Organizing and managing channels of distribution is an important marketing task. Due to the emergence of electronic commerce on the Internet, e-channel distribution systems have been adopted by many manufacturers. However, academic and anecdotal evidence both point to the pressures arising from...

From the perspective of the Fourth Party Logistics (4PL), this paper elaborates the concept, background and development plight of agricultural products logistics, advises developing 4PL under the background of rapid development of agricultural products and logistics, etc. and explores issues of...

By analyzing a two-period dual-channel supply chain composed of a manufacturer who sells a durable directly and an independent reseller channel, we investigate how product durability and the channel structure create strategic issues that are significantly different from those in managing a...

This study estimates the productivity of public capital by constructing the public capital stock of 214 prefectures in China from 1999 to 2006 and combining both the macro-level data of prefectural economies and the micro-level data of manufacturing firms. Using an instrumental variable...

Background Obesity has become major public health problem around the world. Lifestyle interventions, Pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery are the common intervention to reduce weight in clinical practice. This study aims to conduct an economic evaluation of Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Sleeve (DJBS)...

The influence of the deposition of three different particles (NaCl, C and SiO2) on the initial atmospheric corrosion of 7B04 aluminum alloy was investigated via laboratory exposure testing, environmental scanning electron microscope (E-SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and...

Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been deemed as one of the most prospective substitutes for high-efficiency oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts due to its theoretical maximum atomic utilization. However, the convenient preparation and the further improvement in activity of SACs are...

A novel heterogeneous manganese/graphitic carbon nitride (Mn3O4-CN) catalyst for activating peroxymonosulfate (PMS) was successfully assembled by alkali precipitation. The g-C3N4 improved the surface morphology, microporous structure, surface area and particle size distribution of the composite,...