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Reviews “Professor Sharma’s new book on provides a welcome addition to the blossoming literature in this relatively new area of research. Our societies are becoming more complex, people’s lives more rushed, and food choices have shifted dramatically. This book captures this trend exceptionally well, with a collection of chapters that transcend research disciplines and touch on topics at macro-, meso-, and micro-level perspectives. Although the title reflects the most important focus of the book, financial decision-making, it equally reflects nonfinancial aspects of decision-making, including cultural influences, the impact of sustainability on food choices, industry structure aspects, and behavioral economics. This brings a much-needed deeper understanding of how cost-benefit analysis happens in the consumer’s mind and how consumers can be helped in making the right food choices and lead healthier lives.” —Xander D. Lub, Professor of Hospitality Management and Experience Design, Academy of Hotel & Facility Management, Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands “Professor Sharma’s book takes a deeper dive into financial decision-making in foodservice. Each chapter presents important topics ranging from ethics, sustainability, food safety, nutrition, trends, local foods, and leadership needs applicable for today’s foodservice enterprise. This book opens up a needed discussion on the bundle of needs, values, and outcomes that drive decision-making and, ultimately, survival of a foodservice operation in the food ecosystem. This approach pushes the boundaries beyond traditional notions of cost control-based decisions and outdated definitions of foodservice.” —Robert J. Harrington, Professor and Associate Director, School of Hospitality Business Management, Washington State University Read chapter 1 here CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Editor: Amit Sharma, PhD Professor of Hospitality Finance, School of Hospitality Management, Pennsylvania State University; Past President, International Council of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Amit Sharma, PhD, is Professor of Hospitality Finance in the School of Hospitality Management at Pennsylvania State University since 2006, and prior to that he was Assistant Professor at Iowa State University since 2002. He is the Director of the Food Decisions Research Laboratory and an Affiliate Faculty at the Teaching and Learning with Technologies and the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University. He also has an appointment as the Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Dr. Sharma teaches finance and economics. His interdisciplinary research focuses on decision-making and cost-benefit analysis and small business financing in food system contexts. He is especially interested in how individuals make food choices and decisions along the food systems continuum. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the World Bank have funded his research here in the US and in southern Africa. His research has been published in leading disciplinary and mainstream journals, such as the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Food Policy, Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, and others. Dr. Sharma is also founding editor of the ICHRIE Research Reports, a publication focused on translational research. In addition, he serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals. Dr. Sharma is also a Visiting Professor and Research Scholar at the Institut Paul Bocuse (Lyon, France) and was a Visiting Scholar at KyungHee University (Seoul, South Korea) (2013-14). Dr. Sharma has been an advisory board member of the African Research Center at Penn State University and is an Advisory Board Member of the Research Center at the Institute Paul Bocuse. He is also the past President (2017–2018) of the International Council of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education, and past president (2018-2020) of the International Association of Hospitality Financial Management Educators (iAHFME). His education includes: PhD, Virginia Tech.; Master’s, Institut de Management Hotelier International (IMHI) (France); Higher National Diploma in Hospitality Management, University of Salford (England); Bachelor in Economics (Honors), University of Delhi (India). |
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