RETRACTED: Auditing state-owned enterprise through predictive analytics and function transformation
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
ISSN: 0959-0552
Article publication date: 9 June 2023
Retraction notice
The publisher of the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management wishes to retract the following article, Zhou, B., Siddik, A.B. and Guang-Wen, Z. (2023), “Auditing state-owned enterprise through predictive analytics and function transformation”, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJRDM-02-2023-0113
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Abstract
Purpose
One of the best ways to assist China is through infrastructure investment. China might become more resilient to natural calamities by pouring more money into its transport network. Analyzing the relationship between China's degree of planned expansion and the country's current network of transport hubs can help with city development estimates. A wide range of factors were taken into consideration while evaluating China's dominance and the caliber of its transportation infrastructure. Using a geographical autocorrelation model and a coupling coordination model, the dynamic link between China's adaptability and the caliber of its transportation infrastructure is examined.
Design/methodology/approach
China's northwest is underdeveloped in comparison to the southeast, which has a high level of resilience and development of its transportation infrastructure. The relationship between the levels of resilience upheld by China's transport infrastructure is suggested to be coordinated.
Findings
The authors find a positive geographical autocorrelation between the degree of coupling coordination and the degree of agglomeration, despite the fact that the distance between cities increases with time. They now believe that there is a connection between an area's population density and the degree of interspousal cooperation within. The consequence is an improvement in both national security and economic prosperity. The facilities for disaster management and transportation in China have received several proposals for improvement.
Practical implications
The authors' Practical Implications suggests that scale inefficiency is a major contributor to the relatively poor efficiency of China's primary inland river ports. Different types of inland river ports may have vastly different water system efficiencies. Input and output congestion at China's important interior river ports has reached 51%, making it very clear that massive amounts of valuable port resources are being wasted.
Originality/value
Many variables, such as climate and human error, affect the total amount of goods that can be moved via inner river ports. Ports situated either higher up or lower down the same canal may perform better or worse, respectively, depending on the circumstances.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This study was funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2019M663757).
Citation
Zhou, B., Siddik, A.B. and Guang-Wen, Z. (2023), "RETRACTED: Auditing state-owned enterprise through predictive analytics and function transformation", International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJRDM-02-2023-0113
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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