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Refereed Journal Publications

• Sano, H., Sano, K., & Kato, K. (2024). Sustainable urban tourism with green-slow mobility: A case of Ikebukuro, Japan. Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, 4(1), 94–106.
• Sano, K., Sano, H., Yashima, Y., & Takebayashi, H. (2024). The effects of temporal distance and post type on tourists' responses to destination marketing organizations’ social media marketing. Tourism Management, 101, Article 104844.
• Sano, K., Nagata, S., & Sano, H. (2022). Spatial distribution of accommodation supply in Osaka City – A policy perspective. Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, 2(2), 90–102.
• Sano, K., Nagata, S., Sano, H., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Mobility patterns of international tourists: Implications for responsible urban tourism. Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, 1(1), 88–111.
• Sano, H., & Yamada, K. (2021). Prediction accuracy of sales surprise for inventory turnover. International Journal of Production Research, 59(17), 5337–5351.
• Sano, K., & Sano, H. (2019). The effect of different crisis communication channels. Annals of Tourism Research, 79, Article 102804.
• Wu, X., Kouvelis, P., Matsuo, H., & Sano, H. (2014). Horizontal coordinating contracts in the semiconductor industry. European Journal of Operational Research, 237(3), 887–897.
• Sano, H., & Matsuo, H. (2011). Capacity reservation contracts in semiconductor supply chain. The Journal of Japanese Operations Management and Strategy, 2(1), 70–83 (written in Japanese).

Non-refereed Journal Publications

• Sano, K., Sano, H., & Nagata, S. (2023). The metaverse in the tourism industry: A new horizon after the COVID-19 pandemic. Wakayama Tourism Review, 4, 32–35.
• Sano, K., Sano, H., & Nagata, S. (2022). Data-driven market segmentation by tourists' mobility patterns: A methodological approach. Wakayama Tourism Review, 2, 49–51.
• Sano, K., & Sano, H. (2021). Value co-creation and open innovationin urban smart tourism ecosystem development : A lens from service dominant logic. Wakayama Tourism Review, 1, 9–11.

Conference Proceedings

• Fan, L., & Sano, H. (2023). Causal attribution for tourism experiences with Artificial Intelligence recommendation. In CAUTHE 2023: West, East, South, North: Redirecting Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Events: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference (pp. 170–174). Fremantle, WA: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, and Murdoch University, Australia.
• Sano, H., Sano, K., & Nagata, S. (2020). Managing tourists’ perceptions of control in the business ecosystem of smart tourism. In D. Williamson, T. Harkison, T. Brothers, & P. Jose (Eds.), CAUTHE 2020: 20:20 Vision: New Perspectives on the diversity of Hospitality, Tourism and Events: Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference (pp. 458–460). Auckland: Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
• Sano, K., Sano, H., & Oi, T. (2019, May). Exploring international tourists’ spatial behavior in Osaka. Paper presented at 2019 APacCHRIE & EuroCHRIE Joint Conference.
• Sano, K., Sano, H., & Oi, T. (2019). Comparing Chinese and American tourists’ spatial-temporal behaviour by GPS tracking in Osaka. In A. Pabel, E. Konovalov, L. Cassidy, & P. Jose (Eds.), CAUTHE 2019: Sustainability of Tourism, Hospitality & Events in a Disruptive Digital Age: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference (pp. 503–507). Cairns, QLD: Central Queensland University, Australia.
• Sano, H., & Yamada, K. (2017, July). Sales surprise and inventory turnover performance: Using management forecasting data. Paper presented at the 24th EurOMA Conference.
• Sano, K., & Sano, H. (2016). The effect of social media on customer satisfaction and relationship strength in a service with high perceived risk in Japan. In K. Kim (Eds.), Celebrating America’s Pastimes: Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Marketing? Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science (pp. 435–439). Cham: Springer, Switzerland.

Books

• Machuca, J. A. D., Matsui, Y., Matsuo, H., Sano, H., & Tomita, J. (Eds.). (2022). Operations Management and Strategy in the Era of Technological Revolution: Proceedings of the 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management - P&OM 2022 -. Nagoya: Sankeisha, Japan.

Theses

• Sano, H. (2015). Essays on management of new technologies in manufacturing and service industries (Doctoral dissertation). The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
• Sano, H. (2009). [Option contracts regarding capacity reservation in a supply chain] (Unpublished master's thesis). Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (written in Japanese).