Purchasing virtual products and services in virtual worlds is a rapidly growing form of online consumer behavior, especially among the digital natives. The paper examines why teens spend real money in virtual goods and services. We empirically investigate the reasons for virtual purchasing behavior in world‟s most popular social virtual world, Habbo Hotel. Using content analysis, we classify th...

Stéphanie Falcao, Crina Solomon, Caroline Monat, Julie Bérubé, Jolanta Gutkowska, and Julie L. Lavoie Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal-Technopôle Angus, Montréal, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal-Hôtel-Dieu, Montréal, and Department of Medicine, Université de Montré...

ABSTRACTWith the development of tourism industry sector in tandem with hospitality Indonesia, this will affect number star hotels that are widespread Indonesia. With so many spread across has an effect on hotel competition other competitors. Therefore, these companies must carry out good promotions, one which is by advertising as a promotional medium to customers providing information regarding...

Today, service companies like hotel chains, tour operators, insurance companies, and banks have to deal with tough competition in their respective markets. To survive in this situation the companies’ business models, cost reduction initiatives, and efforts for increasing revenues require continuous adjustments. Otherwise, these companies might fall prey to the ongoing consolidation process. Due...

Hotels cooperate with third-party websites to enhance their competitive position and attain sustainable development in the era of e-commerce. Furthermore, hotel managers overbook to hedge against last-minute cancellations and customer no-shows. This paper discusses pricing and overbooking strategies of a hotel in the context of cooperation with multiple third-party websites and analyzes how the...

Service-oriented computing is distinguished by its use of dynamic discovery and binding for the integration of services at runtime. This poses a challenge for testing, in particular, of the interaction between services. We propose a model-driven solution to address this challenge. Service descriptions are promoted from largely syntactical to behavioural specifications of services in terms of co...

Improved Wait Times for Coronary Revascularization: Cause to Celebrate Spotting the Iceberg in Time or Time to Look Under the Surface? Blair J. O’Neill, MD, FRCPC, and Christopher S. Simpson, MD, FRCPC a Cardiology Division, University of Alberta, and Cardiology Section, Edmonton Zone, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada b Division of Cardiology, Queen’s University, Cardiac Program, Kingst...

The 3rd PECES project workshop will be take place in the Mercure Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal on 22nd November 2011 as part of 5th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM2011) Conference. The PECES project is committed to develop an innovative software layer that enables the seamless cooperation of embedded devices across various smart spa...