Corporate social responsibility (CSR), associated with corporate reputation, has attracted considerable attention from both scholars and practitioners. However, empirical evidence concerning CSR's capacity to predict performance following corporate restructuring remains limited and inconclusive....

This study investigates a joint pricing and inventory control problem for fresh agricultural products within dual channels. Considering factors such as service level, holding/lost costs, and consumer demand, this study presents a single-period model, followed by two stochastic dynamic...

Hyperlocal delivery (HLD) refers to a novel model for delivering goods or services to customers within a very limited geographic area, typically within a few miles of their location, in a very short time. With more and more online retailers moving to HLD, it is imperative to analyse the impact...

Renegotiation after software development is widely adopted by firms to mitigate uncertainties in IT outsourcing. This study examines the design and choice of fixed-price versus performance-based contracts in scenarios where firms may renegotiate software debugging time with the IT vendor after...

In the digital economy, personal data has materialized as new assets that not only engender value for organizations but also render them susceptible to security risks. Instances of unauthorized user information exploitation by mobile applications for economic benefits have become conventional,...

Using internet search data, we examine how geographic proximity shapes individual investors' information acquisition behavior. Focusing on the Chinese stock market, we document a pronounced local bias in information demand: individual investors search more intensively for stocks of firms...

The rapid development of network technology and live-streaming sales has facilitated the emergence of artificial intelligence digital human (AI) live-streaming technology, posing new challenges to traditional key opinion leader (KOL) live-streaming, particularly in highly competitive market...

Against the backdrop of increasing climate policy uncertainty, preventing cross-market risk contagion in the energy transition is crucial to ensuring energy security and effective risk management. First, this study uses the generalized autoregressive conditional...

Consumer rights and interests have been a challenge since the emergence of live-stream selling. To solve this problem, some live-stream e-sellers have introduced an innovative return policy called return-freight insurance (RFI). However, other sellers selling the same product refuse to do so. We...

Supplier encroachment in technology-intensive supply chains is an emerging and important research topic in communication technology. In order to assess the impact of patent licensing on supplier encroachment and firms' performance, we model a technology-intensive supply chain comprising a...