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The different institutional forms of water utilities of Singapore and Sydney provide an interesting natural experiment on the role of a regulator in government-owned utilities (GOUs). In both cities, water is provided by GOUs. In Sydney, however, the...

We develop a deep reinforcement learning (RL) framework for an optimal market-making (MM) trading problem, specifically focusing on price processes with semi-Markov and Hawkes Jump-Diffusion dynamics. We begin by discussing the basics of RL and the d...

Market making is the process whereby a market participant, called a market maker, simultaneously and repeatedly posts limit orders on both sides of the limit order book of a security in order to both provide liquidity and generate profit. Optimal mar...

The present paper is focused on the solution of optimal control problems such as optimal acquisition, optimal liquidation, and market making in relation to the high-frequency trading market. We have modeled optimal control problems with the price app...

In recent years, high-frequency trading has become increasingly popular in financial markets, making the dynamic modeling of the limit book and the optimization of market maker strategies become key topics. However, existing studies often lacked deta...

Future demand forecasting of the excavators is of great significance to guide the supply and marketing plan. For a long time, market forecasting of the construction machinery is regarded as short-term forecasting, which lacks the analysis of macro-ma...

The increasing complexity and commercialization of the global space sector have elevated the strategic role of public–private partnerships (PPPs). However, the criteria for selecting suitable PPP models remain underexplored, particularly regard...

The penetration of power generations from renewable energy sources into the power market has a significant impact on the capacity factor of existing power generations. This is because power producers cannot recover a capital cost of power generations...

Power retail companies in the electricity market make profits through buying and selling power energy in the wholesale and retail markets, respectively. Traditionally, they are assumed to bid in the wholesale market with the same objective, i.e., max...

Sustainable products and their marketing have played a crucial role in developing more sustainable consumption patterns and solutions for socio-ecological problems. They have been demonstrated to significantly decrease social consumption problems. Ne...

Energy markets are crucial for integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DER) into modern power grids. However, this integration presents challenges due to the inherent variability and decentralized nature of DERs, as well as poorly adapted regulator...

This study assesses how Data-Driven Decision-Making (DDDM) impacts marketing practices and research. Using the PRISMA 2020 protocol, this research conducted systematic reviews of 94 peer-reviewed articles and utilized bibliometric and thematic analys...

An excessive amount of data is generated daily. A consumer’s journey has become extremely complicated due to the number of electronic platforms, the number of devices, the information provided, and the number of providers. The need for artifici...

The rapid growth of live e-commerce, a sector valued at over USD 100 billion worldwide, demonstrates its transformative impact on the retail industry, especially in markets like China, where platforms such as Taobao Live and TikTok Shop have markedly...

With the rapid development of technology, an increasingly competitive environment, and evolving consumer behaviour, the use of modern marketing tools has become a key challenge for companies of various types (manufacturing, providing services, sports...

(1) Background: With the deep integration of e-commerce and video technology, live-streaming marketing has emerged globally and maintained rapid growth. However, most of the current research on live-streaming e-commerce marketing focuses on merchants...

This study aims to examine the impact of marketing artificial intelligence (AI) and the specific channels it uses to influence the performance of Jordanian SMEs. In contrast to prior research that focused solely on the direct effects of marketing AI...

With increasing renewable energy integration, electricity spot markets exhibit high volatility and uncertainty, making it difficult to balance profit and risk. To address this challenge, this paper proposes Joint (Version 1.0), a multi-agent closed-l...

Using a unique sample constructed by 600 investors’ responses to a structured questionnaire, we investigate the impact of behavioral biases on the investors’ investment decision making in the Pakistani equity market, as well as the roles...

In the dynamic and uncertain stock market, precise forecasting and decision-making are crucial for profitability. Traditional deep neural networks (DNN) often struggle with capturing long-term dependencies and multi-scale features in complex financia...

With the energy structure transition and the development of the green power market, the role of electricity retailers in multi-market green power trading has become more and more important. Particularly in China, where aggressive green energy policie...

This paper presents an innovative approach to financial market modelling by integrating fuzzy discount factors into the decision-making process, thereby reflecting the complexities of human behaviour. Traditional financial models often fail to accoun...

In the restructured electricity market, retailers are intermediaries between the electricity wholesale market and consumers. Considering the uncertainty of wholesale market price, retailers should consider the risks of their profit caused by the unce...

This paper investigates the impact of what the extant literature has come to view as some of the major causes of the 2007 US housing market crisis. In particular we investigate the hypothesized effect of, lax financial regulations, the “savings glut”...

This study examines the decision-making optimization of Power-Generation Enterprises (PGEs) in the green certificate market, with a focus on balancing bidding strategies and carbon-reduction targets. Given the increasing complexity of the green certi...

Multifold effects of the COVID-19 global health crisis and economic lockdowns are reflected in the insurance industry, and are predicted to expand to the post-COVID-19 era. It is expected that, within a short period of time, the current worldwide sit...

Bounded rationality is an important consideration stemming from the fact that agents often have limits on their processing abilities, making the assumption of perfect rationality inapplicable to many real tasks. We propose an information-theoretic ap...

During the early phases of EV market penetration, German policy makers supported the roll-out of a nation-wide charging infrastructure network by extensive state activities, most notably voluminous funding schemes to provide subsidies for publicly ow...

Online auctions are one of the most effective ways of negotiation of salable goods over the internet. Software agents are increasingly being used to represent humans in online auctions. These agents can systematically monitor a wide variety of auctio...

A study of the efficiency of the energy companies that are listed on the Polish capital market, which will be the object of the analysis in this paper, is focused on assessing the degree of accomplishment of their basic financial objectives, namely,...

In this era of information explosion, smartphones have become a necessary device in our daily life. In order to select a better smartphone, most users try to collect more attributes to help them purchase their own smartphones, including the brand ima...

Due to the constant evolution of the electricity markets around the world, new possibilities for contracting electricity are emerging. In Brazil, there are two models available to the consumer: the regulated contracting environment and the free contr...

To assist stakeholders in selecting appropriate social media influencers (SMIs), this study proposes a multi-attribute decision-making framework for influencer evaluation based on their key performance metrics and engagement characteristics. This stu...

This paper focuses on how human needs are reflected in the market and how several technological and political policies affect the market share of government-supported industries, as well as the satisfaction of human desires and consequent happiness....

Energy market is subject to changing energy demands on a daily basis. The increasing demand for energy necessitates the use of renewable sources and promotes decentralized generation. Specifically, solar PV is preferred in the energy market to meet t...

This paper develops an efficiency-based approach for evaluating the performance of available electronic markets (e-markets) in the active pursuit of sustainable electronic business through the selection of specific e-markets for small and medium-size...

The exponential trend of digital technologies, doubled by the mobility restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, caused a paradigm shift in traditional economic models. Digital transformation has become increasingly common in all types of or...

The paper aims to examine the relationships between behavioural biases (such as overconfidence and herding) and the rational behaviour of Australian female consumers when making financial decisions. In doing so, the paper showcases the financial illi...

The effects of green marketing orientations for increasing the competitive advantage and improving the sustainability of the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 pandemic are receiving more attention. As the hospitality industry attempts to assim...

This study highlights the importance of incorporating objectively quantified, non-market environmental values (such as avoided erosion and carbon sequestration) into land use decision making for sustainable forest management. A continuously developin...

In recent years, influencer marketing has taken over traditional brand advertisements on social media platforms, combining word-of-mouth marketing with celebrity endorsements. However, there has been limited academic research on the key success facto...

Companies’ marketing decision-making effectiveness depends on the quality of actions and time. In the current digital era, any marketing decision making must be timely in response to customers’ feedback, and implementing artificial intell...

This study aims to develop a model for the closed-loop supply chain of photovoltaic (PV) systems. The primary objective addresses strategic and tactical decision-making using a two-stage approach. To pinpoint suitable locations for solar power plants...

This study explores how digital and traditional marketing tools influence higher education students’ career decision-making, satisfaction, and career commitment during students’ educational trajectories in Iraq’s rapidly expanding u...

Health promotion campaigns are used to raise awareness about health issues with the purpose of improving health outcomes and community wellbeing. They are important for increasing community awareness of health behavior changes. In the application of...

We studied the ability to reduce the supply–demand mismatch of a periodic Make-to-Order (MTO) production system using safety stocks with marketing managing demand using lead-time guarantee and price as levers. The aim is to understand the inter...

The transfer of rural collective construction land into the market (RCCL marketization) is an important starting point for breaking the urban–rural dual system, realizing the sustainable use of land resources and promoting the integrated develo...

Investment decision-makers increasingly rely on modern digital technologies to enhance their strategies in today’s rapidly changing and complex market environment. This paper examines the impact of incorporating Long Short-term Memory (LSTM) mo...

The aim of this study is to analyze the factors that influence consumer referents or reference points and their interaction during the decision-making process, along with the principles of prospect theory in the metaverse with market and retail examp...

Moving a relationship of widespread conflicts and distrust into a virtuous circle of trust and cooperation is challenging, yet the case examined in this article shows that it is possible. A problematic start can indeed lead to a positive outcome. In...