Volume 9, Issue 2

This paper builds a theoretical framework of two-period general equilibrium model to explore whether 1) the restrictions of the Islamic financial system (RIFS) limit economic development in Xinjiang and 2) counterpart financial support for Xinjiang (CFSX) promotes economic development and social stability. First, we introduce above mentioned restrictions caused by Islamic beliefs into a general equilibrium model and modify Islamic agents’ budget constraints to define the benchmark equilibrium. Comparing the benchmark equilibrium with the perfect equilibrium, in which these restrictions are removed, we discover the RIFS paradox that RIFS undermine the social welfare and income of Muslims. Second, the financial support is introduced into the pattern of benchmark equilibrium as an exogenous variable to model its impact and hence we define the CFSX equilibrium. A series of policy analyses implies that the CFSX strategy improves living standards and social welfare in Xinjiang.

This paper analyzes the perceptions that workers in the Ivorian industrial sector have as the interface between their professional and personal life, and the factors that facilitate or make it difficult. Data collected from 4 Ivorian industrial companies which represent a sample of 187 respondents according to the selection criteria. These collected data make it possible to identify the factors which act on the labor conflict towards the family as well as the factors which act on the family conflict towards the work within the industrial sector in Cte d’Ivoire. The results of the correlation coefficients show that the relationships between the proposed variables are significant and in the direction suggested for the most part, thus providing support for nine of the ten hypotheses affecting these relationships. According to some results obtained, it was discovered that certain factors could be at the same time, factors of conflict and satisfaction, such as the commitment to work or the nature of the work. These variables can simultaneously increase stress, and increase the self-esteem of the worker. The results of the analysis of the proposed model recommend the possibility that the data fit the model well, explaining the impacts of work, non-work and stressors on work-family conflict. This indicates that the proposed model is adapted to the Ivorian context.

Uncertainty is a main source of opportunistic behaviors in research and development cooperations, which challenges strategic decisions ranging from investments to operations. To avoid opportunism arising in cooperations, commitments (either formal contracts or informal communications) are generally made in advance by members of an alliance. However, how does a commitment encourage R&D investments and ultimately enhance the total performance, without loss of flexibility in ex post operations? This study attempts to answer this by investigating a bounded commitment in the context of vertical collaborations in a supply chain. In this exploratory study, a 3-stage game model is used (by backward induction) to examine a two-echelon supply chain under a bounded commitment in NPD. Our analysis shows that upstream R&D investment is stimulated more and that both members are better off under the bounded commitment. At the same time, when the relative bargaining power between the supplier and the manufacturer falls into an appropriate area, it is possible to reach a bounded commitment, and the manufacturer is more sensitive to this relationship. Finally, the bounded commitment restrains opportunistic behaviors, but there is no strong sign that an increase in the ratio of the order outside the chain to the inside one can make firms better.

In this study, the key drivers of sustainability commitment, green supply chain management, big data integration and green human resource practice are explored, and the impact of these sustainable capabilities on the environmental and financial performance of banks is also elaborated. In addition, the influence of green management practices on integrating big data technology into operations is presented. As for the concept of dynamic ability, it has been used to recommend and empirically test conceptual models. Data were collected through a self-administrated survey questionnaire on 317 people working in 37 banks in six Asian countries. Research suggests that big data analytics strategies have an impact on internal processes and on the stability and financial performance of banks. Besides, it is indicated that banks are committed to proper data monitoring of their customers to complete operational efficiency and sustainability goals. Furthermore, our result proved that banks practicing Green Innovation strategies experience better environmental and economic performance because their employees are already trained in Green HR. Finally, from our study, it was found that internal and external green supply chain management practices have a positive effect on the environmental and financial performance of banks, thus ensuring that the bank of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mitigates the environmental impact through its operations and ultimately experiences an increase in financial performance.

The time-dependent solution of a kind of supply chain system with the multi-suppliers and single demander is investigated in this paper. By choosing state space and defining operator of system, we transfer model into an abstract Cauchy problem. We are devoted to studying the unique existence of the system solution and its exponential stability by using the theory of C 0 -semigroup. We prove that the system operator generates C 0 -semigroup by the theory of cofinal operator and resolvent positive operator. We derive that the system has a unique nonnegative dynamic solution exponentially converging to its steady-state one which is the eigenfunction corresponding eigenvalue 0 of the system operator.