Behavioral approaches to reduce energy consumption in the built environment are becoming increasingly common. In particular, the application of individual feedback and the use of social norms have shown promise in the short term for improving occupant energy use behavior in the home. However,...

Through buyer-seller interaction, salespeople conceivably will influence how customers feel when shopping; in essence, salespersons are likely to have an impact on customer's emotions. Although previous work has considered the effect store environment has on customer emotions, no extant research...

We compared sharing economy development in 90 countries to demonstrate that higher qualities of government are associated with greater sharing economy growth. To explain this finding, we assumed that sharing economy benefits are enjoyed by the public, whereas its costs are chiefly borne by...

In the building and construction sector, most efforts related to sustainable development have concentrated on the environmental performance of the operation of buildings and infrastructure. However, several studies have called for the need to mitigate the considerable environmental impacts,...

Advances in robotics now permit humans to work collaboratively with robots. However, humans often feel unsafe working alongside robots. Our knowledge of how to help humans overcome this issue is limited by two challenges. One, it is difficult, expensive and time-consuming to prototype robots and...

We compared sharing economy development in 90 countries to demonstrate that higher qualities of government are associated with greater sharing economy growth. To explain this finding, we assumed that sharing economy benefits are enjoyed by the public, whereas its costs are chiefly borne by...

Current discourse on digital transformation in the manufacturing industry converges on smart manufacturing, a new paradigm in the field. The pursuit of smart manufacturing aims not only to improve the performance of existing manufacturing firms but also to create value in a continuous way. This...