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Publication date: 15 October 2024

Xinwei Li, Xi Li, Tingyue Kuang, Lulu Cheng and Qi Wu

Geographical Indication (GI) products represent a distinct association between a product and its specific geographic origin. While scholars have acknowledged the impact of GI…

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Purpose

Geographical Indication (GI) products represent a distinct association between a product and its specific geographic origin. While scholars have acknowledged the impact of GI products on destination marketing, there exists a dearth of research concerning the underlying mechanism through which the perceived value of GI products influences consumers' intention to visit the region of origin.

Design/methodology/approach

This study utilizes the cognitive appraisal theory as a basis for constructing a conceptual framework to investigate the association between the perceived value of GI products, emotional reactions and destination brand awareness.

Findings

By placing particular emphasis on the diverse impacts of perceived value on tourists' affective responses and travel intentions, the results of this research offer significant contributions to the field of destination marketing.

Originality/value

A deeper understanding of the perceived value of GI products can enable destination marketers to effectively attract prospective tourists and foster a stronger connection between tourists and the regions of origin.

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Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1355-5855

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Publication date: 29 July 2014

Lin Zhang and Xiaojun Zhang

The aim of this research is to explore the behavioral model of Chinese organizational leaders acquiring resources for the development of their organizations under the influence of…

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Purpose

The aim of this research is to explore the behavioral model of Chinese organizational leaders acquiring resources for the development of their organizations under the influence of hierarchically oriented social governance.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper compares the differences between Western and Chinese contexts and conducts a grounded multi-case study to explore leadership behavioral model in the Chinese context.

Findings

First, the Chinese social governance structure is hierarchically oriented, whereas the Western social governance structure is market oriented. Second, this unique inconformity found in the Chinese organizational leaders as contorted leadership, which refers to the inconsistency between leaders’ cognition and their behavior when acquiring resources for the development of their organizations, is defined. Third, the conflict between leaders’ cognition and behaviors is caused by the social governance mechanism within which leaders are embedded.

Research limitations/implications

The authors have just made a first step to understand contorted leadership in the Chinese context, further researches should pay more attention to exploring the origins, functions and impacts of leaders’ contorted behaviors.

Originality/value

First, leadership is linked with social governance by emphasizing on the core role of social governance in allocating the resources which organizational leaders scramble for. Second, a new kind of leadership –contorted leadership – in the Chinese context that emphasizes on the contradiction between leaders’ cognition and behavior, which deepens the understanding of leadership contextualization, is identified.

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Chinese Management Studies, vol. 8 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1750-614X

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Publication date: 30 November 2018

AiHua Zhu, Si Yang, Qiang Li, JianWei Yang, Xi Li and YiDong Xie

The purpose of this paper is to study the wear evolution of metro wheels under the conditions of different track sequences, track composition and vehicle load and then to predict…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study the wear evolution of metro wheels under the conditions of different track sequences, track composition and vehicle load and then to predict wheel wear and to guide its maintenance.

Methodology

By using the SIMPACK and MATLAB software, numerical simulation analysis of metro wheel wear is carried out based on Hertz theory, the FASTSIM algorithm and the Archard model. First of all, the vehicle dynamics model is established to calculate the motion relationship and external forces of wheel-rail in the SIMPACK software. Then, the normal force of wheel-rail is solved based on Hertz theory, and the tangential force of wheel-rail is calculated based on the FASTSIM algorithm through the MATLAB software. Next, in the MATLAB software, the wheel wear is calculated based on the Archard model, and a new wheel profile is obtained. Finally, the new wheel profile is re-input into the vehicle system dynamics model in the SIMPACK software to carry out cyclic calculation of wear.

Findings

The results show that the setting order of different curves has an obvious influence on wear when the proportion of the straight track and the curve is fixed. With the increase in running mileage, the severe wear zone is shifted from tread to flange root under the condition of the sequence-type track, but the wheel wear distribution is basically stable for the unit-type track, and their wear growth rates become closer. In the tracks with different straight-curved ratio, the more proportion the curved tracks occupy, the closer the severe wear zone is shifted to flange root. At the same time, an increase in weight of the vehicle load will aggravate the wheel wear, but it will not change the distribution of wheel wear. Compared with the measured data of one city B type metro in China, the numerical simulation results of wheel wear are nearly the same with the measured data.

Practical implications

These results will be helpful for metro tracks planning and can predict the trend of wheel wear, which has significant importance for the vehicle to do the repair operation. At the same time, the security risks of the vehicle are decreased economically and effectively.

Originality/value

At present, many scholars have studied the influence of metro tracks on wheel wear, but mainly focused on a straight line or a certain radius curve and neglected the influence of track sequence and track composition. This study is the first to examine the influence of track sequence on metro wheel wear by comparing the sequence-type track and unit-type track. The results show that the track sequence has a great influence on the wear distribution. At the same time, the influence of track composition on wheel wear is studied by comparing different straight-curve ratio tracks; therefore, wheel wear can be predicted integrally under different track conditions.

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Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, vol. 71 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0036-8792

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Publication date: 20 July 2017

The purge and replacement of erstwhile presidential contender Sun Zhengcai.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222292

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 24 February 2025

Han Xu, Xi Li, Jonathan C. Lovett and Lewis T.O. Cheung

This study uses the pleasure–arousal–dominance (PAD) theory to explore how users’ emotional engagement with ChatGPT drives their continued adoption of ChatGPT and word-of-mouth…

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Purpose

This study uses the pleasure–arousal–dominance (PAD) theory to explore how users’ emotional engagement with ChatGPT drives their continued adoption of ChatGPT and word-of-mouth (WOM) behaviour in the context of travel-related service.

Design/methodology/approach

This study obtained reliable data from 428 Chinese respondents who used ChatGPT for travel-related purposes. Structural equation modelling was used to test a series of hypotheses based on the PAD framework.

Findings

This study identifies three key features of human–artificial intelligence (AI) interaction, namely, service ubiquity, entertainment and anthropomorphism, which significantly influence users’ emotional responses, including pleasure, arousal and dominance. Dominance and pleasure are found to enhance emotional experiences, driving continued adoption and positive WOM recommendations for ChatGPT, whereas arousal influences WOM but does not affect continued adoption. The results also confirm that users’ perceived pleasure from interacting with ChatGPT has the strongest effect. These findings advance theoretical understanding by clarifying the emotional mechanisms underlying human–AI interactions in the tourism context.

Originality/value

This study examines the emerging trend of tourists’ continuous adoption of ChatGPT for travel-related services. The results highlight how different emotions in human–AI interaction influence long-term use of AI-powered tool for travel-related services.

目的

本研究基于愉悦-兴奋-支配(PAD)理论, 探讨在旅行相关服务中, 用户对 ChatGPT 的情感投入如何推动其持续使用该技术, 并激发口碑行为。

设计/方法/途径

本研究基于428名使用过ChatGPT进行旅游相关服务的中国受访者所提供的可靠数据, 运用结构方程模型(SEM), 结合PAD框架, 对一系列假设进行了验证。

研究结果

本研究确定了用户与人工智能互动的三个关键特征:服务无处不在、娱乐性和拟人化, 这些特征对用户的情感反应(包括愉悦感、兴奋感和主导感)产生了显著影响。研究发现, 主导性和愉悦感增强了用户的情感体验, 推动了对ChatGPT的持续采用和积极的口碑推荐(WOM), 而兴奋感仅影响口碑推荐, 但不影响持续采用。研究结果还证实, 用户在与ChatGPT互动中感知到的愉悦感具有最强的影响力。这些发现阐明了旅游业中人与人工智能互动的情感机制, 推动了相关理论的深入理解。

原创性/价值

本研究探讨了游客持续采用ChatGPT进行旅游相关服务的这一新兴趋势。研究结果突显了在人机交互中, 不同情感如何影响游客对人工智能驱动工具在旅游服务中的长期使用。

Propósito

Propósito: El estudio emplea la teoría del placer-despertar-dominio (PAD) para explorar cómo el compromiso emocional de los usuarios con ChatGPT impulsa su adopción continuada de ChatGPT y el comportamiento boca a boca en el contexto de un servicio relacionado con los viajes.

Diseño/metodología/enfoque

Este estudio recopiló datos fiables de 428 participantes chinos que utilizaron ChatGPT para fines relacionados con viajes. Se empleó el modelado de ecuaciones estructurales para evaluar una serie de hipótesis fundamentadas en el marco PAD.

Resultados

Este estudio identifica tres características clave de la interacción entre humanos e IA: la ubicuidad del servicio, el entretenimiento y el antropomorfismo, que influyen significativamente en las respuestas emocionales de los usuarios, como el placer, la excitación y la dominación. La dominación y el placer mejoran las experiencias emocionales, impulsando la adopción continuada y las recomendaciones boca a boca positivas de ChatGPT, mientras que la excitación solo influye en las recomendaciones boca a boca, sin afectar la adopción continuada. Los resultados también confirman que el placer percibido por los usuarios al interactuar con ChatGPT es el factor con mayor impacto. Estos hallazgos contribuyen a la comprensión teórica al esclarecer los mecanismos emocionales que subyacen en las interacciones entre humanos e IA en el contexto del turismo.

Originalidad/valor

Este estudio analiza la tendencia emergente de la adopción sostenida de ChatGPT por parte de los turistas en el ámbito de los servicios de viaje. Los resultados subrayan cómo las diversas emociones generadas en la interacción humano-IA inciden en el uso prolongado de herramientas basadas en IA para servicios turísticos.

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Publication date: 7 August 2017

Qian Lin, Haifeng Wu and Xi Li

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the temperature reliability for a parallel high-efficiency class-E power amplifier (PA).

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the temperature reliability for a parallel high-efficiency class-E power amplifier (PA).

Design/methodology/approach

To explore the relationship between temperature and direct current (DC) characteristics, output power, S parameters and efficiency of the PA quantitatively, a series of reliability experiments have been designed and conducted to study the temperature reliability for this PA.

Findings

From the results, the prominent performance degradation even failure is found during the testing. Furthermore, the thermal shock test can cause permanent failure, which is a great threat for PA.

Research limitations/implications

Therefore, to ensure the good performance, the influence of temperature on PA reliability should be carefully considered during the stage of PA design.

Practical implications

All these can provide important guidance for the reliability design of PA.

Social implications

All these can give some important guidance for PA application.

Originality/value

In addition, PA is usually designed according to the electrical properties at the room temperature. From the results above, it can be concluded that it may be unable to satisfy the performance requirement at high temperature. In turn, if it is designed according to the electrical properties at low temperature, the transistor often works in the super-saturated state, the reliability of PA will become the new problem. Therefore, to ensure the good performance, the influence of temperature on PA reliability should be carefully considered during the design.

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Circuit World, vol. 43 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0305-6120

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Publication date: 1 February 1986

Richard K. Anderson and Carl E. Enomoto

Introduction The transformation function for two‐sector production models has been used extensively in the international trade and general equilibrium literature. It has been…

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Introduction The transformation function for two‐sector production models has been used extensively in the international trade and general equilibrium literature. It has been derived both graphically and mathematically from individual sector production functions that are assumed to be linearly homogeneous. The result has been a convex set possessing first derivatives that have frequently been used. However, there seems to be a lack of research on further properties attributable to the transformation function. The purpose of this paper is to analyze these additional properties. We begin by proving that the transformation function is linearly homogeneous in all of its arguments. We then derive the standard first derivatives of the transformation function providing their usual economic interpretation. Finally, we conclude by deriving and interpreting the second‐order derivatives of the transformation function.

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Studies in Economics and Finance, vol. 10 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1086-7376

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Publication date: 22 June 2017
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Prospects for China to end-2017

Prospects for China in the second half of 2017.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221676

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 21 August 2023

Huiqi Lin, Xi Li, Siyu Xu, Jun He and Noshaba Aziz

Broiler meat is the most commonly used meat product worldwide. Although China is regarded as one of the three largest broiler producers, the per capita chicken consumption remains…

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Broiler meat is the most commonly used meat product worldwide. Although China is regarded as one of the three largest broiler producers, the per capita chicken consumption remains low. Consumers' cognitive bias and the information acquisition channels are believed to be the main factors contributing to this. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned issue.

Design/methodology/approach

To explore the phenomenon empirically, the current study uses the survey data of 1,056 consumers from China and analyses them using ordered logistic regression.

Findings

The results revealed that consumers' cognitive bias significantly affects their behaviour toward broiler products, and the order of influence is cognitive bias regarding industry cognitive > product nutrition and taste > food safety. The study further revealed that the more diverse the information acquisition channels, the more likely they are to promote consumer behaviour toward broiler chickens. The order of influence of the channels was self-organising > new media > traditional media.

Practical implications

Overall, the findings suggest that the government and enterprises should strengthen and upgrade information channels to boost both the broiler industry and consumer consumption behaviour regarding poultry products.

Originality/value

Rather than the usual focus on the impact of consumer cognition on consumer behaviour, this study examines the impact of cognitive bias on consumer behaviour. Further, centring on broiler products with high protein, low fat and feed-to-meat ratios, this study explores the reasons the per capita consumption of broiler products in China is far lower than the national average.

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British Food Journal, vol. 125 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 31 March 2023

Liangqiang Li, Boyan Yao, Xi Li and Yu Qian

This work aims to explore why people review their experienced online shopping in such a manner (promptness), and what is the potential relationship between the users’ review…

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Purpose

This work aims to explore why people review their experienced online shopping in such a manner (promptness), and what is the potential relationship between the users’ review promptness and review motivation as well as reviewed contents.

Design/methodology/approach

To evaluate the customers’ responses regarding their shopping experiences, in this paper, the “purchase-review” promptness is studied to explore the temporal characteristics of users’ reviewing behavior online. Then, an aspect mining method was introduced for assessment of review text. Finally, a theoretical model is proposed to analyze how the customers’ reviews were formed.

Findings

First, the length of time elapsed between purchase and review was found to follow a power-law distribution, which characterizes an important number of human behaviors. Within online review behaviors, this meant that a high frequency population of reviewers tended to publish relatively quick reviews online. This showed that the customers’ reviewing behaviors on e-commerce websites may have been affected by extrinsic motivations, intrinsic motivations or both. Second, the proposed review-to-feature mapping technique is a feasible method for exploring reviewers’ opinions in both massive and sparse reviews. Finally, the customers’ reviewing behaviors were found to be mostly consistent with reviewers’ motivations.

Originality/value

First, the authors propose that the “promptness” of users in posting online reviews is an important external manifestation of their motivation, product experience and service experience. Second, a semi-supervised method of review-to-aspect mapping is used to solve the data quality problem in mining information from massive text data, which vary in length, detail and quality. Finally, a huge amount of e-commerce customers’ purchase-review promptness are studied and the results indicate that not all product features are responsible for the “prompt” posting of users’ reviews, and that the platform’s strategy to encourage users to post reviews will not work in the long term.

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Journal of Electronic Business & Digital Economics, vol. 2 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2754-4214

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