Kybernetes: Volume 53 Issue 10
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents
The adoption of smart banking services from a dual perspective: a qualitative study
Muhammad Hassaan, Gang Li, Asif YaseenThis paper aims to understand the facilitators and inhibitors that might influence customers' adoption of smart banking services (SBS) in Pakistan.
Resilience strategies in coping to disruptions of wheat supply chain caused by the Russia–Ukraine war crisis: case study from an emerging economy
Misagh Rahbari, Alireza Arshadi Khamseh, Yaser Sadati-KenetiThe Russia–Ukraine war has disrupted the wheat supply worldwide. Given that wheat is one of the most important agri-food products in the world, it is necessary to pay attention to…
Contract design for a closed-loop supply chain considering information asymmetry of remanufacturing process innovation
Senlin Zhao, Rongrong MaoAsymmetric cost information exists between a supplier and a manufacturer regarding the manufacturer's process innovation for remanufacturing (PIR), which may hurt the supplier's…
Does executive compensation mechanism balance performance with risk-taking? Evidence from China's banking system
Yunsong Jiang, Chao Yuan, Jinyi ZhangIn this study, the authors demonstrate the inherent connections between bank risk-taking, performance and executive compensation in the banking sector of China by developing a…
Seize market opportunities: market segmentation, profile and monitoring through user-generated content
Xiaoyan Jiang, Jie Lin, Chao Wang, Lixin ZhouThe purpose of the study is to propose a normative approach for market segmentation, profile and monitoring using computing and information technology to analyze User-Generated…
Modeling the effect of word-of-mouth advertising on a mobile game installation based on the Bass diffusion model using system dynamics
Mostafa Jafari, Mohammadreza Parsanejad, Mahshidsadat MakkiThe basic purpose of this study is to increase the installation rate of mobile games and their life cycle. Little research has been conducted into the competitive market of mobile…
Empathy doesn't just mean “if I were in your shoes”: serial mediation model to unearth relationship between organizational empathy and learning
Gülay Murat Eminoğlu, Meral ElçiThe present research aims to demonstrate the relationship between organizational empathy (OE) and organizational learning (OL), and the serial mediation effect of organizational…
How does channel integration quality promote omnichannel customer citizenship behavior? The moderating role of the number of channels used and gender
Thamaraiselvan Natarajan, Deepak Ramanan Veera Raghavan, Jegan JayapalBuilding on stimulus organism response theory, the current study examines the influence of channel integration quality dimensions (channel service configuration and integrated…
A systematic literature review of weak signal identification and evolution for corporate foresight
Dongyuan Zhao, Zhongjun Tang, Duokui HeWith the intensification of market competition, there is a growing demand for weak signal identification and evolutionary analysis for enterprise foresight. For decades, many…
The nexus between empowering leadership, job engagement and employee creativity: role of creative self-efficacy in the hospitality industry
Michael Yao Ping Peng, Zhidong Liang, Ishrat Fatima, Qian Wang, Muhammad Imran RasheedThe purpose of this study is to examine job engagement and creativity of employees in the hospitality industry of Pakistan as outcomes of empowering leadership through the…
How peer feedback affects knowledge contribution in online innovation communities: a social identity perspective
Liya Wang, Rong Cong, Shuxiang Wang, Sitan Li, Ya WangThe research aims to explore the influence mechanism of peer feedback and users' knowledge contribution behavior. This study draws on the social identity theory and considers…
Understanding medical service quality, system quality and information quality of Tele-Health for sustainable development in the Indian context
Sushil Rana, Urvashi Tandon, Harish KumarThe purpose of the study is to comprehend medical service quality, information quality and system quality toward actual use of Tele-Health in rural India. The study further…
Evaluation research on the independent controllability of high-end equipment manufacturing industry based on dual incentive control line: an empirical analysis from Jiangsu Province
Yiming Li, Hongzhuan Chen, Shuo Cheng, Abdul Waheed SiyalIn order to analyze the level of independent controllability and its evolution of high-end equipment manufacturing industry from Jiangsu Province, this article introduces the…
When and how big data analytics and work practices impact on financial performance: an intellectual capital perspective from banking industry
Azhar Hussain, Qasim Ali Nisar, Waqas Khan, Umair Imran Niazi, Maida MalikThis study aims to determine the role of intellectual capital (IC) on financial performance (FP), the mediating effect of high-performance work practices (HPWPs) and the…
What makes electricity consumers change their behavior? Influence of attitude and perceived impact of DR programs on awareness
Adela Bâra, Simona-Vasilica OpreaIn this study, the authors propose a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to create a tenable measurement model and identify the factors that have the potential to enhance awareness…
Robust framework to prioritize blockchain-based supply chain challenges: the fuzzy best-worst approach for multiple criteria decision-making
Muhammad Shoaib, Shengzhong Zhang, Hassan Ali, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Muhammad Hamza, Waheed Ur RehmanThis study aims to identify and prioritize the challenges to adopting blockchain in supply chain management and to make its taxonomic model. Moreover, validate whether these…
Effects of cross-border E-commerce customs declaration ceiling increase on export performance under COVID-19 conditions
Caglayan Aslan, Omer Faruk Derindag, Salih ParmaksizThis study examines the impact of raising the ceiling value of Electronic Commerce Custom Declarations (ECCD) on Turkey's export performance processed via ECCD during the COVID-19…
Video platform pricing strategy considering content purchase
Weifeng Li, Minghui Jiang, Wentao ZhanThe purpose of the paper is to construct a model that considers video purchase and then identifies the logical relationships implied by the parameters to explore video platform…
Mythical systems: sign and symbol
José Luis Usó Doménech, Hugh Gash, Josué Antonio Nescolarde-Selva, Lorena Segura-AbadThe process of elaboration of the symbolic universe leads to important insights into the role of symbols in understanding human reasoning. Symbols become explanatory axes of…
The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on the United States natural gas futures prices
Ghadi SaadThis paper attempts to investigate the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on the returns and volatility of the United States (US) natural gas futures market.
Eco-innovation in the textile industry: the strategic importance of data privacy and environmental knowledge management
Laura Di Chiacchio, Eva Martínez-Caro, Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Alexeis Garcia-PerezThis study aims to investigate the impact of the ethical management of data privacy on the overall reputation of businesses.
Investigating the impact of power outages on sustainable community development: exploring the local community’s perception in Pakistan
Zaigham Ali, Ammar Hussain, Shahid HussainThe purpose of the present study is to investigate the community’s view of power outages and their effect on sustainable community development. This research has three aims. This…
Bi-objective model for multi-level supply chain by focusing on quality of agricultural products: a case study
Sareh Khazaeli, Mohammad Saeed Jabalameli, Hadi SahebiDue to the importance of quality to customers, this study considers criteria of quality and profit and optimizes both in a multi-echelon cold chain of perishable agricultural…
Optimal financing strategy and contract design of supply chain with yield uncertainty under cap-and-trade regulation
Ting Tang, Haiyan Xu, Kebing Chen, Zhichao ZhangThe purpose of the study is to investigate the financing channels and carbon emission abatement preferences of supply chain members, and further examine the optimal contract…
Halal industry in Uzbekistan: analysis using the Viable System Model
Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Adlin Masood, Nur Sa'adah Muhamad, Zizah Che SenikUzbekistan, a former Soviet Union state whose population is 96% Muslim, is aiming to penetrate the global halal market. Since 2016, its government has been committed to…
A tri-level optimization model for facility location-protection problem considering design and redesign decisions under disruption
Sarasadat Alavi, Ali Bozorgi-Amiri, Seyed Mohammad SeyedhosseiniFortification-interdiction models provide system designers with a broader perspective to identify and protect vital components. Based on this concept, the authors examine how…
Exploring the impact of knowledge management capability on firm performance: the mediating role of business model innovation
Shuting Chen, Dengke YuKnowledge management (KM) capability plays an important role in the promotion of firm performance in the knowledge economy era. However, empirical evidence on how KM capability…
Identification and evaluation of collaborative relationships of internal project stakeholders: a social network analysis approach
Mohammad Ali Fallah, Mehrdad Agha Mohammad Ali Kermani, Alireza Moini, Javad MashayekhThe present research is trying to construct the network of relationships between different department of an organization during the design and development of car engine. Analyzing…
Can sharing social-media contents associated with politics influence knowledge management in organizations?
Achmad Wildan Kurniawan, Suwandi Sumartias, Soeganda Priyatna, Karim Suryadi, Eli SumarliahThis study seeks to comprehend if political exposure containing disapproval and different values will affect implicit knowledge sharing (KS) amongst colleagues in the…
A hybrid agent-based model integrated with a multi-stage learning-based fuzzy cognitive map
Pinar Kocabey Ciftci, Zeynep Didem Unutmaz DurmusogluThis article proposes a novel hybrid simulation model for understanding the complex tobacco use behavior.
Impact of technostress and information technology support on HRIS user satisfaction: a moderation study through technology self-efficacy
Hadziroh Ibrahim, Md. Lazim Mohd Zin, Attia Aman-Ullah, Mohd Razif Mohd GhaziThis research aimed to determine the relationship between technostress and information technology support (IT) and HRIS-related user satisfaction. The study also investigated the…
Standard deviation and rank sum-based MARCOS model under intuitionistic fuzzy information for hospital site selection
Ibrahim M. Hezam, Anand Kumar Mishra, Dragan Pamucar, Pratibha Rani, Arunodaya Raj MishraThis paper develops a decision-analysis model to prioritize and select the site to establish a new hospital over different indicators such as cost, market conditions…
The role of personal and job resources for telework's affective and behavioral outcomes
Ana Junça Silva, Carolina Violante, Sílvio BritoRecently new forms of telework emerged, such as the hybrid model; however, little is known about how and when it promotes performance. Based on the job demands-resources (JD-R…
A novel scenic spots assessment and recommendation method based on network attention: augmented mining model using probabilistic linguistic term set combined with VIKOR
Yuyan Luo, Xiaojing Yu, Fei Xie, Zheng Yang, Jun WangThe purpose is to provide decision support for tourists recommending scenic spots and corresponding suggestions for the management of scenic spots.
A multi-case induction adaptation study of tacit knowledge based on NRS and CBR
Jianhua Zhang, Liangchen Li, Fredrick Ahenkora Boamah, Shuwei Zhang, Longfei HeThis study aims to deal with the case adaptation problem associated with continuous data by providing a non-zero base solution for knowledge users in solving a given situation.
Intuitionistic fuzzy gained and lost dominance score based on symmetric point criterion to prioritize zero-carbon measures for sustainable urban transportation
Ibrahim M. Hezam, Debananda Basua, Arunodaya Raj Mishra, Pratibha Rani, Fausto CavallaroAchieving a zero-carbon city requires a long-term strategic perspective. The authors propose a decision-making model which would take into account the economic, environmental and…
Study the supplier evaluation and selection in supply chain disruption risk based on regret theory and VIKOR method
Nian Zhang, Shuo Zheng, Lingyuan Tian, Guiwu WeiIn the supply chain disruption risk, the issue of supplier evaluation and selection is solved by an extended VIKOR method based on regret theory.
How to deeply embed the digital economy into the product quality upgrade? The moderating effect of resource allocation
Chenghui Dong, Dexue LiuThis paper evaluates the level of the digital economy in Chinese cities based on digital industrialization and industrial digitalization. The research focuses on the effects of…
Niklas Luhmann and Jacques Ellul on the autonomy of technology
Adam LovaszDrawing on the work of Niklas Luhmann, the paper argues that technology can be viewed as a self-referential system which is autonomous from both human beings and other function…
Exploring the impact of digitalisation and technology on corruption: evidence from cross-country panel data within a cultural-economic framework
Cristina Bota-AvramThis study aims to contribute to the existing literature by empirically investigating the impact of digital competitiveness and technology on corruption under the moderating…
Technology protocols and new health regulations for pandemic severity control: an S-O-R theoretical risk reduction approach
Ali Ausaf, Haixia Yuan, Saba Ali NasirDeveloped countries control pandemics using smart decisions and processes based on medical standards and modern technologies. Studies on risk-reduction and humantechnology…
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- Prof. Dr. Gandolfo Dominici