Flexible and wearable energy devices have become an important support and indispensable product of the era of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things. Enzyme biofuel cells (EBFCs) have received much attention for their ability to convert the body's abundant biochemical energy into...

The novel cascaded catalytic ozonation-enhanced coagulation process (FeCeAC/O3-PAC) was developed with much success towards second effluent organic matter (EfOM) in chemical industrial wastewater. Compared with the conventional techniques, FeCeAC/O3-PAC exhibited remarkable performances in the...

Daily itinerary, consisting of an individual's trips and activities on a day, is usually fundamental input for many travel demand models. However, current research lacks effective methods to extract complete daily itineraries of large-scale samples for a long period. To bridge this critical gap,...

This thesis analyses the impact of tax policy on firms' leverage ratios in a balanced panel of 129 medium-sized listed companies from II European countries from 1993 to 2005. A general model of company leverage is applied within which King's tax ratios are used to capture tax policy changes,...

Live streaming commerce, a combination of live streaming and e-commerce, has been a huge phenomenon over the past few years. Recently, lucky draw (also known as sweepstakes) stands out as one of the most popular promotion innovations for traffic acquisition in live streaming commerce. As a...

To incentivize on-time delivery performance, meal delivery platforms often penalize their drivers for late deliveries. However, fierce competition forces these platforms to quote short meal delivery times. But shorter delivery times create extra pressure for drivers to drive at excessive speeds...

Problem Definition: We explore the efficiency of two major marketing strategies – price discounts and short videos – in live streaming commerce. Specifically, we study the following questions: (i) What is the sales effect of price discounts? (ii) What is the overall sales effect of posting...