The Government of China (GOC), in conjunction with the World Bank (WB) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has recently developed the China Renewable Energy Scale-up Programme (CRESP). The latter involves an analysis of the current state of renewable energy resources in China as well as...

Accurate statistical data are essential to a credible and cogent empirical analysis. However, there currently is no mature and specialized methodology to evaluate the accuracy of input–output (IO) data. This research constructs a comprehensive yet relatively concise framework for evaluating...

"Until the 1990s, Northeast China was the cradle of the new China’s industrial base that made the most historic contribution to China’s reform and opening-up program. However, as China’s modernizing reforms deepened, the Northeast’s economic development gradually began to lag behind...

We consider a supply chain comprising a manufacturer and a retailer. The manufacturer supplies a product to the retailer, while the retailer sells the product bundled with after-sales service to consumers in a fully competitive market. The sales volume is affected by the retailer’s...

Two results in a recent paper by Wang and Cheng [Wang, J-B and TCE Cheng (2007). Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 24, 245–261] are incorrect because job processing times are variable due to both deteriorating jobs and learning effects, which is not taken into account by the...