Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the foodservice and restaurant
literature that has been published over the past 10 years in the top hospitality and tourism …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesize published contemporary
hospitality financial management research from 1998 through 2009 and provide future …

Given the importance of consumers to the US economy and especially to the hospitality
industry, we explore how consumer sentiment (ie confidence in the economy) affects …

This study is designed to present an empirical assessment of important firm capabilities
appropriate for benchmarking and on which firm capabilities restaurant firms should focus to …

The main objective of this work is to study the connection between the systematic equity risk
of European Hospitality Industry and a set of information from inside of the company and the …

The purpose of this research is to explore the relationship between restaurant management
factors and the unsystematic risk portion of restaurant stock returns. The riskiness of the …

An analysis of factors that affect the discount rates and stock risk of European tourism firms
during the period of 2003–2011 finds that macroeconomic variables have the greatest effect …

The importance of food in the everyday life is vital, so as its importance in the economy,
especially in Europe.'Food for the planet'has also been the slogan for the latest expo …

Although fluctuations in agricultural commodity prices appear to be a source of risk to the US
restaurant sector, the effect that volatility of food price has on the performance (returns) of …

This study is designed to address the issue of benchmarking firm capabilities to turn
undesirable financial performance around in the US restaurant industry. Following the three …