How Much is it Worth to Know the Future in Online Conversion Problems? with M. Mohr Discrete Applied Mathematics Vol. 161, page 1546–1555, 2013 We answer this question using the competitive ratio as an indicator for the quality of information about the future. Analytical results show that the better the information the better the worst-case competitive ratios. However, experimental analysis giv...

https://immunenetwork.org Immune Network, the official journal of the Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI), has been selected for Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). SCIE is a preeminent citation index that covers the world's top tier international and regional journals with a competitive selection process for inclusion. Selection for SCIE will enhance the visibility and discoverabilit...

Distribution in China has been undergoing great challenges nowadays. Circumstances such as how to evaluate distributor performance have become a critical issue in supply chain management. This paper proposes a Performance Value Index Model based on literary review and analysis of Chinese enterprises. It also validates the correlation among process, relational, and operational performances, fina...

In a recent paper, Powell (2003) studied 20-year performance in 21 industries, using an ordinal performance measure (‘wins’), and the Gini coefficient as a measure of competitive dominance. The findings suggest that firm performance is statistically indistinguishable from performance in non-business domains such as politics, games, sports, and pageants. This paper extends these findings, develo...

We apply competitive analysis onto the problem of minimizing the number of queries to an oracle to completely reconstruct a given monotone Boolean function. Besides lower and upper bounds on the competitivity we determine optimal deterministic online algorithms for the smallest problem instances.

The research suggests that Chinese companies do not subscribe to ‘western’ strategy theory. As they rapidly internationalise through massive Foreign Direct Investment, Chinese companies are developing new perspectives on achieving competitiveness. A comparison of the Resource-Based View of strategy (RBV) constructs from western literature with identified (indigent) Chinese business strategies f...