We analyze the announcement-period returns of 4315 two-party, non-equity alliances undertaken by US-based firms between 1986 and 2015 in 11 industries and find positive returns for all of the 11 samples, with the Drug industry reporting the highest (2.69%) cumulative abnormal return (CARs) and...

In present time the power demand increases more rapidly in the power generation and transmission and distribution system sectors. For maintaining the power system stability and steady state operation of power systems causes from disturbance, faults and suddenly changing of the load, voltage...

Technological advancement in the manufacturing system in current scenario is inevitable due to today's customer-driven and volatile nature of the market. Implementation of agent technology in a manufacturing system increases flexibility which handles uncertainty generated due to advance...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital contributors and significant drivers of any manufacturing sector. The Industry 4.0 (I 4.0) revolution has made the global economy highly competitive and automated, requiring Indian SMEs to adapt more quickly. Therefore, this study aimed to identify...