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Digital Banking Implementation Indicators in Industry 4.0
Extensive technological changes brought about by Industry 4.0 have changed the behaviors and attitudes of customers and created new needs for them. The digital transformation of banking encompasses a wide range of services, such as document digitization, electronic signatures for transactions, e-learning, teleconferencing, online trading platforms, digital stores, e-statements, and mobile payments. Adopting new business models through the digital transformation of banking operations is the most appropriate approach for banking institutions in today’s economic environment.
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  • 31 May 2023
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Precision Farming
Among the innovations in agriculture, precision farming (PF) certainly plays an important role. PF originated in the US in the late 1980s and 1990s, then it spread globally. Conceptualized as “Precision Agriculture” or “Site Specific Management”, it is also described as “Smart Farming” and “Digital Farming” as it is based on the use of smart technologies in agriculture and digital data management.
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  • 30 May 2023
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Use of Electricity Market Data in Nowcasting
Traditional forecasting methods usually rely on historical macroeconomic indicators with significant delays. To address this problem, new opportunities for economic modeling and forecasting are emerging by using real-time data and making nowcasting of economic activity. 
  • 336
  • 29 May 2023
Topic Review
Generation Z Consumer Online Fashion Resale Participation
The fashion industry has recently embraced a circular economy due to the increased consumer awareness of environmental issues, especially among younger generations. However, it is unclear if younger consumers, especially Generation Z, are willing to consistently engage in sustainable consumption patterns, such as buying and selling pre-owned fashion products through online resale platforms.
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  • 29 May 2023
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Methods of Analyzing Economic Development and Environmental Challenges
Economic growth and environmental sustainability issues have gained traction in academic literature. These two themes are all the more interesting because they are related to sustainable development policies. Economic growth is supposed to reduce unemployment, hunger, social inequalities, malnutrition, and poverty. However, according to several researchers, the link between economic development and environmental degradation reports an interdependence, thus threatening the quality of the environment.
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  • 29 May 2023
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Global Value Chains' Upgrading and China’s Manufacturing Industry
The impact of the epidemic has caused temporary paralysis of the global supply chain, with a large number of enterprises ceasing production and work, resulting in bottlenecks in production and logistics, which has had a significant impact on the manufacturing industry.
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  • 29 May 2023
Topic Review
Consumers’ Preferences for Apple Production Attributes
Various food safety and environmental problems in China have raised consumer awareness of food safety issues and negative environmental impacts in various supply chains. This research assessed consumer preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for food safety and ecosystem delivery attributes associated with apples, demonstrated through the application of different traceability systems.
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  • 26 May 2023
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Sustainable Supply Chain Practices in the Cement Industry
Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is an extension of traditional supply chain management (SCM) that takes into account environmental and social concerns. Cement manufacturing has been recognized as an intensive consumer of natural raw materials, fossil fuels, and energy, as well as a major source of multiple pollutants. This entry attempted to develop a model for SSCM practices by incorporating 23 SSCM factors divided into three dimensions of sustainability: nine factors of environmental SSCM, seven factors of social SSCM, and seven factors of economic SSCM.
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  • 26 May 2023
Topic Review
Outward Foreign Direct Investment on Green Innovation Heterogeneity
In the current era of increasingly frequent international exchanges and countries’ increasing emphasis on green development, exploring the complex relationship between outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) and green innovation has become an important research topic. Taking the binary innovation perspective as an entry point, this research is devoted to exploring the heterogeneous impact and dynamic evolution of OFDI on green innovation since China’s accession to the WTO.
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  • 25 May 2023
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CSR Perceptions and Brand Attitudes in Luxury Hospitality
The fit between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and luxury is a debated topic and there is limited understanding regarding how the CSR initiatives of a luxury hotel are differently perceived and responded to by customers. 
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  • 25 May 2023
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