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Transforming e-Participatory Budgeting With Blockchain: Boosting Transparency and Citizen Engagement

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3556191

Mohammad Mustafa Ibrahimy;Alex Norta;Peeter Normak;Hadi Nowandish

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Concentrate or Diversify? Unraveling the Effect of Customer Concentration on Green Innovation

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3556070

Weijiao Wang;Xiaoyan Huang;Wuyue Shangguan;Junfei Chu;Jinan Shao;Ying Huang

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Team Experience and ICO Success: An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurs in Blockchain Projects

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3555541

Chunjia Han;Mu Yang;George Saridakis;Vladimiro Sassone

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Impact of Carbon Abatement Policies on Cross-Border Supply Chain Remanufacturing: The Role of Import Quotas

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3555392

Wei Li;Jian Kang;Hui Sun;Gu Pang

{"title":"Impact of Carbon Abatement Policies on Cross-Border Supply Chain Remanufacturing: The Role of Import Quotas","authors":"Wei Li;Jian Kang;Hui Sun;Gu Pang","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3555392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3555392","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the strategic interplay between import quotas and carbon abatement policies in cross-border closed-loop supply chains. Specifically, it examines the impact of three distinct carbon policies—carbon constraints (Policy A), carbon trading (Policy B), and carbon tariffs and taxes (Policy C) on the remanufacturing production decisions within a supply chain comprising an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and a retailer, as well as on the social welfare of the importing country and environmental sustainability. The findings challenge conventional assumptions by demonstrating that higher carbon trading prices imposed by importing countries do not necessarily incentivize OEMs to reduce emissions or promote remanufacturing. Instead, more stringent carbon tariffs are more effective in encouraging emission reductions. Furthermore, the optimal policy mix for maximizing social welfare and environmental benefits is contingent upon the levels of import and carbon quotas: Policy A is most effective under low quotas, Policy B under high quotas, and Policy C under moderate quotas. When remanufactured products exhibit lower carbon footprints, reducing import quotas enhances environmental benefits, whereas lowering carbon quotas improves social welfare under Policy A. In addition, the study highlights that governments can calibrate import quotas in response to fluctuations in carbon trading prices or carbon tariffs to achieve a win-win between economic and environmental objectives. By advancing a theoretical framework for policy optimization in cross-border closed-loop supply chains, this research provides valuable insights for policymakers and industry stakeholders in designing sustainable and economically viable carbon abatement strategies.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"1281-1296"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Enhancing Competitive Advantage Through AI-Driven Live Streaming Sales

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3550400

Yan Zhou;Samuel Shuai Liu;Xiaoping Xu;T. C. E. Cheng

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Selling Products in the E-Marketplace: Do Fairness Concerns Matter for the Deployment of Product Visualization Tools?

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3553124

Jianing Zhang;Bin Shen

{"title":"Selling Products in the E-Marketplace: Do Fairness Concerns Matter for the Deployment of Product Visualization Tools?","authors":"Jianing Zhang;Bin Shen","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3553124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3553124","url":null,"abstract":"Deploying product visualization tools (PVTs) can reduce consumers’ product fit uncertainty in e-marketplaces. This article examines the impact of PVTs on selling products. Consumers are fairness-minded. We develop a game-theoretical framework and find that PVTs can be deployed when consumer fairness concerns are relatively weak. Highly precise PVTs can facilitate an all-win outcome for the supplier, retailer, and consumers if the product has low quality. Such an all-win outcome may also be achieved if product quality is higher than a certain level and the degree of product visualization precision is relatively low. We find that the region of an all-win outcome of deploying PVTs will expand with decreased degree of consumer fairness concerns. Thus, consumer fairness concerns are advised to be measured when deploying PVTs in e-marketplaces. Moreover, demand will decrease if product quality and the degree of product visualization precision are high. Consequently, an all-lose outcome for the supplier, retailer, and consumers will occur. Thus, deploying PVTs for high-quality products is not wise when the degree of product visualization precision is relatively high. This article provides managerial insights into the optimal strategy for deploying PVTs in e-marketplaces when selling to fairness-minded consumers.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"1195-1206"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) System for Fashion Design: A Case Study

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3554248

Eric W. T. Ngai;Maggie C. M. Lee;Brian C. W. Kei

{"title":"A Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) System for Fashion Design: A Case Study","authors":"Eric W. T. Ngai;Maggie C. M. Lee;Brian C. W. Kei","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3554248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3554248","url":null,"abstract":"This study employs a design science research approach to propose a foundational information system design theory tailored for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications in the fashion design process. It delineates meta-requirements and design principles that address both the transformative potential of GenAI, and the unique challenges faced by the fashion sector. To validate the practicality of the proposed design theory, a prototype system was developed and evaluated with feedback from 30 experienced fashion practitioners, confirming its feasibility and effectiveness. Insights from case studies conducted with two Hong Kong-based fashion companies further highlight the benefits and challenges of integrating GenAI into fashion design. While GenAI demonstrates promise in enhancing communication, accelerating design processes, and improving customer engagement and satisfaction, key challenges remain, including the need for high-quality datasets, significant computational resources, and ethical considerations related to AI-generated designs. The design principles derived from this study provide a structured guideline for system designers, offering a practical framework for developing GenAI systems that cater to the specific needs of the fashion industry. By contributing both theoretical and practical insights, this study advances understanding of how GenAI can drive innovation in fashion design and lays a foundation for future research in this domain.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"1320-1333"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143845402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Should Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Always Counter Showrooming? The Role of In-Store Service 实体店零售商是否应始终抵制陈列室效应？店内服务的作用

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3553889

Jun Chu;Minghui Xu;Zhaofu Hong

{"title":"Should Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Always Counter Showrooming? The Role of In-Store Service","authors":"Jun Chu;Minghui Xu;Zhaofu Hong","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3553889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3553889","url":null,"abstract":"The utilization of in-store service has become a vital strategy for brick-and-mortar (B&M) retailers to compete against e-tailers and counter consumer showrooming behavior (CSB), but it faces a paradox: while enhancing in-store service aims to mitigate CSB, it may inadvertently intensify CSB due to freeriding by certain consumers. To address the issue, we incorporate in-store service into a game-theoretic model to explore the price competition between a B&M retailer and an e-tailer in the presence of CSB. Based on capturing the heterogeneity in consumer perceptions of product valuation and in-store service, we analyze the price and service strategies of the retailers in different time spans. Our results show that CSB may lead to profit declines for both B&M retailer and e-tailer. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the nondigital attributes of products are strongly tied to in-store service strategies aimed at alleviating CSB. Specifically, the B&M retailer selling low nondigital-attribute product should provide low-level in-store service to mitigate CSB, whereas those selling high nondigital-attribute product should provide high-level in-store service. Moreover, our results indicate that the B&M retailer does not always counter CSB due to in-store service cost. When the service cost or travel cost is low, the B&M retailer is more likely to embrace CSB. Interestingly, when CSB intensity is low, the B&M retailer is more willing to counter CSB. Finally, a counterintuitive but interesting result shows that the price matching strategy of the B&M retailer does not always guarantee a consistent improvement in its profit.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"1178-1194"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143830436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Power of Curiosity: Exploring the Relationship Between Joyous Curiosity, Self-Efficacy, and Entrepreneurship

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3553373

Yu-Yu Chang;Kamonluck Sathornsantikun;Yeshwant Raj. S;Huei-Ying Chen

{"title":"The Power of Curiosity: Exploring the Relationship Between Joyous Curiosity, Self-Efficacy, and Entrepreneurship","authors":"Yu-Yu Chang;Kamonluck Sathornsantikun;Yeshwant Raj. S;Huei-Ying Chen","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3553373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3553373","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the role of joyous curiosity in enhancing entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), intentions, and startup project performance within practice-based entrepreneurship education programs. Grounded in self-determination theory and social cognitive career theory, we develop a theoretical model positing that joyous curiosity acts as a catalyst for ESE, which subsequently influences entrepreneurial intentions and startup performance. Additionally, we examine how intrinsic and extrinsic outcome expectations moderate these relationships. To test our hypotheses, we gathered longitudinal data over two-and-a-half years from a diverse sample of 198 undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in a practice-based entrepreneurship training program. This extended data collection allowed us to capture variations across different cohorts of participants and temporal contexts. These participants came from a wide array of academic disciplines and cultural backgrounds. Our findings provide novel insights into the influence of curiosity and outcome expectations within the context of entrepreneurship education, offering actionable strategies to cultivate future innovators in the engineering and technology sectors.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"1178-1191"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How Large Language Models Empower the Analysis of Online Public Engagement for Mega Infrastructure Projects: Cases in Hong Kong 大型语言模型如何帮助分析大型基建项目的在线公众参与：香港案例

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3553595

Ming Wang;Ruiyang Ma;Geoffrey Qiping Shen;Jin Xue

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