Blockchain-based commodity traceability is an emerging technology developed in recent years; it plays a vital role in monitoring product quality and responding to product safety problems. Considering the perceived value of product traceability for consumers and the cost of using blockchain...

Purpose – This paper aims to relate Taoist Yin‐Yang thinking to Western nomology in terms of trust and trust building, seeking to explore the question of how trust impacts on conflict management. Design/methodology/approach – A moderating model of trust in conflict management is proposed....

In this paper, the authors explore the influences of two major contextual factors—supplier team members’ cultural understanding and trust relationship—on knowledge processes and performance in global sourcing of IT services. The authors discuss a joint investigation...

Aiming at forming dynamic optimal integrated marketing policies, we build a budget allocation model considering both current effects and sustained ones. The model includes multiple time periods and multiple marketing tools which interact through a common resource pool as well as through delayed...