Servitization requires the acquisition and development of service-oriented capabilities. Research has contributed considerably to the investigation of the necessary capabilities for successful servitization and the introduction of numerous service-ba...
With the development and the characteristics of terminal services of the 5G (5th-Generation network) Internet of Vehicles (IoVs), this paper proposes a distributed splitting strategy for multi-type services of 5G V2X (Vehicle to X) networks. Based on...
Ordinary web users can now create and publish online content. They even venture into “mashups,” integrating information from different sources into a composite information-providing web service. This is a non-trivial design task, which fa...
The objective of this study is to foster the sustainability of the higher education enrollment system in developed countries, where declining student enrollment is eminent, by promoting study abroad programs through utilizing service trade strategy....
Higher education is a principal agent for addressing the sustainable development goals proposed by the 2030 Agenda, because of its key mission of knowledge generation, teaching and social innovation for sustainability. In order to achieve this, highe...
This study delves into an investigation of urban public outdoor spaces (POSs) from a health-oriented perspective, recognizing varied health needs encompassing physical, psychological, social, and environmental aspects. In this study, POSs of two typi...
1 April 2009
The paradigm of service-oriented computing (SOC) has emerged as an approach to provide flexibility and agility, not just in systems development but also in business process management. This modular approach to defining business flows as technology in...
Responding to changing value creation processes in the sheet metal working sector, where the complexity and interchangeability of products challenge traditional differentiation strategies, this exploratory analysis examines the integration of service...
As global manufacturing pursues green and low-carbon transitions, servitization offers a critical pathway for firms to advance sustainability goals. Yet the “servitization paradox” persists, dampening firms’ willingness and capacity...
Future wireless sensor networks are expected to provide various sensing services and energy efficiency is one of the most important criterions. The node scheduling strategy aims to increase network lifetime by selecting a set of sensor nodes to pro...
(1) Background. Food sovereignty and local sustainability are ensured by large agro-industrial holdings and small-scale farms; this synergy forms a complementary model of the agrifood system. Maintaining this model’s balance requires the creati...
With the rise in cloud computing architecture, the development of service-oriented simulation models has gradually become a prominent topic in the field of complex system simulation. In order to support the distributed sharing of the simulation model...
With the increasingly fierce market competition, customers’ needs are gradually becoming more complicated, specialized, customized, and personalized. How manufacturing enterprises adopt innovation strategies to achieve value-added products as w...
Driven by the rapid advancement of intelligence and connectivity, traditional distributed and signal-oriented automotive architectures are gradually being replaced by centralized, service-oriented architectures. In response to this transition, In-Veh...
The current development of energy management services is stimulated by a series of factors that are both external and industry-specific. One important external factor is the pressure coming from legal provisions in favour of sustainable development....
A scientifically robust evaluation system for ecological products value realisation is urgently needed in China. Approaches that rely solely on objective indicators face significant challenges due to data limitations and regional heterogeneity. This...
In the product–service system, variations in the service capabilities of equipment manufacturing enterprises (EMEs) and equipment operating enterprises (EOEs) will change the coopetition relationship. Firstly, this study develops an evolutionar...
This paper investigates a service-oriented hybrid supply chain involving a manufacturer, a service provider, and an integrator, where product demand is jointly influenced by service level and retail price. To address the increasing dominance of servi...
Businesses are overgrowing worldwide; people struggle for their businesses and startups in almost every field of life, whether industrial or academic. The businesses or services have multiple income streams with which they generate revenue. Most comp...
Background/Objectives: This study explores the subjective perceptions of stakeholders in South Korea’s nature-based healing industry and employs Q methodology to classify their viewpoints. As the healing industry continues to evolve across sect...
With the rapid development of service-oriented computing, an overwhelming number of web services have been published online. Developers can create mashups that combine one or multiple services to meet complex business requirements. To speed up the ma...
The Chinese government has promoted intelligent, green, and integrated transformation to advance sustainable manufacturing. Central to this strategy is the Service-Oriented Manufacturing Demonstration (SOMD) policy, which aims to deepen manufacturing...
8 April 2024
Service-oriented third-party e-commerce platforms have emerged as a new trend in the manufacturing industry. This paper aims to investigate the platforms’ value-added service (VAS) and charging strategies with a dynamic evolution analysis. Cons...
The trade-off between awareness and interruption is a crucial aspect in network fault notifiers: Low severity alarms should not distract operators from other primary tasks, however it might be crucial that operators promptly react to critical notific...
With the development of the service economy, the service-oriented transformation of the manufacturing industry has become a crucial strategy pursued by major manufacturing enterprises globally. They must constantly innovate their services and provide...
As urban renewal progresses, transforming old industrial plants into sports service complexes has become a prevalent strategy to revitalize urban stock space. To evaluate the actual performance of this spatial reproduction from the users’ persp...
The B2B context has experienced a push toward digital servitization (DS), i.e., the development of services by means of digital technologies. There are three levels of DS: (1) product provision, (2) after-sale servicing, and (3) advanced services tak...
The efficient operation of the maintenance service system is key to achieving sustainable operations, with its core lying in the coordinated scheduling of spare parts production and maintenance personnel, as well as the holistic management of in-warr...
The increasing awareness of customers toward climate change effects, the high demand instability affecting several industrial sectors, and the fast automation and digitalization of production systems are forcing companies to re-think their business s...
The increasing complexity and scale of service-oriented architectures in cloud computing have heightened the demand for intelligent, decentralized, and adaptive service composition techniques. This study proposes an advanced framework that integrates...
As an important national strategy infrastructure, the Space Information Network (SIN) is a powerful platform for future information support. The architecture model of the SIN is of great significance to the construction and development of the SIN. Fo...
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded within service-oriented High-Performance Work Systems (HPWSs), understanding its implications for employee well-being and organizational sustainability is critical. This study examines the...
Against the backdrop of economic recovery and ongoing market restructuring, China’s hotel industry is undergoing a significant shift from being service-based to becoming strategy-driven and competitive. This study aims to identify the key facto...
The rapid growth of robotic warehouses and smart logistics has increased the demand for efficient scheduling of multi-tier shuttle systems (MTSSs). MTSS scheduling is a complex robotic task allocation problem, where throughput, energy efficiency, and...
This paper describes the technical development of CrystalWalk, a crystal editor and visualization software designed for teaching materials science and engineering aiming to provide an accessible and interactive platform to students, professors and re...
EAP (English for Academic Purposes) teachers’ professional development remains an underexplored area despite its significance in higher education. This study employs cultural–historical activity theory (CHAT) to analyze the internal and e...
9 January 2023
It is generally believed that sports play an important role in healing and boosting mental health. The provision of public sports services is important for enhancing residents’ physical fitness and mental health, and for promoting their satisfa...
15 September 2023
The perceived quality of the restorative environment of forest resources should be a key consideration for forest recreational areas in managing ecosystem services to provide health benefits to visitors. However, previous studies on utilizing forests...
In order to tackle interoperability issues of large-scale automation systems, SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) principles, where information exchange is manifested by systems providing and consuming services, have already been introduced. However,...
Design management in Industry 5.0 faces a persistent gap due to fragmented conceptualizations that treat AI, human creativity, and machine capabilities as largely separate elements, limiting their effective integration within complex socio-technical...
The present study examines the relationship between the cash conversion cycle (CCC) and profitability in major service sectors in Greece, including hotels, education, healthcare, transfer—rentals, and information technology. Using financial dat...
This study presents a comparative evaluation of the usability of an intelligent chatbot implemented in a childcare center management system, focusing on the impact of a prompt-enhanced conversational configuration on user experience. The Chatbot Usab...
The computer science perspective of ontology refers to ontology as a technology, however, with a different perspective in terms of interrogations and concentrations to construct engineering models of reality. Agriculture-centered architectures are am...
In Taiwan, hydro-meteorological data are fragmented across multiple agencies, limiting the effectiveness of coordinated flood response. To address this challenge and the increasing uncertainty associated with extreme rainfall, a real-time disaster pr...
In light of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 5 (Gender Equality) and Goal 13 (Climate Action), integrating gender dimensions into climate adaptation strategies can foster more inclusive and equitable developm...
Recent studies have advocated that digital technologies (DTs) positively affect the transition of a linear economy model to a circular economy (CE) model and facilitate enterprises in implementing circular strategies. Despite this general statement,...
Today’s dynamic business environment has pushed service-oriented firms such as banks to collaborate with external partners through open innovation (OI) to address issues of service differentiation, optimize customer experience, and create effec...
The metaverse is a new technology thought to provide a deeper, persistent, immersive 3D experience combining multiple different virtual approaches in a full continuum of physical–digital interaction spaces. Different from virtual reality (VR) a...
Sustainable business model innovation in social enterprises (SEs) is a crucial means of enhancing social welfare, yet its mechanisms remain underexplored. This paper aims to reveal how different institutional logics drive the sustainable business mod...
Showrooming behavior on the part of consumers undoubtedly undermines the interests of brick-and-mortar (BM) retailers and hinders the growth of the physical economy. In response to this crisis, BM retailers can employ exclusive product strategies, al...
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