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Optimal Pricing and Blockchain Adoption Strategies for the Refurbisher Considering Consumer Deliberation Behavior 考虑消费者审慎行为的翻新商最优定价与区块链采用策略

IF 2.7 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4516

Wenping Liu, Bangyi Li, Guoqing Zhang, Xiaobo Wang, Zhe Wang

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Sales or Profits? Managerial Decision-Making in a Duopoly With Symmetric and Asymmetric Costs 销售还是利润？成本对称与非对称双寡头企业的管理决策

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Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4532

Malcolm Brady

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Backward Growth Accounting: An Economic Tool for Strategic Planning of Business Growth 逆向增长会计：企业增长战略规划的经济工具

IF 2.7 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4519

Ali Zeytoon-Nejad

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Industrial Clusters and Vocational Education: Evidence From China 产业集群与职业教育：来自中国的证据

IF 2.7 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4531

Shudong Yang

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Family Companionship: How Does Superstition Improve Mental Health? 家庭陪伴：迷信如何改善心理健康？

IF 2.7 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4530

Yuhao Dai, Qican Wu

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Pinpoint the Golden Point: A Moderated Inverted-U Relationship Between Digital Transformation and Business Model Innovation 精确定位黄金点：数字化转型与商业模式创新之间的反向u型关系

IF 2.5 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4529

Jie Shang, Tao Guo, Xiaozhou Ding

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Technology Licensing, Network Externalities and Social Welfare in Cournot Differentiated Duopoly 古诺差异化双寡头的技术许可、网络外部性与社会福利

IF 2.5 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4528

Ke Yan, Leonard F. S. Wang, Longfei Gao

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How Does Climate Policy Uncertainty Affect Banks Loan Loss Provisions?—Evidence From China 气候政策的不确定性如何影响银行贷款损失拨备？——来自中国的证据

IF 2.5 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4511

Yonghui Lian, Jie Li, Feng He

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Personalized Pricing of an e-Tailer in the Presence of Identity Management 身份管理下的电子零售商个性化定价

IF 2.5 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4520

Peng Xu, Yibing Wang, Qin Zhang

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Manufacturer Choice of Selling Format in a Closed-Loop Supply Chain

IF 2.5 3区经济学

Managerial and Decision Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1002/mde.4475

Haike Qiao, Bi Wang, Qin Su

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