Restaurant revenue management: Do perceived capacity scarcity and price differences matter?

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 316-326

  Heo, Cindy Yoonjoung ^a   Lee, Seoki ^b   Mattila, Anna ^b   Hu, Clark ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capacity limitation; Commodity theory; Fairness perception; Perceived scarcity; Restaurant revenue management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883032341     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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