China is an important region for the global study of carbon because of its vast territory with various climate regimes, diverse ecosystems, and long-term human disturbances and land-use history. Carbon storage in ecosystems in China has been estimated using inventory and modeling methods in the...

Reward-based crowdfunding has enabled entrepreneurs to interact with consumers even before the product launch. However, this market persistently suffers from a high failure rate—entrepreneurs fail to launch and deliver their products as promised. We model the product launch-decision of an...

The utilization of healthcare services serves as a barometer for current and future health outcomes. Even in countries with modern healthcare IT infrastructure, however, fragmentation and interoperability issues hinder the (short-term) monitoring of utilization, forcing policymakers to rely on...