The process of value creation was traditionally driven almost exclusively within the firm. Product design and production were performed with minimal input from consumers, and the role of the consumer was witnessed only at the end of the product development process. Co-creation is generally...

Agile supply chains facilitate sustainability through higher effectiveness and lower wastage. Agile supply chain frameworks in extant literature are designed for static supply chains and high-granular data that are only available at fixed periods. With the increasing interest in the Internet of...

Solar energy and wind energy are the two most viable renewable energy resources in the world. Good compensation characters are usually found between solar energy and wind energy. This paper recommend an optimal design model for designing hybrid solar-wind systems employing battery banks for...

This article describes how under the influence of traps and trap ranges in size, final moisture content in oil production and changes in the reservoir is very large. Due to this, thin and dispersed oil concentration, facies changes and oil complexes, and strong segmentation, results in poor...

This paper investigates the impact of international technology transfer through FDI and technology import on Chinese productivity by analyzing 28 Chinese province-level regions over the period 2001 to 2008. The findings show that technology import has significantly positive impact on Chinese...