India being the second-highest producer of smartphones in the world, has been exploring ways to make the digital tool reach everyone. With the availability of a variety of low-cost smartphones and affordable internet data plans, the country has witnessed a substantial increase in the ownership...

Artificial emotional intelligence refers to technologies that perform, recognise, or record affective states. More than merely a technological function, however, it is also a social process whereby cultural assumptions about what emotions are and how they are made are translated into composites...

The use of paper instruments-cash and checks-has been declining in the United States, and consumers have been gradually replacing paper with cards and electronic payments. Stavins (2021) examines the evolution of payments from paper to cards and electronic payments, while Shy (2020) shows the...

Purpose: The focus of the study is to identify the perceptions of the students, the hospitality and tourism organizations, and the tourism polytechnic concerning the internships conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their perceptions of virtual internships....

We consider the joint optimization of ordering and upgrading decisions in a dynamic multiproduct system over a finite time horizon of $T$ periods. Multiple classes of demand arrive in each period stochastically following stationary distributions. Demand can be satisfied with supply of the same...

This paper reflects on the data gathered from research in June 2020 on the experiences of teachers and school management during the online teaching imposed due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The research compiled data from 576 teachers, 61 principals and school support teams from 30 primary schools...