Purpose: To a large extent, the recent global instability is responsible for the rapid structural mutation of the career landscape, thereby affecting individuals' career development, especially expatriates who are subjected to an acculturation process. Even though the cultural element exists in...

In recent years, Bitcoin has received substantial attention as potentially high-earning investment. However, its volatile price movement exhibits great financial risks. Therefore, how to accurately predict and capture changing trends in the Bitcoin market is of substantial importance to...

Urban development thrives from technology inflows, which refers to the transfer of high-value technology from various cities to local recipients. The asymmetry of technical information-rooted in the tacit knowledge inherent in technology-mandates that technology transfer is heavily dependent on...

Business cycles and economic growth have long been studied separately, hindering understanding of the nature and causes of economic fluctuations and growth. Here, we present an economic model that incorporates both deterministic trends and persistent fluctuations, derived from a general economic...

Purpose This paper aims to study the motivations for purchasing protective products. Design/methodology/approach Empirical microeconomic research. Findings The results show that comparing with ordinary families, families vulnerable to environmental conditions, including prepregnant, pregnant and...

Comparing the priority order of different agricultural science and technology services adopted by cotton farmers and exploring the influencing factors of agricultural science and technology service adoption by cotton farmers from the perspective of farmer differentiation is significantly...

With the aging of Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) of electric vehicles in the near future, research on the second use of retired LIBs is becoming more and more critical. The classification method of the retired LIBs is challenging before the second use due to large cell variations. This paper...

Previous studies indicate that individuals’ default behaviors on online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms greatly influence other borrowers’ default intentions. However, the mechanism of this impact is not clear. Moreover, there is scarce research in regard to which factors influence the...

Using creditor litigation data from China, we investigate whether creditors can participate in corporate governance when agency conflict between shareholders and creditors is severe. By comparing firms that have experienced creditor lawsuits (litigation firms) with those that have not...

This study addresses a significant gap in the existing literature by conducting a comprehensive systematic review of the art market over the past 50 years, utilizing big data analysis and bibliometric methods. Through descriptive statistical analysis, we gained insights into research trends,...