Background: Health care systems in many countries are characterized by limited availability of provider performance data that can be used to design and implement welfare improving reforms in the health sector. We question whether a simple mystery shopper scheme can be an effective measure to...

Research in behavioral finance has shown that holidays affect investor sentiment, which in turn affects stock market returns and stock prices. These studies have focused on the relationship between holidays and stock prices and stock market returns, but little attention has been paid to how...

The potential hypotheses for fnance research based on social media sentiment revolve around the reliability of investor sentiment expressed on social media and the causal relationship between fnancial markets and this sentiment. The central hypothesis we focus on is derived from the "lie game"...

The underlying assumption of using investor sentiment to predict stock prices, stock market returns, and liquidity is that of synergy between stock prices and investor sentiment. However, this synergistic relationship has received little attention in the literature. This paper investigates the...

This study uses Chinese firm export data to investigate the heterogeneous impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) faced by firms on export recovery, and then explores the moderating effect of the regional digital economy. We find that the rise in EPU due to external shocks weakens firms'...

Purpose An AI concierge is a technologically advanced, intelligent and personalized assistant that is designated to an individual customer, proactively taking care of that customer’s needs throughout the service journey. This article envisions the idea of AI concierges and discusses how to...

Power cable engineering is a critical method for urban power supply, and ductbank laying of cables is a way of underground cable lines. Considering the cost and construction, MPP pipes with poor heat dissipation performance are often used in ductbank. Many cables are arranged densely in the...

The study is to present an integrative model of predictors and outcome of customer satisfaction in the fast food sector of Pakistan and also examine its effects. Moreover, we also examined the contingent effect of social trust and corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the relationship between...

Background Recently, the endovascular treatment (EVT) of acute ischemic stroke has made significant progress in many aspects. Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) is usually recommended before endovascular treatment in clinical practice, but the value of the practice is controversial. The latest...