The stress resistance and growth of the rootstock of grafted plants are influenced by scion traits, but the underlying mechanism is unclear in apple. Thus, we performed an RNA-seq analysis and examined the physiological and biochemical indices of seedlings generated by grafting wild-type (WT) or...

Based on the survey of customer satisfaction, the authors found existing problems in inspection process of the food safety monitoring laboratory A (including the whole process from receiving samples to issue of inspection report), and determined solutions using flow chart supplied by sig sigma...

Both Internet use's impact on depression and urban-rural disparities related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) are crucial topics in the information systems discipline. So far, limited studies have explored these topics in a comprehensive way. This study aims to explore the...

Consumers need not evaluate all available product information before making a purchase. This may arise because shopping environments prevent a full evaluation (e.g. online). We develop a model of simultaneous search in which consumers have limited ability in product evaluation in order to study...

An online shopping intermediary is an internet platform on which consumers and third-party sellers transact. Shopping intermediaries provide a search environment (e.g., search aids) to lower consumers’ search costs incurred when finding and evaluating sellers’ products. We study strategic...

We consider a theoretical setting in which firms carry multiple products and consumers incur evaluation costs, not only across firms, but also within firms. Consumers judiciously decide the number of firms to include in their consideration sets as well as how many products from those firms. This...