The flexibility of time and location as well as the availability of an abundance of both old and new products makes online auctions an important part of people's daily shopping experience. While many bidders rely on variants of the well-documented early or last-minutes bidding strategies,...

We introduce a stochastic share-a-ride problem with electric vehicles, in which passenger and parcel orders can be served in a shared manner by the same vehicle in a ride-hailing system. We assume that customer service requests arrive stochastically in the system. We consider that passenger...

Layered transition metal oxides are key cathode materials for obtaining high energy density lithium batteries by virtue of their high specific capacities and operating voltages. However, harmful active species (e.g. reactive oxygen and free radicals) give rise to severe electrolyte decomposition...

Purpose – This paper therefore aims at systematically estimating the agricultural trade induced farm employment effects in China. Design/methodology/approach – Using detailed agricultural trade and production data during 1994‐2009, the authors estimate the “labor contents” of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether China is still a passive price taker from the US soybean futures, or instead domestic futures market has developed certain degrees of pricing power through time. The finding helps to identify the importance of China soybean futures in...