Systems, Volume 13, Issue 3

There has been recent proliferation of entrepreneurship theorizing involving the true uncertainty of a system—most often labeled as Knightian. This has been noted in both individual papers and in the main partial theories that attempt to explai...

(1) Background: The reliability of port equipment is of significant interest to industry stakeholders due to the economic and logistical factors governing the operation of maritime container terminals. Failures of key equipment like quay cranes can h...

Against the backdrop of accelerated global digital transformation and the shift toward open innovation models, this study examines how enterprises leverage digital capabilities to integrate into global innovation networks (GINs) and enhance innovatio...

Fiercer competition across all industries has made identifying and eliminating lean wastes to enhance sustainability performance an effective route that many companies take. This study focuses on the production process of wood park/garden benches at...

Increasing supply chain uncertainty due to market volatility has heightened the need for more flexible procurement strategies. While procurement through long-term forward contracts provides supply stability and cost predictability, it limits adaptabi...

The durable nature of supply chains in the Middle Eastern region is critical, given the region’s strategic role in global trade corridors, yet geopolitical conflicts, territorial disputes, and governance challenges persistently disrupt key rout...

Agile software project management (ASPM) serves modern industries to conduct iterative development of complicated code bases. The decision-making process in Agile environments regularly depends on individual opinions, creating ineffective results for...

Military systems, with their extended lifecycles, face challenges such as managing obsolescence, adapting to evolving operational needs, and ensuring interoperability in System of Systems contexts. Open Architectures (OAs) have been pursued to addres...

A two-stage cold supply chain manages the transportation, storage, and distribution of temperature-sensitive products like frozen food, fresh/green products, and pharmaceuticals, which makes it costly. It consists of three key elements: a supplier, a...

From the perspective of the talent supply chain, this paper employs evolutionary game theory to study the decision-making behaviors of university graduates’ employment-related participants, establishes a tripartite evolutionary game model of en...

This research investigates the potential of computational argumentation, specifically the application of the Abstract Argumentation Framework (AAF), to enhance the evaluation of deliberative quality in public discourse. It focuses on integrating AAF...

In the context of globalized and complex supply chains, supply uncertainty occurs frequently. To reduce dependence on suppliers, retailers often consider holding strategic inventory and introducing private brands. To explore the relationship between...

Despite the crucial contribution of the logistics industry to economic development, existing research has yet to comprehensively explore how the integration of basic and emerging business models fuels growth during the transformation and upgrading pr...

Addressing climate change and promoting social justice are crucial sustainable development goals. However, the quantitative assessment of how energy transition policies impact social justice remains a significant challenge. To address this gap, we de...

The Circular Economy (CE) has evolved as a philosophy to transform industrial supply chains to become greener to combat climate change issues. Countries’ target of achieving Net Zero will never be fulfilled unless, along with larger organizatio...

The rapid development of urbanization has led to a continuous migration of rural labor to cities, while also facilitating the widespread adoption of digital technologies in both urban and rural areas. The existing literature predominantly focuses on...

Specialized, Refined, Differentiated, and Innovative (SRDI) enterprises are crucial to China’s economic development. It is important to examine how various factors’ combinations impact the radical innovation performance of SRDI enterprise...

As pioneers in this field, our role in shaping the future of serious games in healthcare logistics is crucial. Digital media design significantly influences the quality of gaming simulation studies in healthcare. The leading challenge scholars face i...

As the global market for shipping perishable goods expands, the substantial loss and high claim costs associated with these goods have drawn increasing attention. Blockchain technology (BCT) can improve customs clearance efficiency and reduce perisha...

Built on the Conservation of Resources (COR), Multiple Intelligence (MI), and Social Exchange (SET) theories, this study investigates how cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence, and perceived organizational support influence newcomers’ t...

This study focuses on estimating transportation system-related emissions in CO₂ eq., considering several socioeconomic and energy- and transportation-related input variables. The proposed approach incorporates artificial neural networks, machine lear...

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology is an essential technology for achieving low-carbon transformation and upgrading of the coal power industry. This study applies optimal control theory to analyze the dynamic optimization of C...

Green innovation in heavily polluting firms is crucial for sustainable development, yet financial constraints remain a major barrier. This study employs a Spatial Durbin Model to analyze how financialization influences green innovation in China&rsquo...

Project Managers face many difficulties when scheduling the development and production of multiple, largely independent systems required for a new capability, especially when there are multiple stakeholders, uncertainties in the expected development...

In the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) environment, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is a key engine for shaping supply chain resilience (SCR). This study employs the entropy method to develop an...

This study examines consumers’ technology acceptance behavior regarding indoor smart farm restaurant systems focusing on the value-based adoption model and value–attitude–behavior hierarchy. More specifically, the study explores the...

This paper examines the impact of the reference price effect on pricing decisions in a risk-averse supply chain with a dual-sourcing procurement strategy, particularly during single-sourcing supply disruption. To analyze supply chain pricing decision...

Within globalization, the significance of urban innovation cooperation has become increasingly evident. However, urban innovation cooperation faces challenges due to various factors—social, economic, and spatial—making it difficult for tr...

Rapid changes in the modern world and technological advances and processes are increasingly contributing to greater attention being given to emerging problems associated with obtaining big data, as well as modifying decision-making processes in diver...

In the context of a progressively intricate and uncertain global economic landscape, the credit risk businesses encounter is intensifying. This study seeks to analyze whether intelligent transformation, a significant trend in current organization dev...

Amidst the rapid digital transformation reshaping the legal profession globally, this study examines the interplay between AI tools, social media usage, and lawyer job performance in China. While prior research has extensively explored factors influe...

Crowdsourced manufacturing, which has emerged as a pivotal paradigm in the era of Industry 4.0, redefines traditional production models by leveraging decentralized decision-making and collaborative networks. This paper reviews the evolution of the op...

With economic development and shifting consumption trends, branding has become an important way to improve the efficiency of poverty alleviation supply chains (PASCs) in practice. However, academic research on this topic is limited. To fill this gap...

Prior studies have shown mixed findings on the role of financial slack. This study examines how environmental factors such as munificence, dynamism, and complexity moderate the relationship between financial slack and innovation activity. Using data...

Digital twin technology has proven to be a transformative tool in the development of smart factories by providing real-time data-driven simulations and virtual representations of physical assets and systems. This paper explores the integration of dig...

Accurate predictions of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) aftermarket performance are essential for making informed investment decisions in the financial sector. This paper attempts to predict IPO short-term underperformance during a month post-listing...

Today’s globalized economic system and the growing competition for human talent worldwide will test university graduates’ competencies to perform jobs that do not yet exist. Positioned as a catalyst for project-based entrepreneurial learn...

This systematic review answers questions about whether or not a model of metacognition is well accepted and if it can be used in cognitive architecture design. Self-planning, self-monitoring, and self-evaluation are the model concepts, which are view...

As a scarce strategic resource, the efficient utilization of rare earth resources is crucial for ensuring national economic security and promoting sustainable development. AI, the core engine of the Fourth Technological Revolution, provides a favorab...

In the contemporary and dynamic business landscape, the establishment of a loyal customer base is a fundamental imperative for long-term organizational viability. This research undertakes a comprehensive exploration into the formation of customer loy...

With the proliferation of artificial intelligence in education, AI-generated digital educational resources are increasingly being employed as supplements for university teaching and learning. However, this raises concerns about the quality of the con...

Robust industry-university-research (I-U-R) collaborative networks are essential for accelerating innovation in the clean energy industry (CEI). This study employs the exponential random graph model to investigate how the network structural, node, an...

In the era of the green digital economy, network platforms as a new form of economic format have gained significant attention from e-commerce companies. This paper intends to address the channel selection strategy for e-commerce enterprises and the c...

With the rapid increase in the number of two-wheeled electric vehicles, the number of accidents related to them has also greatly increased. However, despite facing a huge threat from accidents, the helmet, an efficient and legally required protection...

In this paper, a dynamic energy-efficient hybrid flow shop (TDEHFSP) scheduling model is proposed, considering random arrivals of new jobs and transport by transfer vehicles. To simultaneously optimise the maximum completion time and the total energy...

Research shows that strategic change can reshape a company’s competitive advantage and significantly impact organizational performance. This study examines the role of Intellectual Humility (IH) in driving strategic change, particularly in the...

Road freight e-commerce platforms, as a specialized form of e-commerce in the road transportation sector, face complex operational risks due to their unique service positioning and business models. This study employs a comprehensive methodology to ex...

Tunnel construction, a critical aspect of railway engineering, is a repetitive process with distinct linear characteristics. While the Linear Scheduling Method (LSM) is widely used for scheduling optimization in linear projects, it struggles to accom...

Amid global challenges like COVID-19 and trade wars, resilient logistics networks are crucial. The China Railway Express (CRE) offers a sustainable alternative to sea and air transport, supporting China’s national logistics strategy and strengt...

With the rapid development of China’s economy, the issue of environmental pollution during urbanization has become increasingly prominent, posing a significant threat to residents’ health and quality of life. While existing studies have e...