Hazmat transportation in cities faces significant risks that may cause catastrophic losses to humans. From the perspective of the regulator, the main responsibility is to mitigate hazmat transport risk by determining the availability of road networks to hazmat carriers. Based on the time-variant...

In this study, we introduce an integrated schedule of order picking and delivery for instant delivery. Order picking, including order batching and picking sequencing, is scheduled online under real-time order arrival, which integrates order delivery by depicting order location dispersion in an...

Many governments subsidize the agricultural industry, trying to raise the market outputs either for domestic needs or for export. In many countries, particularly developing countries, the producers' market may be fragmented, involving a large number of farmers with variable productivity levels....

In this paper, we introduce an integrated schedule of order picking and delivery for instant delivery. The schedule of order picking, including order batching and picking sequencing, is formulated considering order delivery by depicting orders' location dispersion. The online schedule of order...

In this paper, a production and pricing decision model for automakers under the dual-credit policy is formulated. Then, with consideration of demand and credit price disruptions, a nonlinear programming model that maximizes automakers' profit and constrains the production of fuel vehicles (FVs)...

We extend Hsieh and Klenow’s classic misallocation model and examine how the establishment of the CHINA SASAC has affected the resource allocation of Chinese state-owned enterprises from a macro perspective. The findings indicate that the establishment of the CHINA SASAC has reduced the factor...

This paper studies the interaction between a genuine brand firm and a non-deceptive counterfeiter with endogenous quality and anti-counterfeiting effort decisions. We examine how such interaction affects the firms’ decisions and performances, consumers, and society in a vertical...

The aim of this study is to investigate whether outsourcing activities in east china are associated with a theoretical framework derived from the literature. By the methodology of Statistics Package for the Social Science (SPSS), the results of survey indicate that outsourcing will more...

The aim of this study is to investigate whether outsourcing activities in east China are associated with a theoretical framework derived from the literature. By the methodology of Statistics Package for the Social Science (SPSS), the results of survey indicate that outsourcing will be more...

Quality information acquisition and disclosure have significant ramifications for supply chain members. This paper investigates the interaction between a manufacturer's product quality information acquisition and different quality information disclosure systems in a supply chain wherein the...