Kybernetes: Volume 49 Issue 2

A model for examining the effect of knowledge sharing and new IT-based technologies on the success of the supply chain management systems

Habibeh Zeraati, Lila Rajabion, Homa Molavi, Nima Jafari Navimipour

This research specifies the factors impacting on the success of supply chain management (SCM) systems in the organizations. This paper aims to assess the effect of knowledge…

Investment strategy analysis of emission-reduction technology under cost subsidy policy in the carbon trading market

Qiang Hou, Jiayi Sun

The authors consider a dynamic emission-reduction technology investment decision-making problem for an emission-dependent dyadic supply chain consists of a manufacturer and a…

Identification of organisational pathologies: Exploration of social network analysis to support the viable system model diagnostic

Pedro Pablo Cardoso Castro, Angela Espinosa

The purpose of this is to explore the potential of the combined use of the viable system model (VSM) and social network analysis (SNA) to identify organizational pathologies.

Value co-creation andco-production in the interaction between citizens and public administration: A systematic literature review

Nicola Capolupo, Gabriella Piscopo, Carmela Annarumma

The aim of this paper is to address the value co-creation and co-production theories in public administration (P.A.) sector, particularly when public administration communicates…

Modelling techno-sectoral innovation system: A new hybrid approach for innovation motors policymaking

Sayyed Mohsen Azad, Pouria Khodabakhsh, Fatemeh Roshannafas, Seyed Hassan Ghodsypour

This study aims to scrutiny the performance of the petrochemical sector and the technological innovation life cycle. Also, the stage of the innovation life cycle for the sector is…

The hybrid drive effects of green innovation in Chinese coal enterprises: an empirical study

Liqing Zhou, Cuizhen Cao

The purpose of this study is to explore the green innovation evolution in coal enterprises in China and the various driving mechanisms influenced by government regulations…

Personality traits and motivation of individual investors towards herding behaviour in Indian stock market

Sharda Kumari, Bibhas Chandra, J.K. Pattanayak

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between personality, motivating factors and herding behaviour of individual investors. Investors’ personality has…

An integrated grey-based multi-criteria decision-making approach for supplier evaluation and selection in the oil and gas industry

Mohamad Amin Kaviani, Amir Karbassi Yazdi, Lanndon Ocampo, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong

The oil and gas industry is a crucial economic sector for both developed and developing economies. Delays in extraction and refining of these resources would adversely affect…

Investigating the influence of knowledge management on organizational innovation in higher educational institutions

Saeed Sadeghi Boroujerdi, Kaveh Hasani, Vahid Delshab

This study aims to investigate the relationship between knowledge management (KM) and organizational innovation (OI) in higher educational institutions.

System dynamics models for the simulation of sustainable urban development: A review and analysis and the stakeholder perspective

Mirjana Pejic Bach, Emil Tustanovski, Andrew W.H. Ip, Kai-Leung Yung, Vasja Roblek

System dynamics is a whole-system modelling and learning approach, useful for tackling non-linear problems, such as sustainable urban development. The purpose of this paper is to…

A system dynamics investigation of project portfolio management evolution in the energy sector: Case study: an Iranian independent power producer

Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Hamed Shakouri G., Aliyeh Kazemi, Rahman Zareayan, Milad Mousavian H.

Project portfolio management (PPM) is a commonly used technique to align projects with strategy and to ensure adequate resourcing for projects. In this paper, to gain a better…

Categories in emergency decision-making: prototype-based classification

Mei Cai, Guo Wei, Jie Cao

This paper aims to demonstrate how to make emergency decision when decision makers face a complex and turbulent environment that needs quite different decision-making processes…

Slap or clap? Impact of controversial governance practice on media coverage

Chao Wu, Rongjie Lv, Youzhi Xue

This study aims to examine the impact of controversial governance practices on media coverage under a specific context. Based on the attribution theory, this study develops a…

Research on relationship between government innovation funding and firms value creation using clustering-rough sets

Weidong Zhu, Yufei Tian, Xue Hu, Quan Ku, Xiaoya Dai

The purpose of this paper is to reveal the pattern between government innovation funding and enterprise value creation. Many factors, including government innovation funding, R&D…

Incentive contract design for internet referral services: cost per click vs cost per sale

Chi Zhou, Geni Xu, Zhibing Liu

Internet referral services are a common form of online marketing operating activities. To incentivize infomediaries and improve referral performance, brand retailers typically…