Initial coin offerings: An emergent research area

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the main insights current literature offers regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs) and the avenues for future research. Design/methodology/approach – The approach consists of a systematic literature review of 130 papers from the SCOPUS database published in English between January 2018 and December 2020,with supplemental semantic analysis of the abstracts to obtain key themes and concepts. Findings – Regulation and the determinants of ICO success are the main themes for current research and represent fruitful areas of continued scholarship. The research agenda in ICOs is just beginning and several topics and questions merit future inquiry: the behaviour of issuers and investors, the importance of human capital, the role of intermediaries and infomediaries and the use of signalling. Originality/value – To the knowledge, this is one of the first systematic studies of current literature in ICOs. It provides a roadmap for future work on a phenomenon that will only grow in significance.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Initial coin offerings: An emergent research area

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the main insights current literature offers regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs) and the avenues for future research. Design/methodology/approach – The approach consists of a systematic literature review of 130 papers from the SCOPUS database published in English between January 2018 and December 2020,with supplemental semantic analysis of the abstracts to obtain key themes and concepts. Findings – Regulation and the determinants of ICO success are the main themes for current research and represent fruitful areas of continued scholarship. The research agenda in ICOs is just beginning and several topics and questions merit future inquiry: the behaviour of issuers and investors, the importance of human capital, the role of intermediaries and infomediaries and the use of signalling. Originality/value – To the knowledge, this is one of the first systematic studies of current literature in ICOs. It provides a roadmap for future work on a phenomenon that will only grow in significance.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Listening to the murmur of water: Essential satisfaction and dissatisfaction attributes of thermal and mineral spas

Thermal and mineral spa treatments are an important therapeutic tool backed by centuries of experience and numerous scientific studies showing its effectiveness. The research consisted of content analysis of 1,254 customer reviews posted online from 2015 to 2019. Qualitative analysis identified five key themes: thermal (spa), staff, room, location, and pool. On a theoretical level, this research’s results help to fill research gaps in the literature by separating attributes linked to satisfaction from those related to dissatisfaction. This study is different as we focus on the factors affecting tourism satisfaction and dissatisfaction in thermal and mineral spas using sentiment analysis.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Listening to the murmur of water: Essential satisfaction and dissatisfaction attributes of thermal and mineral spas

Thermal and mineral spa treatments are an important therapeutic tool backed by centuries of experience and numerous scientific studies showing its effectiveness. The research consisted of content analysis of 1,254 customer reviews posted online from 2015 to 2019. Qualitative analysis identified five key themes: thermal (spa), staff, room, location, and pool. On a theoretical level, this research’s results help to fill research gaps in the literature by separating attributes linked to satisfaction from those related to dissatisfaction. This study is different as we focus on the factors affecting tourism satisfaction and dissatisfaction in thermal and mineral spas using sentiment analysis.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? A critical content analysis on medical tourism

Medical tourism continues to grow as the Internet helps individuals make appropriate choices and informed decisions. This study investigated two areas of medical tourism: cosmetic and dental procedures. The post-procedural experiences of 603 respondents who were medical tourists originating from different countries between 2008 and 2016 were analyzed using Leximancer software. The findings indicate commonalities in the identification of significant attributes of medical services received by respondents and their evaluations of cost, treatment effectiveness, and the time spent collecting healthcare information, as well as the recommendations they plan to make to friends and family. Further analyses showed that people who have undergone cosmetic surgery and dentistry use the same narratives to represent their medical experiences, although gender is an influential factor in how individuals evaluate different attributes of treatments.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? A critical content analysis on medical tourism

Medical tourism continues to grow as the Internet helps individuals make appropriate choices and informed decisions. This study investigated two areas of medical tourism: cosmetic and dental procedures. The post-procedural experiences of 603 respondents who were medical tourists originating from different countries between 2008 and 2016 were analyzed using Leximancer software. The findings indicate commonalities in the identification of significant attributes of medical services received by respondents and their evaluations of cost, treatment effectiveness, and the time spent collecting healthcare information, as well as the recommendations they plan to make to friends and family. Further analyses showed that people who have undergone cosmetic surgery and dentistry use the same narratives to represent their medical experiences, although gender is an influential factor in how individuals evaluate different attributes of treatments.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Dimensions of wine hotel experiences shared online

Purpose: The purpose of this study sought to identify the main themes linked with wine hotel experiences, based on tourists’ narratives shared online, and to investigate whether these narratives vary according to traveler type. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis was carried out on 4,114 online reviews of 52 wine hotels located in 27 wine regions across 11 nations in both the Old and New World. Findings: The analysis of these web reviews revealed that narratives can be grouped under 11 themes organized into 7 main dimensions as follows: wine, lodging (i.e. hotel, area and room), food service (i.e. restaurant and breakfast), scenery (i.e. views and vineyards), staff, transportation and recommendation. The main narratives vary according to traveler type. Practical implications: Improving the present understanding of wine tourists’ experiences should help wine hotel managers find new approaches to enhancing visitors’ satisfaction. As the dimensions of wine tourism experiences shared online vary according to traveler type, wine managers can design their offer to target families, couples, friends, solo and corporate clients. Originality/value: Prior research has identified the need for market segmentation in the wine tourism industry. This research addresses this need by specifying the wine tourism experience according to traveler type. The breadth of the data, and the method of using travelers’ own testimony as opposed to more common surveying are additional contributions for both academics and managers.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Dimensions of wine hotel experiences shared online

Purpose: The purpose of this study sought to identify the main themes linked with wine hotel experiences, based on tourists’ narratives shared online, and to investigate whether these narratives vary according to traveler type. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis was carried out on 4,114 online reviews of 52 wine hotels located in 27 wine regions across 11 nations in both the Old and New World. Findings: The analysis of these web reviews revealed that narratives can be grouped under 11 themes organized into 7 main dimensions as follows: wine, lodging (i.e. hotel, area and room), food service (i.e. restaurant and breakfast), scenery (i.e. views and vineyards), staff, transportation and recommendation. The main narratives vary according to traveler type. Practical implications: Improving the present understanding of wine tourists’ experiences should help wine hotel managers find new approaches to enhancing visitors’ satisfaction. As the dimensions of wine tourism experiences shared online vary according to traveler type, wine managers can design their offer to target families, couples, friends, solo and corporate clients. Originality/value: Prior research has identified the need for market segmentation in the wine tourism industry. This research addresses this need by specifying the wine tourism experience according to traveler type. The breadth of the data, and the method of using travelers’ own testimony as opposed to more common surveying are additional contributions for both academics and managers.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio