Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 118 Issue 5

Platform-based service innovation and system design: a literature review

Wenhui Fu, Qiang Wang, Xiande Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the platform literature and synthesize the various topics of research into a common framework to reveal the relations between…

Platform-based service innovation and system design: research opportunities

Wenhui Fu, Qiang Wang, Xiande Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to explore research opportunities for service innovation and system design in network platforms by investigating representative case examples in an…

Using news to predict Chinese medicinal material price index movements

Miao Yu, Chonghui Guo

The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach for predicting the movements of Chinese medicinal material price indexes using news based on text mining.

Exploring the role of intellectual capital in supply chain intelligence integration

Yongyi Shou, Wenjin Hu, Yongmei Xu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of intellectual capital (IC) in supply chain intelligence integration (SCII) and the interrelationships of the three components of…

Cooperative behavior between companies and contract farmers in Chinese agricultural supply chains: Relational antecedents and consequences

Shaoling Fu, Zhiwei Li, Bill Wang, Zhaojun Han, Baofeng Huo

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between relationship commitment, cooperative behavior and alliance performance in agricultural supply chains. By…

The role of indigenous technological capability and interpersonal trust in supply chain learning

Min Li, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiande Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of indigenous technological capability and interpersonal trust on product innovation through supply-chain learning under a…

Pricing strategy for renewable energy source electricity in the competitive hybrid electricity market

Jiaping Xie, Yu Xia, Ling Liang, Weisi Zhang, Minghong Shi

To promote the development of renewable energy, the Chinese Government adopts the policy of Feed-in Tariff and subsidy. However, the high purchase price and the intermittence…

Agent-based modeling and simulation of the decision behaviors of e-retailers

Guoyin Jiang, Shan Liu, Wenping Liu, Yan Xu

Social media facilitates consumer exchanges on product opinions and provides comprehensive knowledge of online products. The interaction between consumers and e-retailers evolves…

Cross-trained worker assignment and comparative analysis on throughput of divisional and rotating seru

Lang Wu, Felix T.S. Chan, Ben Niu, Li Li

Seru (cell) manufacturing system has achieved huge success in production. However, related research is limited, especially, the problem of cross-trained worker assignment. The…