IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

The battery-swapping electric vehicle (SEV) is an example of a circular economy (CE) business model, which has been increasingly urged by governments. To facilitate battery circularity, governments offer incentive schemes, such as the reward-penalty mechanism (RPM) aimed at encouraging battery recycling, and special purchase (SP) subsidies for SEVs aimed at promoting CE business models. However, …

The rapid advance of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries by enabling cost reduction, personalised solutions, and improved customer service. AI also supports sustainability by facilitating data-driven decisions, operational efficiency, and better management of environmental and social externalities. However, a gap persists between technological potential and the effective adopt…

Innovation rarely unfolds as a one-sided process; it arises from the interplay of dissimilar forces whose operational mechanisms often diverge, and manifests in two primary dimensions: technological market supply, integrated from existing knowledge infrastructure, and institutional market demand, articulated through national policy agendas. This duality often creates strategic uncertainty and gen…

In this study, we elaborate on the macro-view of supply chain viability (SCV) and its integration with the regenerative supply chain (RSC) concept. SCV was mostly considered from its narrow view, namely, ensuring survival in the face of persistent disruptions and crises. Less attention was paid to the broader view of SCV. A viable supply chain possesses the requisite variety and feedback mechanis…

The proliferation of counterfeit goods creates significant financial, reputational, and safety risks. Blockchain-based authentication offers a promising technological solution. However, its effectiveness depends on consumer adoption. Addressing a critical gap in the literature, this study adopts a consumer-centric perspective to examine the behavioral drivers of blockchain authentication adoption…

In the context of the growing secondhand economy, this paper examines a supply chain involving a monopolistic manufacturer of durable products operating under three configurations: no secondhand market (Scenario N), participation in a peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace (Scenario P2P), and collaboration with a collection platform (Scenario PL). We develop three game-theoretic models to characterize th…

Evaluating supplier performance in high-tech supply chains is challenging because suppliers must allocate shared resources across operational and sustainability-related activities while maintaining resilience under uncertainty. This study develops an integrated decision-support framework that combines two-stage shared-resource data envelopment analysis (DEA) with machine learning for supplier ass…

While the use of social media can be beneficial; its dark side, particularly in spreading misinformation, is a growing concern. As misinformation is becoming omnipresent on social media during a crisis, studies on understanding how and why misinformation diffuses on social media have also recently risen across multiple disciplines. However, existing scholarships have neither conceptualised in cla…

Inter-organizational collaborative innovation is crucial for advancing the development of prefabricated buildings (PBs). However, the structural characteristics and formation mechanisms of networks arising from such collaborative innovation remain unexplored. Using patent data on PBs in China (2010-2021), this study constructed patent collaboration networks (PCNs) and examined their structural ch…

This study identifies a key distinction between digital and traditional supply chain finance (SCF): technology-empowered financial service providers (FSPs) are no longer completely uninformed parties in financing markets. By examining an underexplored digital SCF scenario involving upstream focal firms and financially constrained downstream dealers, we reveal the effective signals that enable dow…

Motivated by the trend of platforms participating directly in their markets, we examine the dualroled platform's “unethical” behaviors in algorithmic keyword auctions. We propose an algorithmic mechanism, the Optimal Resource Allocation under Second-Price Auction, comprising a first-stage second-price auction and a second-stage market game. In the first stage, we analyze the distribution of surpl…

Data elements (DE) refer to economic resources owned or controlled by firms that can generate economic value. China is the first country to formally recognize data as a factor of production and has actively encouraged firms to leverage DE to enhance their supply chain risk (SCR) management capabilities. However, whether DE can consistently and effectively mitigate SCR remains contentious, and it …

Modern slavery remains a significant societal challenge within operations and supply chain management (OSCM). Prior research has largely concentrated on compliance, disclosure, and institutional pressures, often revealing that corporate responses are symbolic and fragmented. To address this gap, the purpose of this study is to investigate how anti-slavery and human rights commitments influence fi…

As an innovative financial model that serves real enterprises and real economy, supply chain finance (SCF) has garnered increasing academic attention for its vital role in driving operational innovation through transforming financial resource allocation (FinResA) mechanisms across supply chains. However, existing studies often focus solely on the benefits to focal firms, overlooking how SCF affec…

The influencer economy has evolved into a large and rapidly expanding yet increasingly risky industry. From the perspective of its impact on consumers' purchasing decisions, we categorize existing influencers into two categories and investigate the equilibrium pricing and quality of a brand manufacturer launching a collaborative product with an influencer. We further incorporate the brand's risk-…

Digital transformation (DT) is increasingly recognized as a vital strategy for organizations to remain competitive. Leadership ensures the success of DT projects; however, traditional conceptualizations have largely relied on singular leadership approaches that inadequately address the fluid nature of these projects. This study examines the role of leadership in enhancing team ambidexterity and s…

Despite the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in logistics, its adoption in the air cargo industry remains limited and fragmented due to several unresolved challenges. This study aims to develop and validate a hybrid decision-support framework that diagnoses barriers, prioritizes them, and evaluates mitigation strategies. Drawing on expert insights, critical barriers were i…

In online retailing, e-tailers increasingly offer flexible return policies to reduce consumer-product valuation mismatches and adopt AI-powered virtual shopping technologies to further alleviate purchase uncertainty. However, both strategies may unintentionally encourage opportunistic consumer behavior, such as temporary product trials and excessive returns. This raises a key operational question…

Industry 4.0 technologies (such as Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data) are redefining supply chain resilience paradigms. However, the emergence of Industry 5.0 introduces a fundamental shift by positioning the Human Factor as a central element in this technological equation. Using data from 125 managers in manufacturing and service industries, this study investigates this t…