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Publication date: 10 May 2023

Hua Song, Yudong Yang and Zheng Tao

In recent years, the application of blockchain in enterprise financing has become a hot topic in academic research. This study aims to review the existing literature, construct a…

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Purpose

In recent years, the application of blockchain in enterprise financing has become a hot topic in academic research. This study aims to review the existing literature, construct a knowledge framework for this research topic and propose an agenda for future research.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on 181 papers published from 2016 to 2020 in core journal databases in China and abroad, this study used bibliometric tools to identify and analyze an overview of literature publications, research hotspot trends and research theme clustering. This study also qualitatively analyzes literature from the dimensions of enabling mechanisms, multitechnology synergy, challenges, theoretical perspectives and research methods.

Findings

This study presents the research progress of blockchain applications in direct financing, bank credit, supply chain finance and other financing modes and analyzes the similarities and differences between domestic and international literature. This study also reveals enabling mechanisms of blockchain in enterprise financing, reflected as information quality improvement (data elements), trust mechanism innovation (business process) and collaboration structure enhancement (network structure). The study found several challenges (e.g. technological uncertainty, data security and organizational change) and trends (e.g. integrated innovation of multiple digital technologies). Additionally, the authors identified several gaps and opportunities for further research.

Research limitations/implications

This study adopts a strict strategy of selecting search terms when retrieving the literature, leading to the exclusion of certain papers on this topic.

Practical implications

This study provides valuable insights into the innovative development of enterprise financing modes enabled by blockchain and emphasizes that managers should clarify the applicable boundaries and necessary conditions of blockchain innovation in different financing scenarios to match technological innovation with industrial expectations.

Originality/value

This study constructs a knowledge framework on this topic based on a comprehensive review of existing research and proposes several important issues for future research based on the identified research gaps.

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Nankai Business Review International, vol. 14 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2040-8749

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Publication date: 2 August 2018

Ming-Chuan Yu, Xiao-Tao Zheng, Greg G. Wang, Yi Dai and Bingwen Yan

The purpose of this paper is to test and explain the context where motivation to learn (MTL) reduces innovative behavior in the organizational context.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to test and explain the context where motivation to learn (MTL) reduces innovative behavior in the organizational context.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors used questionnaire survey to collect data in a field study. In order to test the moderating effect of transfer climate, MTL on the relationship between MTL and innovative behavior, a sample of 606 employees was analyzed to examine the theoretical expectation by using multiple regression and bootstrapping.

Findings

The authors found employees motivated to learn showed less innovative behavior when perceived transfer climate is less favorable. The authors further revealed that motivation to transfer mediates the moderating effect of transfer climate for the relationship between MTL and innovative behavior.

Research limitations/implications

One suggestion for further research is to investigate the relationship among the four constructs by using multi-source, multi-wave and multi-level method.

Practical implications

This study provides several useful guidance of how organization and manager avoid the negative effects of MTL through encouraging employees to learn new knowledge and skills, and providing employee opportunities to use their acquired knowledge and skills.

Originality/value

The authors contribute to the motivational literature by taking a step further to understand the effect of MTL. The authors propose and confirm that employee MTL can lead to negative outcomes when individuals perceived transfer climate is low. The results offer new insight beyond previous findings on positive or non-significant relationship between MTL and innovative behavior. The results further show that this interactive effect is induced by motivation to transfer. Particularly, low transfer climate reduces individuals’ motivation to transfer, and individuals with high MTL have low innovative behavior when they are less motivated to transfer.

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Baltic Journal of Management, vol. 13 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1746-5265

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Publication date: 16 November 2010

George K. Stylios

Examines the fifteenth published year of the ITCRR. Runs the whole gamut of textile innovation, research and testing, some of which investigates hitherto untouched aspects…

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Examines the fifteenth published year of the ITCRR. Runs the whole gamut of textile innovation, research and testing, some of which investigates hitherto untouched aspects. Subjects discussed include cotton fabric processing, asbestos substitutes, textile adjuncts to cardiovascular surgery, wet textile processes, hand evaluation, nanotechnology, thermoplastic composites, robotic ironing, protective clothing (agricultural and industrial), ecological aspects of fibre properties – to name but a few! There would appear to be no limit to the future potential for textile applications.

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International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, vol. 22 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0955-6222

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Publication date: 28 October 2024

Haizhe Yu, Xiaopeng Deng, Na Zhang and Xicheng Zhang

Blockchain technology (BCT) is considered a promising tool to improve the productivity of construction project management. Existing research has studied its potential costs and…

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Purpose

Blockchain technology (BCT) is considered a promising tool to improve the productivity of construction project management. Existing research has studied its potential costs and benefits for the construction industry. However, the potential costs and benefits of BCT failed to be compared as actual costs and benefits of specific applications for stakeholders. To fill this gap, this study seeks to analyze the cost-effectiveness of BCT-based applications in construction project management.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is conducted with a customized systematic literature review based on transaction cost theory to enable qualitative comparison. With a deliberately designed structure confining extraneous variables, the costs and benefits of BCT-based applications are identified and compared. The inherent dependent relations of processes and the evolution relations of functions are identified. The cost-effectiveness of blockchain adoption is then analyzed.

Findings

Seven functions and six challenges are identified within five processes. The result suggests all identified functions are cost-effective except for manual instruction (coding smart contracts manually). The smart contracts require explicit definition and logic to be effective. However, the construction projects essentially require the institution to be flexible due to unpredictability. The adoption of smart contracts and corresponding additional requirements can increase the transaction cost of bounded rationality.

Research limitations/implications

As manual instruction is fundamental to realize other functions, and its advanced substitute relies on its broad adoption, its cost-effectiveness must be improved for applications to be acceptable to stakeholders. The establishment of a universal smart contract model and a universal, legitimate and efficient database structure are recommended to minimize the cost and maximize the effect of applications.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the knowledge by providing a comprehensive analysis of BCT adoption’s cost-effectiveness in construction project management. The adopted review structure can be extended to analyze the qualitative benefits and challenges of management automation in the early stages.

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Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-9988

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Publication date: 16 August 2022

Wenjing Zhang and Dong Li

The mobile medical consultation (MMC) service is growing rapidly, but not all consumers are always willing to actively engage with it. To address this issue, based on IT identity…

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The mobile medical consultation (MMC) service is growing rapidly, but not all consumers are always willing to actively engage with it. To address this issue, based on IT identity theory, this study explores the underlying mechanism of how two types of platform-related consumer experience influence MMC platform identity, in turn, result in consumer negatively-valenced engagement in MMC.

Design/methodology/approach

The data was collected from 400 consumers with the experience of MMC and analyzed by the partial least square (PLS) method.

Findings

The findings unfold that these two distinct consumer experience, servicescape experience (i.e. perceived telepresence and perceived platform surveillance) and service search experience (i.e. perceived diagnosticity and perceived serendipity), are associated with MMC platform identity and consumer negatively valenced engagement with MMC.

Originality/value

Research on consumer negatively-valenced engagement in the field of MMC is still in a nascent stage. The study identifies consumer experience in accordance with the unique context of the MMC platform and fills the research gap on the role of IT identity in consumer negatively valenced engagement.

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 122 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

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Publication date: 20 November 2007

C.H. Min and W.Q. Tao

This paper aims to accelerate the iteration convergence for elliptic fluid flow problems, so that an under‐relaxation factor control method is developed.

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Purpose

This paper aims to accelerate the iteration convergence for elliptic fluid flow problems, so that an under‐relaxation factor control method is developed.

Design/methodology/approach

There should be an optimal under‐relaxation factor that can result in the equivalence of the global residual norms of momentum equation u and momentum equation v. The two residual norms of the momentum equations will be equivalent through controlling the velocity under‐relaxation factors, and then the iteration convergence can be accelerated. Two expressions (α=(α0)βγ and α=(α0)(1/β)γ) are proposed to adjust the values of under‐relaxation factors for every n iterations.

Findings

From the five preliminary computations it is found that the value of γ can be larger than 1 and of n can be less than 5 for an open system, and the value of γ should be less than 1 and that of n should be larger than 10 for a closed system. These two pairs of parameters are then used in another five examples. It is found that the saving in CPU times is at least 43.9 percent for the closed system and 67.5 percent for the open system.

Research limitations/implications

When the Re or Ra of the two‐dimensional problems are low, this control method is feasible. More research work is needed in order to apply it in three‐dimensional or high Re or Ra problems.

Originality/value

This method is helpful for the acceleration of iteration convergence in simple problems, and is a preparation for the advanced research in complicated problems.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 24 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 20 November 2024

Chenxia Zhou, Zhikun Jia, Shaobo Song, Shigang Luo, Xiaole Zhang, Xingfang Zhang, Xiaoyuan Pei and Zhiwei Xu

The aging and deterioration of engineering building structures present significant risks to both life and property. Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, acclaimed for their…

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Purpose

The aging and deterioration of engineering building structures present significant risks to both life and property. Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, acclaimed for their outstanding reusability, compact form factor, lightweight construction, heightened sensitivity, immunity to electromagnetic interference and exceptional precision, are increasingly being adopted for structural health monitoring in engineering buildings. This research paper aims to evaluate the current challenges faced by FBG sensors in the engineering building industry. It also anticipates future advancements and trends in their development within this field.

Design/methodology/approach

This study centers on five pivotal sectors within the field of structural engineering: bridges, tunnels, pipelines, highways and housing construction. The research delves into the challenges encountered and synthesizes the prospective advancements in each of these areas.

Findings

The exceptional performance of FBG sensors provides an ideal solution for comprehensive monitoring of potential structural damages, deformations and settlements in engineering buildings. However, FBG sensors are challenged by issues such as limited monitoring accuracy, underdeveloped packaging techniques, intricate and time-intensive embedding processes, low survival rates and an indeterminate lifespan.

Originality/value

This introduces an entirely novel perspective. Addressing the current limitations of FBG sensors, this paper envisions their future evolution. FBG sensors are anticipated to advance into sophisticated multi-layer fiber optic sensing networks, each layer encompassing numerous channels. Data integration technologies will consolidate the acquired information, while big data analytics will identify intricate correlations within the datasets. Concurrently, the combination of finite element modeling and neural networks will enable a comprehensive simulation of the adaptability and longevity of FBG sensors in their operational environments.

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Sensor Review, vol. 45 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0260-2288

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Publication date: 29 August 2019

Danna Tang, Liang Hao, Yan Li and Zheng Li

The study aims to explore the composition and microstructure of clay functionally graded materials under the process of double-gradient direct ink writing (DIW).

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Purpose

The study aims to explore the composition and microstructure of clay functionally graded materials under the process of double-gradient direct ink writing (DIW).

Design/methodology/approach

The investigation focused specifically on the pore characteristics of barite-kaolin clay composite after three-dimensional (3D) printing and sintering as well as its bionic application in geophysical model.

Findings

The model with pore and material variations brought about spatial and nonlinear mechanical properties. Moreover, the vertical gradient and connected pores in the upper kaolin part simulated the natural phenomenon of the landslide model (take Chinese Majiagou landslides as an example). Both the thermal debinding behavior and the kaolin powder particles characteristics [large pore volume (0.019 cm3g1) and pore size (29.20 nm)] were attributed to the interconnection channels.

Originality/value

Hence, the macroscopic and microscopic pores achieved by dual-gradient DIW process make it possible to control the permeability and details of properties, precisely in the geological model.

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Rapid Prototyping Journal, vol. 26 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1355-2546

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Publication date: 15 February 2022

Guilin Wang, Fan Sun, Runqiu Wang, Liang Zhang, Tianci Cao and Boyi Li

The material point method (MPM)is a particle-based numerical method suitable for solid–liquid simulation and large deformation problems. However, MPM is generally used in solid…

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The material point method (MPM)is a particle-based numerical method suitable for solid–liquid simulation and large deformation problems. However, MPM is generally used in solid deformation at present, to develop a multi-physics coupling MPM; the purpose of this study is to extend the MPM to simulate the heat and fluid flow and address the thermal-hydrological (TH) coupling problems.

Design/methodology/approach

The porous medium was discretized into two sets of Lagrangian points, and the motion of fluid points follows the Darcy’s law. Two sets of heat transport equations were established for the heat conduction and heat exchange in the pore fluid and solid skeleton. Fractures were considered by adding the porosity gradient term in the governing equations; also a transition function was introduced to smoothen the fracture boundary.

Findings

Four cases of heat and fluid flow in porous medium and fractures were presented to verify the feasibility of the proposed method. And the effects of fractures on heat and fluid flow were investigated. Additionally, a case of geothermal extraction was solved and the importance of the interstitial convective heat transfer coefficient was analyzed.

Originality/value

The proposed method extends the conventional MPM, using two sets of material points and two sets of heat transport equations to simulate the heat and fluid flow and address the TH coupling problems, which can be applied in both porous medium and fractures.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 32 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Publication date: 9 February 2021

Miao-Tzu Lin

The purpose of this article is to develop a smart illuminated polymeric optical fibre (POF) chameleonic garment, using a wearable device technology for camouflage or safety…

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Purpose

The purpose of this article is to develop a smart illuminated polymeric optical fibre (POF) chameleonic garment, using a wearable device technology for camouflage or safety warnings based on user needs.

Design/methodology/approach

This study integrates the theory of the optical foundation, control system, wireless communication, program development and apparel design into a chameleonic garment, displaying some vests, bags and shoes.

Findings

After selecting a pixel in the photo taken by the smart phone, the four modes of the application developed in this study are used to change the POF colour of the garment.

Originality/value

This study develops four modes of smart phone application; picked mode: picks a pixel colour on a smart phone canvas, contrastive mode: transfers to contrastive colour of the picked pixel, customized mode – gives input colour number manual and random mode – it based on a system random number. When users have different functional requirements, the four modes provide various choices.

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International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, vol. 34 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0955-6222

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