Social network learning efficiency in the principal–agent relationship
June 2024
Under the bounded rationality assumption, a principal rarely provides an optimal contract to an agent. Learning from others is one way to improve such a contract. This paper studies the efficiency of...
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Evaluating the moderated-mediation effects of switching costs in the link between social capital and NPD performance
June 2024
In this study, we explore the causes and performance outcomes of switching costs in the context of new product development (NPD) from both the supplier and customer perspectives, and discuss the role...
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Credit risk prediction for small and medium enterprises utilizing adjacent enterprise data and a relational graph attention network
June 2024
Credit risk prediction for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has long posed a complex research challenge. Traditional approaches have primarily focused on enterprise-specific variables, but these...
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How mutual funds respond to asymmetric feedback trading in China’s stock market
June 2024
Previous studies show that individual investors play a dominant role in China's stock market. Their behavior of chasing-rise being stronger than killing-fall leads to asymmetry of feedback trading....
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Innovation, financial permeation, and income inequality: From a dynamic perspective in China
June 2024
Innovation is a driving force of wealth distribution. To explore its time-varying effect on income inequality, we propose a nonparametric model using the local linear dummy variable estimation (LLDVE)...
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Economic forecasting with big data: A literature review
June 2024
Big data technology has revolutionized the research paradigm of economic forecasting regardless of the data source, forecasting method, or forecasting result. This study evaluates the current literature...
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Orthogonal polynomial expansions for the valuation of options under the stochastic volatility models with stochastic correlation
June 2024
This work provides a new method for pricing options under the generalized stochastic volatility models with Jacobi stochastic correlation. Our method is based on the observation that the generalized...
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The tail risk safe haven property of China's energy futures against US market implied volatility
June 2024
This paper analyses the tail risk contagion of US market implied volatility (USIV) on China's energy futures (CEF) markets, exploring how to utilize operations in the CEF to achieve a safe haven. Leveraging...
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Supplier selection of complex equipment in a military-civilian collaborative two-tier supply network with uncertain preference: A matching perspective
Available online 15 April 2024
Complex equipment refers to special equipment that differs from general equipment. The collaborative development work of complex equipment in the military-civilian integration context involves numerous...
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Evaluating service quality of express logistics service based on online reviews using LDA-LSTM
Available online 10 April 2024
Logistics services quality affects the performance and competitiveness of express logistics companies. Conventional evaluation methods of service quality are based on constructing a rating index system...
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An MA-MRR model for transaction-level analysis of high-frequency trading processes
March 2024
The transaction-level analysis of security price changes by Madhavan, Richardson, and Roomans (1997, hereafter MRR) is a useful framework for financial analysis. The first-order Markov property of trading...
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The impact of the COVID-19 prevention and economic interventions on express delivery industry: Evidence from China
March 2024
As a fundamental logistics service, the express delivery (ED) industry provides production and consumption activities to maintain efficient supply chain operations. It plays an important role in promoting...
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Climate bonds toward achieving net zero emissions and carbon neutrality: Evidence from machine learning technique
March 2024
The Conference of the Parties (COP26 and 27) placed significant emphasis on climate financing policies with the objective of achieving net zero emissions and carbon neutrality. However, studies on the...
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The impact of supply chain resilience on customer satisfaction and financial performance: A combination of contingency and configuration approaches
March 2024
Supply chain resilience (SCR) refers to a supply chain's (SC's) ability to recover from disruptions timely and effectively. This study uses a combination of contingency and configuration approaches...
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Cholesky GAS models for large time-varying covariance matrices
March 2024
This paper develops a new class of multivariate models for large-dimensional time-varying covariance matrices, called Cholesky generalized autoregressive score (GAS) models, which are based on the Cholesky...
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Quality disclosure strategies for small business enterprises under consumer loss aversion
March 2024
In this paper, we focus on small business enterprises (SBEs) that usually have low market power but can rely on retailers to transact sales and gain the ability to disclose quality information. Moreover,...
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Integrated schedule of order picking and delivery for instant delivery
March 2024
In this study, we introduce an integrated schedule of order picking and delivery for instant delivery. Order picking, including order batching and picking sequencing, is scheduled online under real-time...
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A nested partitioning-based solution method for seru scheduling problem with resource allocation
March 2024
This paper investigates the production scheduling problems of allocating resources and sequencing jobs in the seru production system (SPS). As a new-type manufacturing mode arising from Japanese production...
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Optimizing order policy and credit term for items with inventory-level-dependent demand under trade credit limit
December 2023
Under the combined effects of inventory-level-dependent demand (ILDD) and trade credit, the retailer is able to order more quantities to stimulate market demand. However, from the supplier's perspective,...
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Application of quantum computing in discrete portfolio optimization
December 2023
This study proposes a novel and more efficient quantum algorithm for portfolio optimization using quantum combinatorial optimization (QCO) techniques. A recent construction developed in 2021 has sparked...
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Using supplementary reviews to improve customer requirement identification and product design development
December 2023
A clear understanding of customer needs is key to the success of new product development and customer-centric product design. Online reviews, particularly initial reviews, are commonly used as effective...
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Retailers’ incentives for green investment in differentiated competition channels
December 2023
With increasing public environmental awareness, green activities in retail and distribution processes have become crucial tools for retailers to boost demand and enhance competitiveness. This study...
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An assessment of China's joint prevention and control policy on sulfur dioxide emissions reduction: A spatial econometric analysis
December 2023
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a typical pollutant that affects human health, climate, and environmental and ecological conditions. China has been experiencing high concentrations of SO2, particularly in urban...
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Production quality and pricing strategy for substitutable products under comparison effects
December 2023
Comparison effects have been studied extensively in many fields. In particular, existing operations management articles have discussed the impact of comparison effects on enterprises' production and...
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Economic uncertainty, central bank digital currency, and negative interest rate policy
December 2023
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought unprecedented social attention to economic uncertainty and negative interest rate policy (NIRP). How does uncertainty affect economic activity, and how effective is...
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