Kybernetes: Volume 52 Issue 5

Product recommendation using online reviews with emotional preferences

Limei Hu, Chunqia Tan, Hepu Deng

The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel recommendation method using online reviews with emotional preferences for facilitating online purchase decisions. This leads to…

The impact of government procurement and anti-poverty efforts on sales format selection in a supply chain

Qingyu Zhang, Tianlong Luo

In the presence of government procurement, one important driving force behind a poor farmer entering into sales format agreements is to improve profits. In this study, the authors…

Impact assessment of country risk on logistics performance using a Bayesian Belief Network model

Abroon Qazi, Mecit Can Emre Simsekler, Steven Formaneck

This paper aims to assess the impact of different drivers of country risk, including business environment, corruption, economic, environmental, financial, health and safety and…

The contemporary state of big data analytics and artificial intelligence towards intelligent supply chain risk management: a comprehensive review

Harsh M. Shah, Bhaskar B. Gardas, Vaibhav S. Narwane, Hitansh S. Mehta

This paper aims to conduct a systematic literature review of the research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics (BDA) in Supply Chain Risk Management…

Innovation ambidexterity effects on product innovation performance: the mediating role of decentralization

Sebastian Ion Ceptureanu, Eduard Gabriel Ceptureanu

The purpose of the study was to analyse the impact of innovation ambidexterity represented by explorative and exploitative innovation capabilities and their combined effects on…

Designing a knowledge-based system (KBS) to study consumer purchase intention: the impact of digital influencers in Pakistan

Sherbaz Khan, Aamir Rashid, Rizwana Rasheed, Noor Aina Amirah

The purpose of this study is to present a complete framework that defines the link between choices and decision criteria based on existing research on digital influencers (DIs…

Optimization of virtual closed-loop supply chain under uncertainty: application of IoT

Hanieh Shambayati, Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi, Seyed Mohammad Ali Khatami Firouzabadi, Mohammad Rahmanimanesh, Sara Saberi

Supply chains (SCs) have been growingly virtualized in response to the market challenges and opportunities that are presented by new and cost-effective internet-based technologies…

Linking online voice to workplace cyberbullying: roles of job strain and moral efficacy

Mingshu Lyu, Baiqing Sun, Zhenduo Zhang

With the spread of information communication technologies (ICTs) at work, online voice has become an emerging form of employee voice. Online voice is a double-edged behavior for…

Effects of feedback on individual creativity in social learning: an experimental study

Manli Wu

The study aims to develop a comprehensive theoretical model to understand the relationship between feedback and individual creativity in a social learning context. To achieve the…

Quality disclosure in sharing economy platform with network externality under consumer risk aversion

Haowen Fan, Yulin Zhang

This work aims to examine the quality disclosure strategy of sharing economy platforms with network externality, considering consumer risk aversion.

A sustainable redesign model for the water/wastewater supply network: a water–energy nexus approach

Hani Gilani, Sahar Shobeiry, Mohammad Biglari Kami, Hadi Sahebi

A sustainable selection method for facility location of the water treatment is formulated by best–worst method. In addition, the model addresses the selection of appropriate…

Identification of critical paths leading to cost claims for underground metro projects: a system dynamics approach

Wenbao Wang, Iwan Harsono, Chich-Jen Shieh, Vadim Samusenkov, Shahab Shoar

Infrastructure projects play a vital role in the development of countries' economies. However, these projects, notably underground ones, are encountering growing claims as they…

Wholesale-price vs cost-sharing contracts in a green supply chain with reference price effect under different power structures

Ranran Zhang, Jinjin Liu, Yu Qian

This research aims to examine which cooperative contract (wholesale-price contract or cost-sharing contract) can more effectively upgrade the green degree of product and promote…

Emergency plan selection for epidemic prevention and control based on cumulative prospect theory and hybrid-information MADM

Qinghua Mao, Jinjin Chen, Jian Lv, Shudong Chen

Decision-making problems in emergency plan selection for epidemic prevention and control (EPAC) are generally characterized by risky and uncertainty due to multiple possible…