Journal of Modelling in Management: Volume 19 Issue 2

Design features of digital transformation maturity models: a systematic literature analysis and future research directions

Mehmet Kirmizi, Batuhan Kocaoglu

This study aims to analyze and synthesize the design features of existing digital transformation maturity models with a developed classification scheme and propose a generic…

Sourcing strategies for competing manufacturers in the toy industry

Peiyi Liang, Feng Yang, Feifei Shan

This paper aims to examine the optimal sourcing strategies and pricing decisions of competing toy manufacturers and to discuss how manufacturers’ decisions are impacted by…

Analysis of the challenges for blockchain technology adoption in the Indian health-care sector

Sarthak Dhingra, Rakesh Raut, Angappa Gunasekaran, B. Koteswara Rao Naik, Venkateshwarlu Masuna

This paper aims to discover and analyze the challenges hampering blockchain technology’s (BT’s) implementation in the Indian health-care sector. A total of 18 challenges have been…

Assessment of barriers impeding the incorporation of blockchain technology in the service sector: a case of hotel and health care

Kunwar Saraf, Karthik Bajar, Aaditya Jain, Akhilesh Barve

This study aims to determine the barriers hindering the incorporation of blockchain technology (BCT) in two key service industries – hotel and health care – as well as to assess…

Predicting systemic risk of banks: a machine learning approach

Gaurav Kumar, Molla Ramizur Rahman, Abhinav Rajverma, Arun Kumar Misra

This study aims to analyse the systemic risk emitted by all publicly listed commercial banks in a key emerging economy, India.

Impact of service agents on customer satisfaction and loyalty: mediating role of Chatbots

Muhammad Hasnain Abbas Naqvi, Zhang Hongyu, Mishal Hasnain Naqvi, Li Kun

This study aims to determine whether or not fashion retail brands can maintain their essence by providing personalized care through conventional face-to-face interactions or the…

Identifying and exploring the relationship among the critical success factors of sustainability toward consumer behavior

Syed Imran Zaman, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong

The purpose of this study is to find out what is the relationship between sustainability toward consumer behavior. Consumer behavior is the method of choosing, buying and using…

Futuristic portfolio optimization problem: wavelet based long short-term memory

Shaghayegh Abolmakarem, Farshid Abdi, Kaveh Khalili-Damghani, Hosein Didehkhani

This paper aims to propose an improved version of portfolio optimization model through the prediction of the future behavior of stock returns using a combined wavelet-based long…

A dynamic multi-stage network data envelopment analysis approach for evaluating performance of wheat farms

Shahin Rajaei Qazlue, Ahmad Mehrabian, Kaveh Khalili-Damghani, Mohammad Amirkhan

Because of the importance of the wheat industry in the economy, a real-featured performance measurement approach is essential for the wheat production process. The purpose of this…

Perspectives of two competing manufacturers: customer rebate vs. contract mechanism

Sani Majumder, Izabela Nielsen, Susanta Maity, Subrata Saha

This paper aims to analyze the potentials of dynamic, commitment and revenue-sharing contracts; that a nonrebate offering manufacturer can use to safeguard his profit while his…

Artificial intelligence in supply chain decision-making: an environmental, social, and governance triggering and technological inhibiting protocol

Xinyue Hao, Emrah Demir

Decision-making, reinforced by artificial intelligence (AI), is predicted to become potent tool within the domain of supply chain management. Considering the importance of this…

Exploring the significant factors of reconfigurable manufacturing system adoption in manufacturing industries

Rajesh B. Pansare, Madhukar R. Nagare, Vaibhav S. Narwane

A reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) can provide manufacturing flexibility, meet changing market demands and deliver high performance, among other benefits. However…

Sustainable and resilient supplier selection, order allocation, and production scheduling problem under disruption utilizing conditional value at risk

Seyed Mojtaba Taghavi, Vahidreza Ghezavati, Hadi Mohammadi Bidhandi, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mirzapour Al-e-Hashem

This paper aims to minimize the mean-risk cost of sustainable and resilient supplier selection, order allocation and production scheduling (SS,OA&PS) problem under uncertainty of…

Determination of disease risk factors using binary data envelopment analysis and logistic regression analysis (case study: a stroke risk factors)

Maedeh Gholamazad, Jafar Pourmahmoud, Alireza Atashi, Mehdi Farhoudi, Reza Deljavan Anvari

A stroke is a serious, life-threatening condition that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is cut off. The earlier a stroke is treated, the less damage is likely…