Titanium Carbonitride (TiCN), a new high hardness and wear-resistant material, has been applied widely in many fields. TiCN coating was first fabricated using reactive plasma spraying (RPS) technology in the reactive chamber that was filled with nitrogen and acetylene (N2 and C2H2) in this...

This study provides a sequential analysis of the bargaining interaction within and across two phases and examines how negotiators’ interaction goals influence both parties’ behavioral sequences over time, and their negotiation outcomes. Sixty-seven negotiation dyads (35 Chinese, 32...

Using a unique and proprietary database of Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions into the UK from 2012 to early 2016, this paper investigates the short-term performance of UK cross-border mergers and acquisitions acquired by Chinese publicly-listed companies. Using event study analysis...

The effective capture and deposition of radioactive iodine in the spent fuel reprocessing process is of great importance for nuclear safety and environmental protection. 3D fiber felt with structural diversity and tunability is applied as an efficient adsorbent with easy separation for iodine...

Our study presents novel evidence of the pricing effectiveness of sparse macroeconomic risks at the firm level and the underlying economic regimes. Specifically, we employ sparse PCA approach to aggregate macroeconomic variables from the FRED-MD database and obtain the first 8 components,...