As a vivid and linguistic symbol, Emojis have become a prevailing medium interspersed in text-based communication (e.g., social media and chit-chat) to express emotions, attitudes, and situations. Generally speaking, a social-oriented chatbot that can generate appropriate Emoji-embedded...

Multi-channel retailers face a crucial decision of whether to charge the same price online and offline. In a competitive environment with two multi-channel retailers, the pricing strategies are complicated by the heterogeneity of consumers and their cross-channel/cross-retailer purchasing...

G-quadruplex (G4) has become an essential target for the therapy of human genetic diseases (cancer included) with important biological functions for regulation and monitoring. While little is known about G-quadruplexes in mitochondria due to the limited development of fluorescent ligands for...

Recent studies predict either a higher or lower likelihood of alliance formation when firms face labor market frictions. We reconcile competing arguments and findings in the literature by considering the changing demand for external sourcing of knowledge and supply of newly-moved employees...