This study shows that US firms headquartered in more corrupt areas tend to use a more cautious approach to their earnings forecasts, providing narrower and more pessimistic management earnings forecast ranges. This is due to a desire to protect their assets from rent-seeking behavior by corrupt...

The primary objective in the one-dimensional cutting stock problem is to minimize material cost. In real applications it is often necessary to consider auxiliary objectives, one of which is to reduce the number of different cutting patterns (setups). This paper first presents an integer linear...

There is considerable debate about the sustainability of the hydraulic fracturing (HF) water cycle in North America. Recently, this debate has expanded to China, where HF activities continue to grow. Here, we provide a critical review of the HF water cycle in China, including water withdrawal...

Even though blockchain as a research topic incites broad academic interest, there is arguably a balkanization that occurred along the natural delineation between public-permissionless blockchains and private-permissioned blockchains. IS researchers, for instance, have been more inclined to...

Machine learning models are becoming increasingly important in the prediction of economic crises. The models, however, use datasets comprising a large number of predictors (features) which impairs model interpretability and their ability to provide adequate guidance in the design of crisis...

Machine learning models are becoming increasingly important in the prediction of economic crises. The models, however, use datasets comprising a large number of predictors (features) which impairs model interpretability and their ability to provide adequate guidance in the design of crisis...