We study the optimal technology licensing contracts with network effects and investigate the welfare implications when the product innovator is an insider that acts as a Stackelberg leader. We show that (i) the market is fully covered when relatively small network intensity matches quality...

This paper addresses the problem of estimating the density of a future outcome from a multivariate normal model. We propose a class of empirical Bayes predictive densities and evaluate their performances under the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence. We show that these empirical Bayes predictive...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an internet of things technology that provides many benefits to the healthcare industry’s supply chain. However, a challenge faced by healthcare industry is the limited adoption and use of RFID by physicians and nurses. This research extended existing...

This study aims to understand how buyer–seller relationship, competitive environment and guanxi affect Chinese manufacturers’ decision to implement Green Supply Chain Collaboration (GSCC). We also examine whether guanxi is able to mediate the buyer–seller relationship and GSCC...

The innovation of organizational model of tobacco production is the key to realization of sustainable development of tobacco production in China. From the perspective of sustainable development, we analyze the necessity of innovation of organizational model of tobacco production, put forward the...