Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate two issues: understanding how Chinese equipment manufacturing firms can achieve successful independent innovation; and studying the roles of technology management (TM) and technological capability (TC) in independent innovation. The paper...

This study proposes a network-based model with two parameters to find influential authors based on the idea that the prestige of a whole network changes when a node is removed. We apply the Katz–Bonacich centrality to define network prestige, which agrees with the idea behind the PageRank...

This paper applies entropy weight and grey relation analysis to evaluate corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of eight Chinese major airlines. This paper intends to achieve two main aims. First, this study uses entropy to find the relative weights of performance measures of CSR. In...

Purpose – Rating, as a common way of evaluation, is a significant exercise and plays a major role in managerial decision-making in general and in particular online purchasing. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This study utilizes the theory of social...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of reference effect on newsvendor’s decision behavior in a market with strategic customers and work out the newsvendor’s optimal pricing policy and ordering quantity. Design/methodology/approach This study utilizes the prospect theory...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to identify the features of an effective e-business performance measurement system, as well as the practices in organisations with distinctive e-business performance metrics. From this it was hoped to identify a set of best practice...

This paper examines the adoption and use of information and communication technology (ICT) in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across four UK sectors Here we report on a survey that explores the factors facilitating or hampering the successful adoption and use of ICT by SMEs. We find...

As computer programs enter the lives of more and more people worldwide, it is becoming increasingly unacceptable to assume that software with a user interface designed for an indigenous English speaking market will be acceptable outside its country of origin simply by changing the currency...

Purpose: the paper reports from an exploratory study into how small businesses use Web 2.0 information and communication technologies (ICT) to work collaboratively with other small businesses. The study had two aims: to investigate the benefits available from the use of Web 2.0 in small business...