Business Analytics Research Lab  ·  Kyungsung University  ·  Established 2013

Reading the signals in hospitality and tourism.

Big data, eye-tracking, and bibliometric methods to understand how service industries truly work — from cruise ships to coffee shops, heritage sites to airport kiosks.

31 active researchers 174+ publications 9 nationalities
73
Members
+ alumni
28
PhDs
placed
13
Years
active
9
Countries
represented
About the Lab
Prof. Hak-Seon Kim
Founding Advisor, BAR LAB
Director, WTBDC
Visiting Scholar · Univ. of Mississippi

We don't just collect data. We listen for the patterns that already exist in how people move, choose, and remember — then translate them into something that matters for the industry.

For over a decade, BAR LAB has trained researchers from Indonesia to Mongolia, Nepal to Korea — pairing rigorous quantitative methods with field-tested industry insight. Our graduates lead departments, run consultancies, found companies, and shape policy.

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What we study

Three methods. One question.

How do consumer perceptions translate into measurable behavior in service industries?

— 01 / Big Data

Mining the noisy crowd.

Scraping reviews, social posts, and booking platforms. Sentiment analysis, semantic networks, and bibliometrics to surface the real questions hospitality customers ask.

Sentiment Semantic networks Reviews
— 02 / Eye Tracking

Where attention actually goes.

Custom WebGazer.js platform measuring gaze on menus, ads, interfaces. Building wtbd.site — a research-grade tool used by labs across the region for behavior studies.

WebGazer.js AOI analysis Heatmaps
— 03 / Behavior Models

Theory meets field data.

Extended TPB, UTAUT2, TAM, halal-friendly service quality, K-Culture diffusion. Mixed-methods validation of frameworks across Asian and Middle Eastern markets.

TPB / UTAUT SEM Cross-cultural
The team · 31 active

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