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Integration of text-mining and telemedicine appointment optimization
Nowadays, many countries view profitable telemedicine as a viable strategy for meeting healthcare needs, especially during the pandemic. Existing appointment models are based on patients’ structured data. We s...
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A conceptual framework for information-leakage-resilience
In today’s dynamic and competitive business environment, it is critical for firms to share information selectively and develop organizational resilience. However, only a few existing studies examine the relati...
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Open AccessWhat reviews foretell about opening weekend box office revenue: the harbinger of failure effect in the movie industry
We empirically investigate the harbinger of failure phenomenon in the motion picture industry by analyzing the pre-release reviews written on movies by film critics. We find that harbingers of failure do exist...
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Doing good, feeling good? corporate social responsibility and CEOs’ self-perceived status
This study examines how chief executive officers (CEOs) personally benefit from their firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and the contingencies in this relationship. We apply stakeholder th...
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The influence of online customer reviews on two-stage product strategy in a competitive market
We investigate quality and pricing decisions for two competing firms in an e-marketplace with online customer reviews. Through develo** two-stage game-theoretical models and comparing the equilibriums, we ex...
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Understanding the circulation network of agro-products in China based on the freight big data
The circulation process of agro-products plays a pivotal role in ensuring food security. However, factors that drive the agro-products circulation are still lacking of investigation. Here, we build three circu...
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Texture surface defect detection of plastic relays with an enhanced feature pyramid network
Deep learning has seen its promising applications in manufacturing processes. In this study, a deep network named Cascade Tri-DFPN based on the two-stage target detection algorithm is proposed for detecting th...
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Importance analysis of underframe connection system for the pantograph lower arm rod
This paper is aiming at the high severity and failure rates of the parts connected by the lower arm rod and the underframe of the electric multiple unit pantograph, and a variety of state problems presented in...
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Institutions, resources, and strategic orientations: A meta-analysis
Integrating the institution-based view and the resource-based view, this article explores the contingent effects of national institutions and firm resource bases on the relationships between strategic orientat...
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A multi-facet item response theory approach to improve customer satisfaction using online product ratings
While online platforms often provide a single composite rating and the ratings of different attributes of a product, they largely ignore the attribute characteristics and customer criticality, which limits man...
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Application of an evolutionary algorithm-based ensemble model to job-shop scheduling
In this paper, a novel evolutionary algorithm is applied to tackle job-shop scheduling tasks in manufacturing environments. Specifically, a modified micro genetic algorithm (MmGA) is used as the building block...
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Venture capital reputation and portfolio firm performance in an emerging economy: The moderating effect of institutions
This paper addresses the effects of venture capitalist (VC) reputation on the performance of portfolio firms, and how this works in different institutional settings. Drawing on a dataset of 519 portfolio firms...
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The development and application of e-Geoscience in China
In the era of big data, scientific research is entering a key stage of scientific development under the guidance of a new paradigm, “e-Science”, and the core characteristics of which are collaboration and shar...
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Multi-criteria decision-making method based on normal intuitionistic fuzzy-induced generalized aggregation operator
Normal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (NIFNs), which use normal fuzzy numbers to express their membership and non-membership functions, can reflect the evaluation information exactly in different dimensions. In ...
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CEO duality, organizational slack, and firm performance in China
CEO duality, organizational slack, and ownership types have been found to affect firm performance in China. However, existing work has largely focused on their direct relationships with firm performance. Advan...