Suppliers often make proactive investments to strategically position themselves to win contracts with a large buyer. Such investments reduce the suppliers' variable costs of serving the buyer's demand. We show that an auction mechanism does not always benefit the buyer, the supply chain, or the...

We aggregate different dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities following the stakeholder framework proposed in Clarkson (Acad Manag Rev 20(1), 92–117, <CitationRef CitationID="CR8">1995</CitationRef>) and present consistent evidence that CSR strengths targeting different stakeholders have their unique impact on...</citationref>

In order to improve the worsening air pollution problem in Chinese cities, Chinese government has been vigorously developing the building of urban forest under the policy of “government leading, market driving and residents participating”. However, residents are still unwilling to join in...

MgH2 was prepared by HCS (hydriding combustion synthesis) method, and the as-prepared product (HCS MgH2) was further combined with LiAlH4 by mechanical milling in order to form a new composite of HCS MgH2 + LiAlH4. Structural and hydrogen storage properties of the HCS MgH2 + LiAlH4 composite...

This paper presents a modelling and optimisation framework for deriving ramp metering and variable speed control strategies. We formulate the optimal control problems aiming to minimise the travel delay on motorways based upon a macroscopic cell transmission model of traffic. The optimal ramp...

We study the critical properties of the S4 model on diamond-type hierarchical lattices in the presence of an external magnetic field. It is assumed that for this type of inhomogenous fractal lattice, the Gaussian distribution constant, the four-spins interaction parameter and the external...

This study uses a set of return‐based factors to explore market (return and volatility) timing ability of commodity trading advisors (CTAs). Unlike previous research, we use return‐based factors that are related to the futures markets in which most CTAs trade. This leads to higher...

Purpose The risks associated with digital innovation increasingly challenge value co-creation among stakeholders within the innovation ecosystem. Stakeholder collaboration is helpful in preventing risk occurrence. This study intends to explore the effects of different stakeholder collaboration...

Based on the introduction of the natural and geographic conditions in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang(Bazhou), development status of Korla Fragrant Pear is introduced from the two aspects of the production status and the storage and processing status of Korla Fragrant Pear....