In light of increasingly prominent environmental issues, inspiring green supply chain (GSC) members to engage in collaborative innovation is crucial to improve environmental performance. In this paper, in relation to a two-level GSC consisting of manufacturers and suppliers, differential equations involving the greenness of intermediate and final products as state variables are constructed considering the effect of digital capability on green innovation. Subsequently, designs for three incentive mechanisms—the greenness reward, the R&D effort reward, and the digital construction reward—are presented, and their long-term dynamic effects on the economic, environmental, and social benefits are compared and analyzed. Finally, the impacts of consumer green preference and the contribution of digital capability to the advancement of green innovation are explored. The findings show that all these incentives can boost economic, environmental, and social benefits while motivating the supplier. To achieve the best incentive effect, the reward coefficient should fall within a specific range. The digital construction reward mechanism is the most favourable in the initial stage, while the R&D effort reward mechanism is the most appropriate in the long term. The promotion effects of digital capability on green innovation and consumer green preference have the potential to enhance economic, environmental, and social performance.
The freeway’s operation safety has attracted wide attention. In order to mitigate the losses brought on by traffic accidents on freeways, discrete choice models were constructed based on the statistical analysis method to quantitatively analyze the significance and magnitude of the impact of multiple dimensional factors on crash severity. Based on 1154 accidents that occurred on Zhejiang Province’s Hang-Jin-Qu Fressway from 2013 to 2018, the distribution characteristics of crash severity were analyzed. The dependent variable was the crash injury severity, which was categorized into property damage only (PDO), injury, and fatal. As independent variables, 15 candidate variables representing four aspects, including driver, vehicle, road, and environmental conditions, were chosen. Considering the ordered characteristics of the variables, the models developed included the ordered logit, the generalized ordered logit, and the partial proportional odds models. The Brant test found that the previous two models had difficulty dealing with the problem of partial variables that did not fit the parallel-lines assumption, and the conclusions were finally discussed through the partial proportional odds model results. The findings indicate that 11 factors have significant consequences. Five variables, namely “mountainous”, “female”, “driving experience 2- years”, “large vehicle responsible”, and “vehicle not going straight”, violated the parallel-lines assumption. Female drivers and drivers aged 55+ years were more likely to suffer injuries and fatalities in collisions with guardrails and other objects. Large vehicles being involved and vehicles not going straight enhanced the likelihood of injury and fatal outcomes when drivers had 2- years of experience. Wet-skid road conditions enhanced the likelihood of injury accidents, and driving at nighttime without lighting increased the likelihood of fatal accidents. Departments responsible for traffic management can take full account of these variations and develop focused proposals for improvement.
1 January 2024 in Frontiers in Educational Research
Digital change has presented new problems and opportunities for talent development in the urban rail transportation industry. How to move the focus of talent development from traditional skill-based abilities to composite talents through human-computer collaboration has become a big and difficult challenge for vocational education today. To begin, the digital transformation trend of China's urban rail transit is elaborated, and the demand features of urban rail transit operation and management talents in the new situation are summarized. Furthermore, based on an analysis of the current state of talent cultivation and the challenges encountered, as well as the college's practice in the talent cultivation process, we share the strategy for cultivating innovative composite talents for intelligent operation and management of urban rail transit, summarize practical achievements and experiences, and provide reference and inspiration for other higher vocational colleges and universities.