The emergence of online platforms for professional services (e.g., cosmetic procedures) represents a natural progression of e-commerce from search and experience goods to credence goods. Due to the deeply consequential nature of professional services and the large information asymmetries between...

Crowdsourcing relies on online platforms to connect a community of users to perform specific tasks. However, without appropriate control, the behavior of the online community might not align with the platform's designed objective, which can lead to an inferior platform performance. This paper...

Digital technologies have led to the emergence of many platforms in our economy today. In certain platform networks, buyers in one market purchase services from providers in many other markets, whereas other platform networks may comprise local clusters in which buyers primarily purchase...

Due to differences in resource endowments, levels of economic development, energy structure, and effects of policy implementation, the level of clean energy development in different regions in China is nonuniform. To achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, it is necessary to clarify the...