Kybernetes: Volume 53 Issue 10

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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciences
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The adoption of smart banking services from a dual perspective: a qualitative study

Muhammad Hassaan, Gang Li, Asif Yaseen

This 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-Keneti

The 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 Mao

Asymmetric 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 Zhang

In 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 Zhou

The 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 Makki

The 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 Elçi

The 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 Jayapal

Building 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 He

With 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 Rasheed

The 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 Wang

The 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 Kumar

The 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 Siyal

In 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 Malik

This 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…

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What makes electricity consumers change their behavior? Influence of attitude and perceived impact of DR programs on awareness

Adela Bâra, Simona-Vasilica Oprea

In 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 Rehman

This 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 Parmaksiz

This 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 Zhan

The 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-Abad

The 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 Saad

This 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.

Investigating the impact of power outages on sustainable community development: exploring the local community’s perception in Pakistan

Zaigham Ali, Ammar Hussain, Shahid Hussain

The 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 Sahebi

Due 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 Zhang

The 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 Senik

Uzbekistan, 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 Seyedhosseini

Fortification-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 Yu

Knowledge 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 Mashayekh

The 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 Sumarliah

This 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 Durmusoglu

This 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 Ghazi

This 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 Mishra

This 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 Brito

Recently 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 Wang

The 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 He

This 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 Cavallaro

Achieving 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 Wei

In 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 Liu

This 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 Lovasz

Drawing 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-Avram

This 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 Nasir

Developed 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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ISSN:

0368-492X

e-ISSN:

1758-7883

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0368-492X

Online date, start – end:

1972

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof. Dr. Gandolfo Dominici