WeChat is not only a mobile application with many innovative features but is also representative of China’s electronic revolution. It is compatible with more than 90% of smart phones and has become an indispensable tool for daily use. People are captivated by various types of WeChat voting and...

Enhancing the economic resilience of agriculture is essential for promoting sustainable and high-quality agricultural development. The emergence of digital technology has created new opportunities in this field. However, existing research predominantly focuses on traditional agricultural factors...

Problem definition: We introduce and formalize a concept termed as conditional leadtime flexibility (CLF), which refers to the industry practice where a manufacturer requests its upstream suppliers to dynamically adjust the leadtimes. We consider an assemble-to-order (ATO) manufacturer's...

How does bank capital affect the relationship between bank concentration and risk taking? I develop a tractable dynamic model with heterogeneous financially constrained entrepreneurs and an imperfectly competitive banking sector. Based on the model, when the bank capital ratio exceeds the...