Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether the economic environment affects the merger and acquisition (M&A) activities in the restaurant industry. Design/methodology/approach: The M&A transactions in the restaurant industry between 1981 and 2013 (n = 1,415) were examined. Data...

Purpose – This study aims to attempt to examine whether the increase in hotel room capacity in the USA had a significant impact on nationwide aggregated weekly revenue per available room (RevPAR) during the recession of 2007-2009 and forecast average RevPAR, Occupancy and Average Daily Rate...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine how the recent recession affected Iowa's gaming industry by analyzing gaming volumes before and through the recession. Design/methodology/approach – This study used autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) with intervention analysis...