61 Result(s)
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Time-locked free trial strategy in duopoly markets with switching costs
Offering time-locked free trials is a common strategy in the software industry. Pioneering studies have mainly focused on time-locked free trial strategies in monopoly markets, and acknowledged that an overall...
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Open AccessTowards automated remote sizing and hot steel manufacturing with image registration and fusion
Image registration and fusion are challenging tasks needed in manufacturing, including in high-quality steel production for inspection, monitoring and safe operations. To solve some of these challenging tasks,...
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Is abusive supervision harmful to organizational environmental performance? Evidence from China
Employee proactive working behavior such as organizational citizenship behavior is important to improve organizations’ various outcomes. With the increasing attention to sustainable development, employees’ org...
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Is too much as bad as too little? The S-curve relationship between corporate philanthropy and employee performance
The literature on the effect of corporate philanthropy (CP) on employee outcomes is inconsistent and inconclusive. Drawing on resource-based view and social identity theory, we examined the curvilinear relatio...
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Open AccessA review of the joint replenishment problem from 2006 to 2022
In the increasingly competitive market, supply chain decision-makers are making efforts to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs by joint replenishment approach. Recognizing the value of joint replen...
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Role-based paternalistic exchange: Explaining the joint effect of leader authoritarianism and benevolence on culture-specific follower outcomes
We propose a new construct—role-based paternalistic exchange, or followers’ awareness of and engagement in a family-like exchange relationship with leaders that builds upon both leaders’ parent-like role and f...
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An end-to-end software-defined network framework and optimal service development model for SAGN
One goal of the sixth generation (6 G) is to extend the communication abilities of a Gbps bitrate, low latency and high reliability to global areas. The Space-Air-Ground Network (SAGN) is a promising scheme. D...
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Serial number inspection for ceramic membranes via an end-to-end photometric-induced convolutional neural network framework
The ceramic membrane plays an important role in the wastewater disposal industry. The serial number engraved on each ceramic membrane is an essential feature for identification. Here, an automatic inspection s...
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Social capital in China: a systematic literature review
Viewed as a nonfinancial resource residing in social relations, the concept of social capital has universal appeal. Given China’s distinct culture and tradition, however, whether and how social capital in Chin...
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Managing Customer Expectations: A Study of Two Four-Star Hotels in Malaysia and Singapore
Successful management of customer expectations is an extremely important factor in achieving customer satisfaction. A hospitable culture and user-friendly technology are required to meet customers’ expectation...
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Socially Responsible Co-Product Design
As consumers become increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of their consumption, co-production technology that manufactures products of different qualities from a common source of raw material h...
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Research on adaptive CNC machining arithmetic and process for near-net-shaped jet engine blade
Near-net-shaped jet engine blade machining process have better performance on both reducing material waste during production and improving work reliability in service, while precision machining of this blade i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimum Design of Ticketing Service System of Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway Zhuhai Station
Aiming at the problems existing in the ticketing service system of Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway Zhuahai Station, the paper used the basic principles of IE and queuing theory to model and simulate the sys...
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Modeling Human Behaviors in Project Management: Insights from the Literature Review
This chapter provides a literature review on how behavioral operational research (BOR) helps to improve project managers’ capabilities of tackling behavioral issues. To explore a broad scope of literature on b...
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Automated defect inspection of LED chip using deep convolutional neural network
Defect inspection is a vital part of the production process to control the quality of LED chip. On the one hand, traditional methods are time-consuming, which rely on models badly and require rich operation ex...
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Process control for monitoring customer engagement
Customer engagement behaviors (CEBs) with marketing content or contacts, such as downloading a whitepaper or attending an event, can increasingly be recorded for individual customers. We develop a five-step pr...
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Develo** and validating a physical product e-tailing systems success model
The study attempts to develop and validate a physical product e-tailing systems success model based on the existing information systems/e-commerce systems success models and consumer behavior literature. The p...
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Environmental performance evaluation with big data: theories and methods
Traditional theories and methods for comprehensive environmental performance evaluation are challenged by the appearance of big data because of its large quantity, high velocity, and high diversity, even thoug...
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Corporate diversification and efficiency: evidence from Taiwanese top 100 manufacturing firms
For at least the last two decades, diversification has been an important issue in the strategic management research. This paper explores how diversification affects the corporate performance of the top 100 ma...
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The Effects of Engaging with Content Marketing on Business Outcomes for B2B Service Providers
The B2B service industry has traditionally relied heavily on its salesforce, but intense competition is forcing service providers to find ways beyond the salesforce to attract prospects and retain clients. In ...
