Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to simulate the function of foreign trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and regional gross domestic product (GDP) in China, explore how these two variables affect regional GDP together and provide evidence to export-led growth (ELG) and FDI-led growth....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to simulate the function of foreign trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and regional gross domestic product (GDP) in China, explore how these two variables affect regional GDP together and provide evidence to export‐led growth (ELG) and FDI‐led...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of bid information, including both price and non‐price factors in predicting the bidder's performance. Design/methodology/approach – The practice of the industry was first reviewed. Data on bid evaluation and performance records of...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to stress the importance of detecting financial frauds in predicting business failures disclosed by the unexpected financial crisis brought by Enron, Worldcom and other corporate distresses involving accounting irregularities....

Purpose – This study uses intelligent modeling techniques with the purpose of examining the effect of various demographic, cognitive and psychographic factors on organ donation in Egypt. Design/methodology/approach – Two artificial neural network models (multi‐layer perceptron neural...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of competing methods and model selection, which are non‐trivial issues given the financial implications. Researchers have adopted various methods including statistical models and machine learning methods such as neural networks...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how qualitative data may be analysed using a method that can be considered as rigorous/scientific as any statistical analysis of quantitative data. Design/methodology/approach – An artificial neural network programme CATPAC II™ was used...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how qualitative data may be analysed using a method that can be considered as rigorous/scientific as any statistical analysis of quantitative data. Design/methodology/approach – An artificial neural network programme CATPAC II™ was used...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an accurate product reliability prediction model in order to enhance product quality and reduce product costs. Design/methodology/approach – This study proposes a new method for predicting the reliability of repairable systems. The novel...

Purpose – The recent financial crises in the world have brought attention to the need for a new international financial architecture which rests on crisis prevention, crisis prediction and crisis management. It is therefore both desirable and vital to explore new predictive techniques for...