Professor W.M. To
Macao Polytechnic Institute
Professor, Business & Management
Macau
My co-authors include
Billy Yu
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My Publications
Rise in higher education researchers and academic publications
Emerald Open Research
January 2020
How many higher education researchers are there in the world? How many academic articles are published by researchers each year? This paper aims to answer these two questions by tracking the number...
Size distributions of the aerosols emitted from commercial cooking processes (气溶胶)
Indoor and Built Environment
June 2008
Aerosols and ultrafine particles have been linked to respiratory and cardio-respiratory diseases in literature. When viruses such as Covid-19 are attached to aerosols, they may penetrate to lungs a...
China’s Maritime Economic Development (中国海洋经济 : 回顾、展望与可持续发展)
Sustainability
December 2018
China's maritime economy is over RMB 7 trillion a year and contributes to over 10 percent of its GDP. This paper is one of the first academic articles to model China’s maritime economic growth base...
Sustainability assessment of an urban rail system – the case of Hong Kong
Journal of Cleaner Production
January 2020
Urban rail system is a critical component of a smart and sustainable city. This paper applies the triple bottom line framework to assess Hong Kong’s mass transit railway (MTR) performance. We colle...
Centrality of a rail system
Urban Rail Transit
December 2015
The paper introduces five centrality measures developed by social scientists to to the science and technology community. It explains whether and how these measures can be applied to the network ana...
The influence of the propensity to trust on mobile users' attitudes toward in-app adver...
Computers in Human Behavior
November 2017
We propose the propensity to trust and trust as antecedents of mobile users' attitudes toward in-app advertisements. Using responses from 480 young Chinese mobile users, we confirmed that users' pr...
The Effect of Consumer Perceptions of the Ethics of Retailers on Purchase Behavior and ...
Journal of Business Ethics
February 2020
E-Entrepreneurial intention among young Chinese adults
Asian Journal of Technology Innovation
January 2020
What motivates Chinese young adults to use mHealth?
Healthcare
December 2019
An extended model of value-attitude-behavior to explain Chinese consumers’ green purcha...
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
September 2019
TAM for the intention to use advanced business application software among Chinese students
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
April 2019
An innovative approach in data collection for restaurant soundscape study
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
March 2019
Soundscape for smart tourism in Macao
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
March 2019
Soundscape for smart tourism in Macao, China
January 2019
An innovative approach in data collection for restaurant soundscape study
January 2019
Perceived importance of smart and sustainable building features from the users' perspec...
Smart Cities
November 2018
How quality management system components lead to improvement in service organizations
Administrative Sciences
November 2018
Importance-performance ratings of casinos' corporate social responsibility practices
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
October 2018
Acoustics comfort in buildings in Hong Kong, Macao, and the Greater Bay Area of China
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
September 2018
Smart and sustainable building technologies
PLoS ONE
August 2018
Classroom soundscape—Virtual and real
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
March 2018
Computer-based course evaluation: an extended technology acceptance model
Educational Studies
February 2018
GHG emissions from China's international sea freight transport
International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
January 2018
Acoustic comfort in buildings in the Greater Bay Area
January 2018
Energy Consumption and Economic Development in Hong Kong, China
Energies
November 2017
A comparative study of sound environment of restaurants in Singapore, Macao, and Hong Kong
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
October 2017
Describing sonic environment of Chinese restaurants using a mathematical model
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
October 2017
Impact and control practices of bar and pub sound in densely populated cities
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
October 2017
e-Appraisal of soundscape for public squares in China
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
October 2017
Is haze a localized problem?
Energies
September 2017
GHG emissions from electricity consumption in Hong Kong
Journal of Cleaner Production
July 2017
Modeling of Monthly Residential and Commercial Electricity Consumption Using Nonlinear ...
Energies
June 2017
Soundscape design of an open-air concert venue using virtual reality technologies
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
May 2017
A triple bottom line analysis of Hong Kong's logistics sector
Sustainability
March 2017
Describing sonic environment of Chinese Restaurants
January 2017
Impact and control practices of bar and pub sound in densely populated cities
January 2017
Soundscape design of an open-air concert venue using virtual reality technologies
January 2017
Appraisal of soundscape for public squares in Hong Kong
January 2017
Effect of organizational responses to service failures on customer satisfaction
Service Business
December 2016
Service co-creation in social media
Computers in Human Behavior
December 2016
A customer-dominat logic on service recovery
Management Decision
November 2016
Urban temperature trend in Hong Kong
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
November 2016
Soundscape design using virtual reality technologies
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
October 2016
Tree MIS
IT Professional
July 2016
The growth of the tourism industry and its effect on resource consumption in Macao SAR,...
Progress in Industrial Ecology An International Journal
January 2016
Macao's tourism industry and its impact on resource consumption
Progress in Industrial Ecology An International Journal
January 2016
IT-enabled comprehensive building environmental assessment
Progress in Industrial Ecology An International Journal
January 2016
Next generation soundscape design using virtual reality technologies
January 2016
IT-enabled comprehensive building environmental assessment
Progress in Industrial Ecology An International Journal
January 2016
Importance-performance ratings for environmental practices
Journal of Cleaner Production
December 2015
GHG from the logistics sector
Journal of Cleaner Production
September 2015
Dental anxiety provoking scale
Journal of Dental Sciences
September 2015
Restaurant noise
Noise & Vibration Worldwide
September 2015
Data analytics in China
IT Professional
July 2015
Crowdsourcing in China
IT Professional
May 2015
Customer-dominant logic - an empirical study
Management Decision
February 2015
Management commitment to internal marketing
International Journal of Hospitality Management
February 2015
Are noise levels acceptable in Hong Kong?
Noise and Health
January 2015
Cinema Cloud: An Enabling Technology for the Movie Industry
IT Professional
September 2014
Triple bottom line analysis of commercial water heating systems
Journal of Facilities Management
August 2014
Mobile Banking and Payment in China
IT Professional
May 2014
Electricity consumption in Hong Kong - trend and GHG emission
HKIE Transactions
April 2014
Association between energy use and poor visibility in Hong Kong
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy
April 2014
The adoption of ISO 14001 environmental management systems in Macao SAR, China
Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal
March 2014
Diffusion of ISO 14001
Journal of Cleaner Production
March 2014
Public Engagement in EIA in Hong Kong
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management
March 2014
Intent to pursue further studies
Educational Studies
February 2014
Noise in restaurants
Noise and Health
January 2014
Sustainable noise control system design for building ventilation systems
Indoor and Built Environment
November 2013
Destination choice of cross-border Chinese students
Educational Studies
November 2013
Effect of Internal Market Orientation on Organizational Performance: The Case of Macao'...
International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration
July 2013
The effect of internal information generation and dissemination on casino employee work...
International Journal of Hospitality Management
June 2013
Cloud computing in China
IT Professional
May 2013
Team attributes and performance of operational service teams: An empirical taxonomy dev...
International Journal of Production Economics
March 2013
Creating Green Awareness Using IT: The Case of Hong Kong
IT Professional
January 2013
Internet Diffusion in China: Economic and Social Implications
IT Professional
November 2012
The application of dynamic modelling techniques to the grid-connected PV (photovoltaic)...
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy
October 2012
How does customer motivational orientation affect satisfaction?
Journal of Financial Services Marketing
July 2012
Explore how Chinese consumers evaluate retail service quality and satisfaction
Service Business
June 2012
The growth pattern and fuel life cycle analysis of the electricity consumption of Hong ...
Environmental Pollution
June 2012
RMS percent of wavelet transform for the detection of stochastic high impedance faults
June 2012
Quality management framework
Management Decision
March 2012
Benefits of implementing management system standards
The TQM Journal
January 2012
Electricity consumption and its environmental implications in two special administratio...
January 2012
The Emergence of China in the Internet Market
IT Professional
January 2012
An influence of affluence on electricity consumption in an urban environment
November 2011
Effect of Fuels on Cooking Fume Emissions
Indoor and Built Environment
August 2011
Fuel life cycle emissions for electricity consumption in the world’s gaming center–Maca...
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy
August 2011
Recruitment and training are critical to service performance
The International Journal of Human Resource Management
August 2011
Customer involvement and perceptions
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
July 2011
Perceived value of higher education
Higher Education
June 2011
The causal relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in a Gaming...
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy
February 2011
ISO 9001:2000 implementation in the public sector
The TQM Journal
January 2011
Management commitment to service quality and organizational outcomes
Managing Service Quality
May 2010
Importance‐performance analysis for public management decision making
Management Decision
March 2010
The implementation and performance outcomes of ISO 9000 in service organizations
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
July 2009
Effects of control mechanisms on positive organizational change
Journal of Organizational Change Management
May 2008
Modeling of electricity consumption in the Asian gaming and tourism center—Macao SAR, P...
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy
May 2008
Characterization of commercial clothes dryers based on energy‐efficiency analysis
International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology
October 2007
Emission of Carcinogenic Components from Commercial Kitchens in Hong Kong
Indoor and Built Environment
February 2007
An FTIR study of the effects of artificial saliva on the physical characteristics of th...
Dental Materials
August 2005
How balcony fronts give additional warmth to music
Building Acoustics
September 2002
Acoustic Barriers: Analytical Methods, Boundary Element Method and Experimental Verific...
Building Acoustics
September 2002
A multiple regression model for urban traffic noise in Hong Kong
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
August 2002
SELECTION OF TRAINING SAMPLES FOR MODEL UPDATING USING NEURAL NETWORKS
Journal of Sound and Vibration
January 2002
Acoustic properties of rigid-frame porous materials — an engineering perspective
Applied Acoustics
July 2001
Acoustical model updating
Building Acoustics
June 2001
Characterisation of Gas Phase Organic Emissions from Hot Cooking Oil in Commercial Kitc...
Indoor and Built Environment
May 2000
The noise emitted from vehicles at roundabouts
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
May 2000
Characterisation of Gas Phase Organic Emissions from Hot Cooking Oil in Commercial Kitc...
Indoor and Built Environment
January 2000
Power estimation of sound sources on low-speed electric trains using a deconvolution ap...
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
April 1999
Characterization of vehicle noise in Hong Kong
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
May 1998
Eigenparameter perturbation method for structural damage detection
April 1996
The role of the generalized inverse in structural dynamics
Journal of Sound and Vibration
September 1995
Application of singular value decomposition to direct matrix update method
AIAA Journal
October 1994
A closed-loop model for single/multi-shaker modal testing
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
July 1991
Non-Linear Sensitivity Analysis of Mechanical Structures Using Modal Data
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Mechanical Engineering Sc...
January 1991
Structural modification analysis using Rayleigh quotient iteration
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
January 1990
Structural Modification Analysis using Rayleigh Quotient Iteration
January 1989
