In a fierce competitive industry, firms conducting a corporate social responsibility (CSR) differentiation strategy can build a relative advantage. However, there is lack of literature to discuss the approach to identifying companies’ CSR diffe...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in economic and development growth, particularly in developing countries. Their success depends on the expansion of their markets across borders, based on the strategies adopted, in whi...
No prior literature has investigated the effect of managers’ green transformational leadership (GTL) on financial performance (FP). The current study introduces an original research framework with the aim of filling in this gap. This study intr...
In this paper, we examine the association between management strategy and a firm’s sustainability of accounting earnings over almost 20,000 firm-year observations in South Korea between 2000 and 2017. Using the differentiation strategy develope...
1 September 2019
Offering digital content for renting has become popular among online retailers. Following the trend, textbook retailers have introduced e-textbook rental programs which satisfy students’ needs to reduce the cost of textbooks. Under the e-textbook ren...
Export competitiveness is an important factor for national development and economic growth. The craft product market is one of the commodities with high growing value. Thus, many craft product companies are encouraged to export their products to fore...
Animal feeding through the reuse of agro-industrial by-products in one of the ultimate goals of sustainable agriculture. Olive oil pomace (OOP) produced as a waste product during olive oil milling has been used as an ingredient in the diet for Holste...
This study aims to analyze the differentiation strategies developed by sectoral brands in the global wine industry and how these strategies interrelate. A sectoral brand is defined as having a distinctive brand name accompanied by a visual identity,...
The dual-population differential evolution (DDE) algorithm is an optimization technique that simultaneously maintains two populations to balance global and local search. It has been demonstrated to outperform single-population differential evolution...
To overcome the problems of slow convergence speed, premature convergence leading to local optimization and parameter constraints when solving high-dimensional multi-modal optimization problems, an adaptive dynamic disturbance strategy for differenti...
This qualitative study aimed at examining the question modification strategies Eritrean elementary and middle school teachers used to differentiate their instruction and meet the diversity in the classroom as well as the functions these strategies se...
For numerous years, researchers have extensively explored real parameter single-objective optimization by evolutionary computation. Among the various types of evolutionary algorithms, Differential Evolution (DE) performs outstandingly. Recently, the...
Symmetry in a differential evolution (DE) transforms a solution without impacting the family of solutions. For symmetrical problems in differential equations, DE is a strong evolutionary algorithm that provides a powerful solution to resolve global o...
The paper deals with a two-person zero-sum differential game for a dynamical system described by differential equations with the Caputo fractional derivatives of an order α∈(0,1) and a Bolza-type cost functional. A relationship between the differenti...
The differential evolution (DE) algorithm is a simple and efficient population-based evolutionary algorithm. In DE, the mutation strategy and the control parameter play important roles in performance enhancement. However, single strategy and fixed pa...
(1) Background: All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) has transformed the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) by inducing terminal myeloid differentiation. However, its efficacy in non-APL acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is limited. Exploring combi...
Due to the unique market context and consumer differences, Porter’s generic competitive strategy has often failed in China. This study examined the impacts of managerial factors on performance by using the company brand as an indicator of perfo...
In large-scale air conditioning water systems, variable water flow (VWF) control strategies are frequently utilized to conserve energy. This paper presents a variable differential pressure (DP) set-point control strategy for VWF air conditioning syst...
This paper presents an innovative optimization algorithm based on differential evolution that combines advanced mutation techniques with intelligent termination mechanisms. The proposed algorithm is designed to address the main limitations of classic...
Housing quality (HQ) has been a long-standing concern for both developers and homebuyers. Currently, HQ depends on the expected profit and subjectivity of the developers, and homebuyers only have a passive choice of whether to accept housing with suc...
The steadily increasing amount of waste requires new strategies for package waste reduction. One strategy is to switch from single-use plastic packaging to glass packaging; however, this strategy is only beneficial from an environmental perspective w...
This paper examines control and cooperation mechanisms for trans-regional air pollution using differential game theory. This study focuses on analyzing pollution control pathways in regions characterized by asymmetric economic development. Three mode...
Quantifying free-form surfaces using differential confocal microscopy can be challenging, as it requires balancing accuracy and efficiency. When the axial scanning mechanism involves sloshing and the measured surface has a finite slope, traditional l...
Amid growing demands for urban regeneration, metro station areas (MSAs) have emerged as critical spatial units for assessing renewal potential. However, their highly heterogeneous functional and spatial attributes pose challenges to precise classific...
Vibration control of composite structures coupled with distributed masses under random excitations is a significant issue. In this paper, partial and ordinary differential coupling equations are obtained from a periodic sandwich plate coupled with su...
9 June 2022
Background: Differentiation of self (DoS) is a core construct in Bowen family systems theory. At the interpersonal level, it represents the capacity to maintain rational thinking rather than reacting emotionally, especially while under stress. Previo...
This article is focused on an original control approach applied to a transportation system that includes a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) as the main energy source and supercapacitors (SC) as the energy storage backup. To interface th...
Accurate trajectory tracking remains a central challenge in differential-drive mobile robots (DDMRs), particularly when operating under real-world conditions. Model Predictive Control (MPC) provides a powerful framework for this task, but its perform...
Reliable methods for the isolation and culture of human eccrine sweat gland cells (SGCs) are essential for studying glandular biology and developing tissue-engineered skin substitutes (TESs) that restore full skin function. However, maintaining the g...
Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) have been shown to serve as an efficient therapeutic strategy in different cell therapy approaches, including spinal cord injury treatment. Despite the reported beneficial effects of NPC transplantation, the low surviva...
The aim of the current study was to ascertain the influence of a management control systems (MCS) package on a firm’s sustainability with the help of mediating variables such as differentiation and cost leadership strategy in Malaysian small an...
This research analyzed the moderating effects of the continental factor on the relation between the business strategies (cost advantage strategy and differentiation strategy) of the pharmaceutical industry and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) perfo...
The rise of platform competition, driven by the rapid emergence of new e-commerce platforms, has fundamentally reshaped traditional supply chain structures. Under platform encroachment, the manufacturer faces the critical challenge of optimizing thei...
Responding to the latest demand for strategic human resource management research, the paper investigates the links between the strategic choice of sustainable competitive advantage for firms and the executive-employee compensation gap (EECG), and the...
This paper investigates three-dimensional pursuit problems in noncooperative stochastic differential games. By introducing a novel polynomial value function capable of addressing high-dimensional dynamic systems, the forward–backward stochastic...
The pressure difference in buildings causes indoor and outdoor airflow, significantly impacting the indoor thermal environment and building energy consumption due to the introduction of outdoor air. The pressure difference in buildings is highly vari...
The present paper is devoted to studying a pursuit differential game described by an infinite system of binary differential equations in Hilbert space l2. The control parameters of the players are subject to geometric constraints. The pursuer tries t...
This article studies the relationship between changes in the external business environment, a firm’s innovation strategies towards customers, and performance. A model of relations was developed, as well as a hypothesis: “The use of the di...
We present a pursuit differential game for an infinite system of two-block differential equations in Hilbert space l2. The pursuer and evader control functions are subject to integral constraints. The differential game is said to be completed if the...
When using a differential evolution algorithm to solve the joint flood optimization scheduling problem of cascade reservoirs, a greedy random optimization strategy is prone to premature convergence. Therefore, a new, improved Elite Conservative Diffe...
We study a differential evasion game of multiple pursuers and an evader governed by several infinite systems of two-block differential equations in the Hilbert space l2. Geometric constraints are imposed on the players’ control functions. If th...
A parallel compact Differential Evolution (pcDE) algorithm is proposed in this paper. The population is separated into multiple groups and the individual is run by using the method of compact Differential Evolution. The communication is implemented a...
Obesity is a worldwide chronic metabolic disease characterized by an abnormal fat accumulation and represents one of the main risk factors for several diseases. White adipose tissue is the primary site for energy storage in the form of triglycerides,...
We investigate a differential evasion game with multiple pursuers and an evader for the infinite systems of differential equations in ℓ2. The control functions of the players are subject to geometric constraints. The pursuers’ goal is to...
The gradual deterioration of fresco pictorial information presents a formidable obstacle for conservators dedicated to protecting humanity’s shared cultural legacy. Currently, scholars in the field of mural conservation predominantly focus on i...
In the Hilbert space l2, a differential evasion game involving multiple pursuers is considered. Integral constraints are imposed on player control functions. The pursuers are tasked with bringing the state of a system back to the origin of l2, while...
According to the traditional theory of industrial organizations, differentiated competition leads to higher returns. However, Chinese eCommerce platforms tend to homogenize in the choice of operational strategies, which deviates from the principle of...
The development of second-hand bookstores has received ample attention in the book industry. However, research on their operational strategies is still in its infancy, especially concerning how they compete with new bookstores. We used the Hotelling...
The differential evolution (DE) algorithm is a popular and efficient evolutionary algorithm that can be used for single objective real-parameter optimization. Its performance is greatly affected by its parameters. Generally, parameter control strateg...
This paper examines federated learning, a decentralized machine learning paradigm, focusing on privacy challenges. We introduce differential privacy mechanisms to protect privacy and quantify their impact on global model performance. Using evolutiona...
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