a quality improvement activity examining implementation of A Better Choice Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Health Facilities (A Better Choice). A Better Choice is a policy to increase supply and promotion of healthy foods and drinks and decrease supply and promotion of energy-dense, nutrient-poor choices in all food supply areas inclu...