Improving firms' innovation capability is crucial for promoting growth. In 2006 and 2009, China deregulated the banking industry and allowed city banks to set up branches across regions, which changed the banking structure and competition. Using data from financial licence information and...

For transition economies, the virtues of financial development for economic growth are obvious; however, bank competition has dubious effects due to various firm characteristics. This study uses Chinese banking and firm data from 1998 to 2011 to examine how bank competition affects firm...

This study aims to resolve the difficult problem of manufacturers’ service outsourcing strategy decision-making, with services divided into two types: hygienic and motivational. We build a value creation model for the manufacturer, service contractor, and customer under different outsourcing...

We introduce a stochastic share-a-ride problem with electric vehicles, in which passenger and parcel orders can be served in a shared manner by the same vehicle in a ride-hailing system. We assume that customer service requests arrive stochastically in the system. We consider that passenger...

This article contributes to the literature by examining how the increase in bank competition impacts firms' innovation and how firm size and firm ownership impact the effect of bank competition. Using data which includes the banking sector and firm information across Chinese prefecture-level...

When Li-ion batteries are retired from electric vehicles, they can be dismantled to recycle the materials or be repurposed for less demanding systems. Different kinds of firms have engaged in reusing retired batteries, including recycling firms, repurposing firms, and diversified firms...