The overall scale of China’s logistics industry is growing rapidly, and the environment and conditions for its development are constantly improving, which lays a solid foundation for further accelerating the development of the logistics industry. However, logistics services are characterized by subordination, immediacy, demand volatility, and substitutability. Low-level integrated management of logistics services seriously hinders the development of the logistics service supply chain (LSSC) for sustainable performance. Many studies have been limited to the performance evaluation of LSSCs, and the factors affecting LSSC performance have generally been ignored. This study focuses on integrated LSSCs by using an integrator’s opportunistic behavior as the entry point of research and investigates the factors that affect the sustainability of LSSC performance. On the basis of relevant theories, a model for a hypothesis is constructed and eight hypotheses are subsequently proposed. Moreover, 271 survey responses from functional logistics service providers (research object) are utilized to develop a structural equation model for empirical research. Findings show that integrators with opportunistic behavior inhibit the information-sharing behavior of supply chain members. Consequently, the integration capability and agility of LSSCs are reduced, which affects the overall performance of LSSCs. The findings of this study can provide management insights into the behaviors of supply chain members and governments.
Considering the impact of science and technology resource allocation on regional innovation output, based on the inter-provincial panel data of 30 provinces in China from 1998 to 2017, this paper establishes a regional innovation output growth model, including science and technology resource input and science and technology resource allocation, and investigates the spatial relationship between regional innovation output and the allocation of science and technology resources, the effect of the inter-subjective configuration structure and inter-regional space re-allocation on regional innovation output. The research results show that there are obvious spatial autocorrelation agglomeration characteristics of China’s regional innovation output and science and technology resource input. The efficiency of the allocation of science and technology resources in the region is relatively low. The application-oriented research subjects with enterprise-oriented research are more efficient in investing in science and technology resources, and the promotion of regional innovation output is more significant. The investment in science and technology resources in neighboring provinces will have a significant inhibitory effect on the province’s innovation output. The regional mobility of science and technology resources has a significant role in promoting regional innovation output growth. The effect of science and technology personnel mobility on regional innovation output is better than that of technology capital flows.
A virtual learning community (VLC) is a learning-based integrated platform based on a network sharing mechanism. In a VLC, users are not only the extractors of knowledge results but also the source of the platform knowledge base. The continuous knowledge sharing and communication of VLC users promote the sustainable development of the community. Studying the continuous use behavior of users in the VLC for the sustainable development of the community is of great importance. This study introduces the perceptual normativeness, perceptual enjoyment, perceptual interactivity, and perceptual value variables on the basis of the extended expectation confirmation model of the information system continuance model. After checking and correcting the prediction questionnaire twice, we adopted the "Questionnaire Star" network system to distribute the questionnaire and conducted offline questionnaire surveys of borrowers of Shandong University Library, University of Jinan Library, and Shandong Library. A theoretical model of the continuous use behavior of users in the VLC is constructed using the structural equation model. The survey data were empirically analyzed to explore the influencing factors and mechanism of the continuous use behavior of users in the VLC. Interaction perception, value perception, and perceptual normativeness exerted a significant positive impact on user-perceived usefulness and expectation confirmation, whereas perceptual enjoyment had little effect on perceived usefulness. This study also summarized the relationship between users’ continuous use behavior, continuous willingness and perceived usefulness, expectation confirmation, satisfaction, self-efficacy, and contributing factors in the VLC on the basis of the data results. Suggestions for solving the identified problems are put forward.
Confirmation warehouse financing is an important model in supply chain finance. This type of financing has special characteristics due to the existence of the reverse repurchase link, and it increases the risk commitment of the core enterprise at a certain level. Previous research on supply chain financial risk mostly settled in ‘all-industry, multi-model’, ignoring the special risks of single mode. To supplement the vacancies in the current research, the special risks of supply chain finance should be identified under a single model. On this basis, a measurement index system for confirmation warehouse financing risk is created. The article uses a Back Propagation (BP) neural network to build a Third Party Logistics (3PL) perspective of the risk measurement model for confirmation warehouse financing. The said network is combined with the 24 sets of actual cases from ZY Logistics. MATLAB is used to train the sample data. Results show that the absolute errors—0.042998, −0.011102, 0.020514 and 0.039448—between the training value and the predicted value are smaller than the preset error value. Among the 24 cases, high-risk businesses reached 41.7%, whereas low-risk businesses only accounted for 29.2%. The ZY enterprise confirms that warehouse financial business risk is high, and this situation should be revised. Research shows that the risk measurement indicator system has good risk prediction ability. This study establishes and verifies the rationality of the risk measurement index system and provides a reliable reference for 3PL risk aversion in supply chain finance.
This paper develops a novel government reserve strategy, employing a blockchain-supported second-hand E-commerce platform, specifically designed to mitigate the depreciation and expiration of disaster relief supplies. Utilizing the newsvendor model and convex optimization techniques, this study evaluates the efficacy of a rotational strategy for optimal pre-positioning of supplies, considering the dynamic conditions of supply chain performance. Additionally, the paper demonstrates how blockchain technology significantly enhances the traceability of supplies, which is crucial for effective supply management. Empirical data analysis reveals that exceeding a critical price threshold on the platform not only augments the government’s optimal reserve levels but also substantially decreases operational costs. In scenarios where the supply chain is well coordinated, optimal reserve quantities are affected by variables such as the likelihood of disaster events, the success rate of sales, and a supply traceability index. This research extends the application of blockchain and E-commerce technologies within disaster management supply chains and offers new insights and practical approaches for improving E-commerce practices in this context.