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Coordinated replenishment policies for a single-supplier multi-retailer cold chain for fresh produce 单一供应商多零售商生鲜冷链的协调补货政策

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-10-2023-0249

Guo Chen, Mohamed Wahab Mohamed Ismail, Liping Fang

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Examining the critical success factors of productive entrepreneurship: an ISM-MICMAC approach 研究生产性创业的关键成功因素：ISM-MICMAC 方法

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-07-11 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-05-2023-0109

Chinmaya Kumar Sahu, Rajeev Kumar Panda

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Performance evaluation of bank branches in the atmosphere of grey uncertainty 灰色不确定环境下的银行分行绩效评估

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-09-2023-0206

Tooraj Karimi, Mohamad Ahmadian, Meisam Shahbazi

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Model selection for long-term load forecasting under uncertainty 不确定情况下的长期负荷预测模型选择

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-09-2023-0211

Aditya Thangjam, Sanjita Jaipuria, Pradeep Kumar Dadabada

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Mapping the intellectual structure of research on institutional investors’ behavior: a bibliometric analysis 绘制机构投资者行为研究的知识结构图：文献计量分析

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-12-2023-0288

Barkha Dhingra, Mahender Yadav

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Analyzing the impact factors of remanufacturing industry on the Indian economy: a step towards circular economy 分析再制造产业对印度经济的影响因素：迈向循环经济的一步

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-01-2024-0008

Vaishali Sharma, Rajesh Katiyar, Ruchi Mishra

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A model to access the productivity of an agricultural implements consortium: a case study 获取农机具联合企业生产力的模式：案例研究

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-06-26 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-11-2023-0279

Balakrishnan Anand, Saleeshya P.G., Thenarasu M., Naren Karthikeyan S.

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Investigating customer behavior on Instagram to enhance online sale: modeling the effect of content types and broadcasting tools 调查 Instagram 上的客户行为以促进在线销售：建立内容类型和广播工具的影响模型

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-06-26 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-02-2024-0059

Rozhin Houshiarian, Asra Amidi, Ehsaneh Nejad Mohammad Nameghi

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Pre-owned housing price index forecasts using Gaussian process regressions 利用高斯过程回归预测二手房价格指数

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-12-2023-0315

Bingzi Jin, Xiaojie Xu

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Interaction of corporate social responsibility and attractiveness of organization to job seekers: a system dynamic study 企业社会责任与组织对求职者吸引力的相互作用：系统动态研究

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Journal of Modelling in Management Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.1108/jm2-11-2023-0274

Esrafil Ali, B. Satpathy, S. K. Prusty

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