Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.1952087
The influence of the internet on catering and accommodation industry efficiency
Ying Li
Yung-ho Chiu
Yushan Li
Tai-Yu Lin
Yi-Nuo Lin
Abstract
Accommodation and catering industry efficiencies have been
widely evaluated from destination, market concentration, and
catering supply chain management perspectives; however, few
studies have dynamically evaluated the overall accommodation
and catering industry efficiencies under the influence of the internet. Therefore, to go some way to filling this research gap, this
study used catering and accommodation industry data and
related internet data from 31 Chinese provinces from 2012 to
2016 and employed a Dynamic DDF DEA model to evaluate the
catering and accommodation industry efficiencies and the influence of the rising internet connections. It found that: 1. the overall catering and accommodation revenue efficiencies were higher
when the internet connection inputs were considered; and 2.
there were significant catering and accommodation income distribution differences between the eastern, central and western
regions, with higher efficiencies being found in the more developed east.
Keywords
Internet; catering industry; accommodation industry; efficiency evaluation; Dynamic DDF DEA
Hrčak ID:
302029
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2023.
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