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Introducing hospitable destinations (2024)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., Lugosi, P., & Todd, L. (2024). Introducing hospitable destinations. Hospitality and Society, 14(2), 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00082_2

This editorial introduces the concept of hospitable destinations and sets the context for the Special Issue articles. It begins by exploring the complex nature of destinations more generally and highlighting their links with place. The discussion the... Read More about Introducing hospitable destinations.

Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: the effects of long-term orientation (2022)
Journal Article
Seyedkalali, N. (2022). Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: the effects of long-term orientation. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 28(7), 1732-1750. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-06-2020-0406

Purpose
This paper aims to shed light on the relationship between long-term orientation (LTO) and the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in family firms while adopting a stewardship perspective.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey... Read More about Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: the effects of long-term orientation.

A Comprehensive Survey on Generative AI for Metaverse: Enabling Immersive Experience (2024)
Journal Article
Chamola, V., Sai, S., Bhargava, A., Sahu, A., Jiang, W., Xiong, Z., Niyato, D., & Hussain, A. (online). A Comprehensive Survey on Generative AI for Metaverse: Enabling Immersive Experience. Cognitive Computation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-024-10342-9

Generative Artificial Intelligence models are Artificial Intelligence models that generate new content based on a prompt or input. The output content can be in various forms, including text, images, and video. Metaverse refers to a virtual world wher... Read More about A Comprehensive Survey on Generative AI for Metaverse: Enabling Immersive Experience.

Utilizing ubiquitous learning to foster sustainable development in rural areas: Insights from 6G technology (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Razman, M. R., Syed Zakaria, S. Z., Ern, L. K., Hussain, A., & Chamola, V. (2024). Utilizing ubiquitous learning to foster sustainable development in rural areas: Insights from 6G technology. Computers in Human Behavior, 161, Article 108418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108418

Rural education frequently grapples with demanding situations such as isolation, confined assets, and a virtual divide. The emergence of the sixth generation (6G) era, characterized by its speedy connectivity, minimal latency, and robust reliability,... Read More about Utilizing ubiquitous learning to foster sustainable development in rural areas: Insights from 6G technology.

A Taxonomy on Human Factors that Affect DevOps Adoption (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pérez-Sánchez, J., Rafi, S., Carrillo de Gea, J. M., Nicolás Ros, J., & Fernández Alemán, J. L. (2024, March). A Taxonomy on Human Factors that Affect DevOps Adoption. Presented at 12th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'24), Lodz, Poland

DevOps is a software development methodology created to reduce or even remove the division between the Development (Dev) and Operations (Ops) teams. However, DevOps adoption requires overcoming several impediments, and between them, culture change an... Read More about A Taxonomy on Human Factors that Affect DevOps Adoption.