The integration of data from autonomous and heterogeneous sources calls for the prior identification and resolution of semantic conflicts that may be present. Unfortunately, this requires the system integrator to sift through the data from disparate systems in a painstaking manner. In this...

Reputation system has been an important component of improving online markets’ efficiency by reducing uncertainty about the quality of the sellers. Most, if not all, reputation systems examined in the extant literature reflect the sellers’ long-term accumulative reputation, which has several...

Live streaming has significantly altered the landscape for both offline and online retail operations. This paper examines whether and when a firm with a specific product should introduce a live streaming channel, and if so, with what type of live streaming (the third-party, self-run, or both)....

The successful integration of data from autonomous and heterogeneous systems calls for the resolution of semantic conflicts that may be present. Such conflicts are often reffected by discrepancies in attribute values of the same data object. In this paper, we describe a recently developed...

This paper proposes a new node centrality measurement index (c-index) and its derivative indexes (iterative c-index and cg-index) to measure the collaboration competence of a node in a weighted network. We prove that c-index observe the power law distribution in the weighted scale-free network....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how different research and development (R&D) accounting choice (capitalization and expensing) affects the value of the listed companies under the new Chinese Accounting Standards (CAS) background. According to new CAS, R&D expenditure can...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how to use social media in e-government to strengthen interactivity between government and the general public. Design/methodology/approach – Categorizing the determinants to interactivity covering depth and breadth into two aspects that are...