Time- and capacity-based measurement of restaurant revenue

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 520-539

  Thompson, Gary M ^a   Sohn, Heeju ^b  

^a and Design   (United States)

^b School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Restaurant revenue management; Revenue per available seat hour; RevPASH

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449868113     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965509349217     Document Type: Article

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