Multinational corporations from Japan and Western countries have played an active role in the economic development of Southeast Asia and have, during this time, undergone several developments. The recent economic crisis and efforts by the countries of the region to promote economic integration...

In the post-bubble era, Japan is going through major structural upheavals and the relevance of the five perspectives presented here on the implications of these changes for the Japanese employment system can hardly be overstated. The institutions and practices of the Japanese employment system...

While the development of shopping centres has reached a certain degree of saturation in the US and in Europe, shopping centre development in Asia is progressing rapidly. This study looks at this development by introducing two recently opened urban shopping malls, one in Singapore and one in...

In this study we focus on how e-retailers who deal with innovative products in the era of the Internet of Things (IoT) select product delivery service providers to ensure timely and efficient delivery to customers. Based on the asset–process–performance framework, we propose a triadic model...

Seawater-source heat pump systems (SWHP) are recognized to be outstanding heating, cooling and water heating systems. A large number of SWHP systems have been used in residential and commercial buildings in coastal areas due to the attractive advantages of high efficiency and environmental...

Optimizing wind power generation and controlling the operation of wind turbines to efficiently harness the renewable wind energy is a challenging task due to the intermittency and unpredictable nature of wind speed, which has significant influence on wind power production. A new approach for...

Extending the traditional discrete choice model by incorporating latent psychological factors can help to better understand the individual’s decision-making process and therefore to yield more reliable part-worth estimates and market share predictions. Several integrated choice and latent...

Power system and its communication system, which can be called a cyber-physical system, are interconnected and interdependent on each other. This paper considers the interaction problem between power system and its communication module from the perspective of the topological structure. Firstly,...

The semi-Bayesian approach for constructing efficient stated choice designs requires the evaluation of the design selection criterion value over numerous draws taken from the prior parameter distribution assumed when generating the design. The semi-Bayesian D-criterion value of a design is then...