The coefficient model of small scale thermal mechanical dispersion of saturated porous aquifer is established and it is applied in the heat transfer process of convective dispersion. Step-by-step test is conducted for the two physical processes of one-dimensional unsteady heat conduction of...

We use the investments of Chinese and Indian MNCs in Europe to test the hypothesis that the main motivation of the Southern MNCs for investing in the Northern countries is asset- or technology- seeking. After showing that the previous work has not adequately tested this hypothesis due to its use...

Let H be an infinite-dimensional real separable Hilbert space. Given an unknown mapping M:H (r)H that can only be observed with noise, we consider two modified Robbins-Monro procedures to estimate the zero point ?o ( H of M. These procedures work in appropriate finite dimensional sub-spaces of...

Recently, Foreign Invested Enterprises (FIEs) in China have increased their investment in not only production activity but also R&D activity. This paper examines the impact of spillovers from such activities on two types of innovations by Chinese domestic firms: Total Factor Productivity (TFP)...

In this study, we administered surveys to 47 Chinese enterprises in six industries related to their overseas investments and operations. The results indicate that a number of them have established overseas networks, expanded markets, and upgraded their technological capabilities through...

Using hand-collected data on IPOs by private-owned enterprises, this article examines the regulatory benefits of political connections in China's state-controlled going public process, a subject that has rarely been investigated in existing literature. This article makes the following findings:...

A wedge-shaped iron (Fe) film system, quenched by silicone oil during deposition, has been prepared on glass substrates by direct current magnetron sputtering, and the influence of external disturbance on buckling patterns is investigated. The experiment shows that the wedge-shaped Fe film...

In the recently published paper [Tsao, 2010, Managing multi-echelon multi-item channels with trade allowances under credit period. International Journal of Production Economics 127, 226–237], a supplier–retailer inventory system with multiple items is studied where the supplier provides an...

Considering the difference between the actual and expected payoffs, we bring a stochastic learning updating rule into an evolutionary Prisoners Dilemma game and the Snowdrift game on scale-free networks, and then investigate how the expectation level A and environmental noise κ influence...

A characteristic wedge-shaped iron (Fe) film system, deposited on glass substrate by a DC-magnetron sputtering method and quenched by silicone oil during deposition, has been successfully fabricated. The mechanical behaviors of the quenched and non-quenched Fe films have been compared and...