Kybernetes: Volume 52 Issue 10
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents
Explaining the mechanism of brand hate: a mixed-method investigation using moderated mediation in emerging markets
Mudassir Husnain, Fauzia Syed, Khalid Hussain, Qingyu Zhang, Muhammad Usman, Muzhar JavedBrand hate as a distinct phenomenon of consumer negativity has attracted considerable research attention in recent years. However, scant attention has been paid to explain the…
Disclosing opaque inventory information in a two-period sales setting: substitute products' selling strategy
Zhigang Lu, Xuehua KongThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the opaque inventory information disclosure strategy for an online retailer who sells two substitutable products to customers in two…
A systematic approach for curriculum redesign of introductory courses in engineering: a programming course case study
Francisco Buitrago-Florez, Mario Sanchez, Vanessa Pérez Romanello, Carola Hernandez, Marcela Hernández HoyosNumerous challenges in education emerge as our technology-driven society rapidly evolves and manifests more exigent requirements from engineering professionals. Higher education…
Do cultural dimensions influence management style and organizational culture in a multicultural environment? Case study of Northern Cyprus
Ibrahim Adeshola, Dokun Oluwajana, Abraham Ayobamiji Awosusi, Olukunle Samuel SogekeThis study examines how cultural dimensions' influence management style and organizational culture in a multicultural environment.
Examining the interconnectedness and early warning signals of systemic risks of shadow banks: an application to the Indian shadow bank crisis
Anurag Chaturvedi, Archana SinghThe paper models the financial interconnectedness and systemic risk of shadow banks using Granger-causal network-based measures and takes the Indian shadow bank crisis of…
Research on innovation features and optimization strategies of industrial clusters from the perspective of TLCN
Yongcong Luo, Jianzhuang Zheng, Jing MaThe focus of industrial cluster innovation lies in the cooperation between enterprises and universities/scientific research institutes to make a theoretical breakthrough in the…
Research on policy diffusion mechanism of Government Procurement of Public Services based on an MFCM
Yuting Zhang, Lan Xu, Zhengnan LuThe purpose of this paper is to show that research on policy diffusion mechanism of Government Procurement of Public Services (GPPS) is beneficial to improve the efficiency of…
Intellectual capital, corporate social responsibility and sustainable competitive performance of small and medium-sized enterprises: mediating effects of organizational innovation
Maqsood Ahmad, Qiang Wu, Muhammad Sualeh KhattakThis study aims to explore the mechanism by which intellectual capital and corporate social responsibility (CSR) influence the sustainable competitive performance of small and…
An extended MABAC method for multiple-attribute group decision making under probabilistic T-spherical hesitant fuzzy environment
Shahid Hussain Gurmani, Huayou Chen, Yuhang BaiThe purpose of this article is to present the idea of a T-spherical hesitant fuzzy set associated with probability and to develop an extended multi-attributive border…
Examining the effect of liquidity creation on banking profitability and stability: moderating role of political instability
Misbah Javid, Khurram Ejaz Chandia, Qamar Uz Zaman, Waheed AkhterThe paper aims to test the effect of liquidity creation on profitability and stability with the moderating role of political instability and its level of implication on the…
Stock price prediction using improved extreme learning machine methods during the Covid-19 pandemic and selection of appropriate prediction method
Aslı Boru İpekCoronavirus disease (Covid-19) has created uncertainty in all countries around the world, resulting in enormous human suffering and global recession. Because the economic impact…
Determinants of psychological empowerment and work engagement during COVID-19 pandemic
Olawole Fawehinmi, Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo, Yusliza Mohd YusoffExisting studies have demonstrated the significances of job, personal and social resources in stimulating work engagement (WKE). However, the role of psychological empowerment…
Asynchronous network-based model and algorithm for sentiment analysis of online public opinions
Chong Li, Yuling Qu, Xinping ZhuA novel asynchronous network-based model is proposed in this paper for the sentiment analysis of online public opinions. This new model provides a new approach to analyze the…
An XGBoost-based multivariate deep learning framework for stock index futures price forecasting
Jujie Wang, Qian Cheng, Ying DongWith the rapid development of the financial market, stock index futures have been the one of important financial instruments. Predicting stock index futures accurately can bring…
Aggressive or not aggressive: the different role of ego-network dynamics and density in the international network
Feiyang Guan, Wang Tienan, Qianqian Fan, Linlin LiuThis study aims to explore the effect of competitive aggressiveness on firm performance and the moderating effect of firm 2019s ego-network structures in the international…
Impacts of CSR implementation and channel leadership in a socially responsible supply chain
Xinhui Cheng, Weifeng Zhao, Zhichao Zhang, Qing ZhangCorporate social responsibility (CSR) has now been paid notable attention by a large number of firms. The aim of this paper is to investigate a better way to implement CSR in a…
Probing the impact of recognition-based heuristic biases on investment decision-making and performance
Maqsood Ahmad, Qiang Wu, Yasar AbbassThis study aims to explore and clarify the mechanism by which recognition-based heuristic biases influence the investment decision-making and performance of individual investors…
Data-based modeling and identification for general nonlinear dynamical systems by the multidimensional Taylor network
Hong-Sen Yan, Zhong-Tian Bi, Bo Zhou, Xiao-Qin Wan, Jiao-Jun Zhang, Guo-Biao WangThe present study is intended to develop an effective approach to the real-time modeling of general dynamic nonlinear systems based on the multidimensional Taylor network (MTN).
The entry quality threshold setting and commission rate contract selection of a peer-to-peer service sharing platform
Xue Chi, Zhi-Ping Fan, Xiaohuan WangIn recent years, some peer-to-peer (P2P) service sharing platforms have improved their service quality by setting an entry quality threshold for service providers. Considering…
An empirical study of knowledge environment and suitability of performance measures of a civil organization for a knowledge-based military force
Mukesh Kumar Singh, Vikas GuptaThis study aims to empirically analyze the significance of various knowledge management (KM) elements to the environment in a military organization and establish the efficacy of…
Research on the mechanism of knowledge coupling affecting firms' innovation results driven by digitization——based on system dynamics methodology
Zhou Huiping, Yang YuxinThe purpose of this paper is to build a System Dynamics model to reveal the structure and dynamics of knowledge coupling affecting firms' innovation results in the digital context.
Entrepreneurial responsible orientation in small and medium businesses: the case of Pakistan
Hafiz Muhammad Usman Khizar, Jawad IqbalThe identification of a successful mix of strategic orientations is a big challenge for corporate sustainability and management research. To this end, the purpose of this paper is…
The moderating role of organizational culture on the relationship between workers' attitudes towards telework and happiness
Ana Junça Silva, Neuza CoelhoThe COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to adopt telework, many of the organizations without any prior preparation, influencing not only daily organizational routines but also…
VIKOR approach for bi-level multi-criteria nonlinear fractional programming problems: new insights
Harish Garg, Dang Ngoc Hoang Thanh, Rizk M. Rizk-AllahThe paper aims to introduce a novel concept to solve the bi-level multi-criteria nonlinear fractional programming (BL-MCNFP) problems. Bi-level programming problem (BLPP) is…
The dyadic utility space and the interaction – utility matrix: how individual goal-setting determines realizable utilities in dyadic relations
Helmut NechanskyThe paper analyzes how the goal-setting of two individuals or social units A and B determines the utilities, which the two parties can gain in a dyadic interaction.
Common delivery or fast delivery: optimal pricing decisions of online retailers with rebate policy
Lei Yu, Yang Bai, Yi HeThe confirmation of receipt of orders by consumers means that the online retailer actually receives the payments on many retail platforms (e.g. Taobao). In order to recoup funds…
Battery R&D decision of electric vehicle manufacturer considering government subsidy
Hua Ke, Xingyue ChenIn this paper, the authors aim to consider the manufacturer's battery research and development (R&D) decision under subsidy. The supply chain includes two manufacturers, which…
How organizational identity relates to knowledge sharing and creativity: moderating effect of perceived organizational support
Salih Zeki Imamoglu, Serhat Erat, Hulya TurkcanThis study aims to broaden the current literature by examining the relationships between organizational identity, knowledge sharing and creativity with moderating role of…
User value identification based on an improved consumer value segmentation algorithm
Jianfang Qi, Yue Li, Haibin Jin, Jianying Feng, Weisong MuThe purpose of this study is to propose a new consumer value segmentation method for low-dimensional dense market datasets to quickly detect and cluster the most profitable…
Business environment distance, absorptive capacity and innovation performance of EMNEs: evidence from China
Yun Zhan, Changjun YiThis paper investigates the effect of business environment distance on innovation performance of emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) and explores the mediating…
Study on the continuance intention in using virtual shoe-try-on function in mobile online shopping
Qianling Jiang, Chao Gu, Yan Feng, Wei Wei, Wang-Chin TsaiMobile e-commerce has brought convenience to consumers. But for goods such as shoes, mobile e-commerce has failed to provide the same experience as consumers would have in…
Industry convergence and value innovation: a bibliometric analysis and systematic review
Ye Chen, Lei Shen, Xi Zhang, Yutao ChenThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to present a bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review of industry convergence and value innovation to understand the…
Effect of household's financial literacy on pension decision making: evidence from China's new rural pension program
Shulin Xu, Syed Tauseef Ali, Zhen Yang, Yunfeng LiChina's New Rural Pension Program (NRPP) has been implemented for a decade, but the factors that facilitate rural residents' participation have received little attention. This…
Evaluation of greenness of green buildings based on carbon emissions
Jingqi Zhang, Hui Zhao, Zhijie Li, Ziliang GuoThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate green buildings from the angle of greenness and improve the evaluation system. And the matter-element extension method is used to evaluate…
Adaptive capacity constraint buffer monitoring of the multi-project system based on the relevance of drum activities
Junguang Zhang, Qing HanThe activities using drum resources restrict the operation of multi-project systems. However, existing monitoring methods are not suitable for the characteristics of drum…
Vehicle-type strategies for manufacturer's car sharing
Zhenfeng Liu, Yujie Wang, Jian FengThis paper aims to study vehicle-type strategies for the manufacturer's car sharing by accounting for consumers' behavior and the subsidy.
Acquiring supply chain agility through information technology capability: the role of demand forecasting in retail industry
Bingfeng BaiDespite the importance of demand forecasting in retail industry, its influence on supply chain agility has not been sufficiently examined. From a total information technology (IT…
A new interval-valued fuzzy multi-objective approach for project time–cost–quality trade-off problem with activity crashing and overlapping under uncertainty
Pouyan Mahdavi-Roshan, Seyed Meysam MousaviMost projects are facing delays, and accelerating the pace of project progress is a necessity. Project managers are responsible for completing the project on time with minimum…
How to select employees to participate in interactive innovation: analysis of the relationship between personality, social networks and innovation behavior
Xiaoyan Jiang, Jie Lin, Lixin Zhou, Chao WangEmployees play an essential role in interactive innovation activities in Open Innovation Communities (OICs). Nevertheless, the factors influencing employees' innovation behavior…
Self-supporting or third-party? The optimal delivery strategy selection decision for e-tailers under competition
Jing Yu, Zonghui Song, Chi ZhouWith the vigorous development of the e-commerce delivery service industry, delivery service has become an important factor for e-tailers to obtain the market competitive…
The impact of income gap on regional green economic growth – evidence from 283 prefecture-level cities in China
Shiying Hou, Liangrong Song, Wanrui DaiThis paper aims to research the relationship between income gap (IG) and green economic growth based on the perspective of economic inequality.
