Purpose The aim of the study is to explore the adoptions of augmented reality and virtual reality used by hotels in terms of increasing room sales and reaching out to potential clients. Mobile technology is an exceedingly important tool for hotels to provide booking-related information and also...

This chapter elucidates the ethical implications of Marx’s critique of the system of capital accumulation via a critique of neoclassical economics, its reliance on Pareto optimality, and their basis in Lionel Robbins’ characterization of the scope and object of economics. To that end,...

This paper discusses the use of Machine Learning (“ML”) by wholesale financial market participants today and the major risks that may arise from wider adoption of ML across wholesale markets in future. It focusses specifically on whether ML will help or hinder the quest for fairer and more...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the financial industry by increasing the accessibility and inclusiveness of financial services. While acknowledging the challenges posed by AI, this chapter provides insights into the positive impact of AI in promoting financial inclusion. AI has...

Asia has seen unprecedented economic growth in the last two decades. The East is now considered a more dynamic growth hub than the ‘slow’ West. Despite this, Asian leaders have often been underrepresented on global platforms. Moreover, the Asian region, with its distinctive sociocultural...

Quality in mixed methods research has become one of the most debated topics in the mixed methods community. In the past two decades, researchers have published numerous articles, book chapters and reports on the conceptualisation and operationalisation of quality in mixed methods. This chapter...

Auditors face an implicit ethical dilemma in that they are paid by those whom they are charged with verifying. This puts auditors in a difficult position as they are expected to protect the public interest by pushing back against misstated financial reports while managing their commercial...

This chapter examines if under the impact of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the Argentine economy has not returned to the High-Inflation Regime (HIR) that prevailed during the 1970/1980. A HIR was notoriously presented by Frenkel at the time, and those features are tested for the present...