Tourism ManagementPub Date : 2025-08-12DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105277
Guyang Lin , Mimi Li
{"title":"Brain-computer interfaces in accessible tourism","authors":"Guyang Lin , Mimi Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105277","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tourman.2025.105277","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The emergence of brain–computer interface technology is gradually influencing various aspects of human society. However, this innovative technology has yet to be meaningfully introduced into the field of tourism studies. To address this gap, the present paper offers the first exploration of brain–computer interfaces—originally developed as medical assistive technologies—within the context of accessible tourism. It begins by introducing the basic principles of brain–computer interface technology and then examines its foundational practical potential to support individuals with disabilities by enhancing mobility, enabling communication, and increasing adaptability in tourism settings. The paper further explores its theoretical implications for accessible tourism, particularly in terms of decoupling impairment and dysfunction, dissolving disability heterogeneity, and unifying visible and invisible disabilities. Finally, it outlines a future vision and identifies systemic challenges associated with the application of this technology in tourism, contributing novel insights to the advancement of accessible tourism research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48469,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Management","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 105277"},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144828221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumer Response to Anthropomorphism of Text-Based AI Chatbots: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions","authors":"Angela Greilich, Kerstin Bremser, Kirsten Wüst","doi":"10.1111/ijcs.70108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.70108","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has not only integrated chatbots like ChatGPT into everyday life but also transformed customer relations in various industries. Despite their growing adoption, research on consumer responses and preferences toward AI chatbots remains limited. Anthropomorphism, the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman entities, plays a crucial role in shaping these interactions. This systematic literature review (SLR) analyzes 84 research articles within the theories-context-characteristics-methods (TCCM) framework to provide a comprehensive overview of consumer responses to chatbot anthropomorphism. The findings reveal predominantly positive effects, with humanlike communication styles and emotional characteristics eliciting trust, empathy, and a sense of social presence. However, negative outcomes in the form of privacy concerns and AI anxiety from overly humanlike chatbots highlight the complex nature of humanized chatbots. New generative AI models amplify these risks, widening gaps in current research. Future research should address these gaps by exploring the opportunities and challenges of generative AI, emotional adaptability, personalized communication strategies, and the role of consumer technology affinity. By focusing exclusively on text-based chatbots, this review offers a unique perspective that augments existing literature on consumer responses to AI chatbots, contributing to a better overall understanding of the underlying effects of anthropomorphism within the context of human–computer interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":48192,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Consumer Studies","volume":"49 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ijcs.70108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144814696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James Brackley , Charika Channuntapipat , Florian Gebreiter
{"title":"Refusing to play the game? Junior auditors and a standpoint perspective on audit quality in a Big-4 accounting firm","authors":"James Brackley , Charika Channuntapipat , Florian Gebreiter","doi":"10.1016/j.cpa.2025.102811","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cpa.2025.102811","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Following numerous high-profile scandals, the issue of audit quality continues to attract extensive debate among practitioners, policy makers and academics. Meanwhile, an increasingly ‘pluralistic’ multi-method literature has developed, seeking to better understand audit failure through the range of cultures and working practices in accounting firms. In this paper, we draw on the theory of ‘critical performativity’ to further our understanding of the backstage socio-technical arrangements contributing to audit failure. In elaborating on the methodology for such an approach, we conduct a multi-method ‘standpoint’ analysis from the perspective of junior auditors, following a major audit quality initiative in a Big-4 firm. Our analysis shows that the initiative not only failed to address core audit quality issues, it also exacerbated them by driving a less critical “box-ticking” approach in a “get it done at all costs” culture. We found that a significant number of trainees developed critical perspectives on auditing as they pushed back against this “box-ticking” approach and sought to place more emphasis on challenging the client. We frame these trainees as “refusing to play the game”, but note that these critical perspectives were increasingly marginalised within the firm, with the large majority of these trainees planning to leave the firm at the end of their training contracts. We suggest that these conclusions, which are drawn from critical perspectives within the firm, provide us with an important basis from which to make practical suggestions on how junior auditors can be better supported, and how their critical perspectives can be further developed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48078,"journal":{"name":"Critical Perspectives on Accounting","volume":"102 ","pages":"Article 102811"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research PolicyPub Date : 2025-08-12DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2025.105310
Truc (Peter) Do , Kelvin Jui Keng Tan , Yanhui Wu
{"title":"Health and creativity: Evidence from corporate innovation","authors":"Truc (Peter) Do , Kelvin Jui Keng Tan , Yanhui Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.respol.2025.105310","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.respol.2025.105310","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how workforce health affects corporate innovation output. At the inventor level, we show that healthier individual inventors, measured using facial recognition-based estimates of Body Mass Index, produce more valuable patents. At the firm level, we show that better workforce health is associated with improved innovation output, particularly in the presence of increased creative destruction and product market competition. Improved workforce health enhances corporate innovation primarily through efficiency gains. This study highlights the importance of workforce health as one of the key drivers of innovation and emphasizes the need for firms to prioritize employee health in their innovation strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48466,"journal":{"name":"Research Policy","volume":"54 9","pages":"Article 105310"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TechnovationPub Date : 2025-08-12DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103332
Giacomo Vella , Luca Gastaldi , Francesco Paolo Appio
{"title":"Non-algorithmic governance mechanisms of blockchain-based decentralized applications: Evidence from multiple cases","authors":"Giacomo Vella , Luca Gastaldi , Francesco Paolo Appio","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103332","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103332","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rise of Decentralized Applications (DApps) represents a significant shift in how digital services are developed and governed, utilizing blockchain technology to eliminate central oversight and facilitate peer-to-peer interactions. While blockchain's algorithmic governance mechanisms are designed to enforce transparency and decentralization, human-driven processes—such as leadership roles, community engagement, and social norms—continue to play a pivotal role in shaping governance outcomes. This study investigates how these non-algorithmic factors influence the decentralization of DApp governance. Through a multiple case study of seven Decentralized Finance DApps, we analyze the governance structures, decision-making processes, and power dynamics at play. Our findings reveal that, despite the technological promise of decentralization, human-driven processes can reintroduce centralization risks, impacting inclusivity and decision-making. We propose an integrated governance framework that emphasizes human-driven mechanisms, contributing to the discourse on the practical realities of decentralized governance in DApps. The study offers theoretical and empirical insights into how decentralization is enacted and challenged in blockchain-based ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 103332"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xin-Yi Zheng , Bo-Wei Zhu , Kaiyang Wang , Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng , Lei Xiong
{"title":"Decoding authenticity judgments in ethnic restaurants: A hybrid approach for bridging cultural gatekeeper and adventurer perspectives","authors":"Xin-Yi Zheng , Bo-Wei Zhu , Kaiyang Wang , Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng , Lei Xiong","doi":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104390","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijhm.2025.104390","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In ethnic restaurants, authenticity both shapes consumers’ cultural experiences and serves as a strategic consideration for operators. There are potential gaps in the content and ways of judging authenticity among groups with different cultural proximity. Few studies have explored authenticity evaluation from both supply and demand perspectives. This study proposes a novel dual-path authenticity evaluation framework for ethnic restaurants by integrating the perspectives of cultural gatekeeper authenticity (CGA) and cultural adventurer authenticity (CAA), addressing the long-overlooked cognitive gap between supply and demand-side actors. Using a hybrid approach, the CGA evaluation framework was identified through an inductive analysis, Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM), and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), while the CAA framework was extracted from online reviews using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and inductive analysis. A quadrant analysis was applied to categorize 14 authenticity criteria and visualize priority differences between the two groups. Findings reveal that food-related factors such as taste and ingredients are highly valued by both groups, forming the ‘mutual concern area’ quadrant. The ‘adventurer cares’ quadrant indicates opportunities for improving user experience, whereas the ‘gatekeeper cares’ quadrant reflects culturally symbolic elements that require strategic resource balancing. The ‘double low priority’ quadrant allows creative flexibility without compromising core authenticity. The integrated framework contributes to theoretically extending the conceptualization of authenticity within a multi-actor context. Furthermore, the proposed hybrid approach can help managers both understand authenticity expectations across groups and make prioritized strategies to bridge perceptual gaps within the constraints of resources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48444,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality Management","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 104390"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The dynamic impact of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) in the movie market lifecycle: the moderating role of key creators’ activity on movie attendance","authors":"Qi Wang , Xiaoqian Fan , Wen Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104473","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104473","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In a digital environment highly penetrated by social media, audiences' movie consumption decisions increasingly rely on online information, especially electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) and the performance of the key creators. This study builds a “signal-route” model based on signal theory and the elaboration likelihood model (ELM). The model reveals how eWOM and key creators' activity dynamically influence attendance across the movie market lifecycle through central and peripheral routes. Based on 210,284 pieces of movie-related data, we used an OLS regression model to test the impact of eWOM and the moderating role of key creators' activity. The results show that: (1) eWOM, as a central route signal, has a significant impact on attendance at all stages of the lifecycle, but its intensity changes over time; (2) The key creators' activity, as a peripheral route signal, significantly affects attendance in the early stages of movie market lifecycle, but its effect weakens in the later stage. (3) Key creators’ activity moderates the effects of volume, length, positive and anticipation, while its moderating effects on expertise and valence are not significant. This study enriches the application of signal theory and ELM in dynamic information environments and provides insights into movie marketing strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48399,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 104473"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144831090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingjing Wang, Christy Ying Ni Liu, C. Michael Hall, Zhengan Zhu, Sara Naderi Koupaei
{"title":"Understanding Tourist Psychology in Travel Livestreaming: The Lens From Flow and Inspiration","authors":"Jingjing Wang, Christy Ying Ni Liu, C. Michael Hall, Zhengan Zhu, Sara Naderi Koupaei","doi":"10.1002/jtr.70099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.70099","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The rise of livestreaming as a promotional tool has increasingly attracted scholars to focus on the impact of livestreaming on tourism destination marketing and tourists' psychology, including perception. This study examines the effect of informativeness and interactivity on tourist flow, inspiration, and travel intention in travel livestreaming. Through 344 valid survey-based data, this study empirically found that informativeness has a slightly stronger influence on flow and inspiration than interactivity. Compared to interactivity, informativeness has a stronger effect on travel intention. This study also found that flow and inspiration play positive mediation roles in travel livestreaming. This study contributes to developing inspiration theory and Media Richness theory, confirming that these theories are appropriate for understanding the underlying consumer behavior of livestreaming. Furthermore, this study also provides empirical evidence for managers to better understand how inspiration and flow connect livestreaming with visitor behavior.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51375,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tourism Research","volume":"27 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144832828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research PolicyPub Date : 2025-08-12DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2025.105309
Egbert Amoncio , Tian Chan , Cornelia Storz
{"title":"Using computer vision to measure design similarity: An application to design rights","authors":"Egbert Amoncio , Tian Chan , Cornelia Storz","doi":"10.1016/j.respol.2025.105309","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.respol.2025.105309","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Competition among firms has increasingly been through design. We show how computer vision algorithms can be leveraged to measure the visual similarity of design rights across large data sets of product design images. In particular: we extract and standardize 716,168 unique design images included in US design patents (1976–2023); adapt the structural similarity index measure to quantify design similarities between images; and rigorously validate the resulting measure of design rights similarity. We then use that measure to produce novel empirical evidence that a design space's similarity density exhibits an inverted U-shape with respect to the likelihood of that space's design rights being litigated—a relationship proposed previously but never tested. Our design rights similarity measure should facilitate the exploration of new research questions in the fields of design rights, innovation, and strategy. We grant open access to our code and data resources to encourage research in such fields.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48466,"journal":{"name":"Research Policy","volume":"54 9","pages":"Article 105309"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144829979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fits like a glove? Knowledge and use of size finders and high-end fashion retail returns","authors":"Pankaj C. Patel , Stefan Karlsson , Pejvak Oghazi","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100779","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100779","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With returns imposing a growing burden on retail supply chains, major e-commerce platforms are increasingly implementing size recommendations to curb returns. Based on a fit valence and fit reference framework, we test whether customers using the size finder are more likely or less likely to return products. We use confidential data from a major fashion e-commerce platform in Sweden that introduced a size finder based on customer-supplied information on weight, build, hips, waist, shoulders, leg-to-torso length, and body shape. In a sample of 496,365 items ordered by 75,707 customers from 113 countries between July 2015 to April 2022, those using the size finder are 0.65% more likely to return an item. The findings are robust to a variety of econometrics tests. Furthermore, machine learning analysis based on gradient boosted trees shows that size finder is among the least important features in predicting returns. However, for each unit quarterly increase in the use of the size finder with purchased items, the customer lifetime value (CLV) increases by 7.51% in the next quarter and 5.53% in the subsequent quarter. Post-hoc interviews with executives in the e-commerce sector demonstrated that, when implementing size recommendation tools, managers in fashion retailers must weigh a small increase in returns against higher CLV from repeat customers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100779"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144831604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}