Dynamic impact of E-WOM and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect.

This paper investigates a signal online channel green hotel supply chain comprising a green small and medium-sized hospitality enterprise (GSMHE) responsible for offline electronic Word-of-Mouth (e-WOM) promotion and green service efforts, and an online travel agency (OTA) engaged in online e-WOM pr...

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Main Authors: Lujie Hao, Bingkun Lin, Yaping Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327324
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description This paper investigates a signal online channel green hotel supply chain comprising a green small and medium-sized hospitality enterprise (GSMHE) responsible for offline electronic Word-of-Mouth (e-WOM) promotion and green service efforts, and an online travel agency (OTA) engaged in online e-WOM promotion activities. Both offline and online e-WOM efforts significantly contribute to the overall e-WOM level of the green hotel supply chain. Due to the inherent characteristic of reviews posting, the impacts of these efforts on e-WOM exist time lags. Therefore, this study aims to explore the influence of time lags and examine the feasibility of a cooperative program in this context. This paper develops a differential game model that incorporates time lags. By analyzing and comparing the equilibrium strategies and profits under three scenarios, we demonstrate that a cost-sharing model can be successfully implemented when specific relationships regarding the time lags of the GSMHE are satisfied.
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spelling doaj-art-e9dce6a2021f4aca85cfe7851254ac8f2025-08-20T03:14:23ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01207e032732410.1371/journal.pone.0327324Dynamic impact of E-WOM and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect.Lujie HaoBingkun LinYaping ZhuThis paper investigates a signal online channel green hotel supply chain comprising a green small and medium-sized hospitality enterprise (GSMHE) responsible for offline electronic Word-of-Mouth (e-WOM) promotion and green service efforts, and an online travel agency (OTA) engaged in online e-WOM promotion activities. Both offline and online e-WOM efforts significantly contribute to the overall e-WOM level of the green hotel supply chain. Due to the inherent characteristic of reviews posting, the impacts of these efforts on e-WOM exist time lags. Therefore, this study aims to explore the influence of time lags and examine the feasibility of a cooperative program in this context. This paper develops a differential game model that incorporates time lags. By analyzing and comparing the equilibrium strategies and profits under three scenarios, we demonstrate that a cost-sharing model can be successfully implemented when specific relationships regarding the time lags of the GSMHE are satisfied.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327324
spellingShingle Lujie Hao
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Dynamic impact of E-WOM and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect.
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title Dynamic impact of E-WOM and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect.
title_full Dynamic impact of E-WOM and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect.
title_fullStr Dynamic impact of E-WOM and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect.
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic impact of E-WOM and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect.
title_short Dynamic impact of E-WOM and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect.
title_sort dynamic impact of e wom and green discourse on green hotel supply chain performance with time lag effect
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327324
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