À l’Est de l’Europe, quoi de neuf en matière de réformes territoriales ? Réflexions à partir de la régionalisation en Bulgarie by Emmanuelle Boulineau

“…It shows that two types of regionalization both exist; one oriented towards administrative functions, the other based on territorial competitiveness. By comparing with the Central and Eastern Europe, the paper explores their ambiguities. …”
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Shifting the Value of Experience by Michael T Lai, Hsien-Hui Tang

“… This paper is a reflection of the evolution of a user experience (UX) consultancy's transformation into a brand experience consultancy in an increasingly competitive market in China. As part of this transformation, the value of design has shifted from tactical to strategic. …”
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The Impact of Strategic Quality Orientation and Absorptive Capacity on Sustainable Business Growth: The Mediating Role of Innovation by Fatemeh Ashourijirkol, Mehrdad Hosseini Shakib, Abbas khamseh

“…While growing a business and exploring exploratory innovation is not easy and requires a lot of resources for organizational learning, harnessing existing capabilities may not lead to sustainable competitive advantage.Originality/Value: The concept of strategic quality orientation is derived from the general principles of total quality management and significantly impacts sustainable business performance. …”
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Learning deep forest for face anti-spoofing: An alternative to the neural network against adversarial attacks by Rizhao Cai, Liepiao Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Yongjian Hu, Alex Kot

“…Our method achieved competitive results. When testing with adversarial examples, the increment of EER was less than 3%, more robust than CNN and ViT. …”
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Blockchain-Assisted Generation Rescheduling in Imperfect Market Environments by Salman Tariq, Mohamed Shaaban, Hazlie Mokhlis, Nurulafiqah N. Mansor, Hasmaini Mohamad

“…In the past three decades, there has been a sweeping trend in Western and developed countries worldwide to transform the vertically integrated electricity supply chain into competitive electricity markets to diversify investment in the system and ultimately drive down operation costs. …”
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Innovative Modernization Management of High-Tech and Knowledge-Intensive Industries of Russian Economy by S. S. Demin, E. V. Dzhamay, L. M. Putyatina

“…By results of the analysis the need of replacement of model of the catching-up development by model of the innovative modernization capable to provide competitive advantages and innovative break in the conditions of globalization is proved from the theoretical point of view. …”
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Adsorption of TDS and chloride ions from partially treated tannery wastewater using activated coffee husk by Nazrawit Debebe Tadess, Getasew Yehuala Gezahegn, Yosef Hagos Abrha

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Economic consequences of the phenomenon of uberization on the example of the services of selected carriers in the transport industry by Nina Stępnicka, Grygorii Monastyrskyi, Beata Sadowska, Robert Walasek, Paulina Wiączek, Grzegorz Zimon

“…As a rule, their competitiveness is higher for those routes and trips where there are many drivers offering free space in the car. …”
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Optimization of Enterprise Financial Management and Decision-Making Systems Based on Big Data by Shaomin Ren

“…Based on information asymmetry theory, principal-agent theory, and risk management theory, this paper analyzes the mechanism of the impact of big data on financial decision-making, analyzing four dimensions: how big data enhances the information base for forecasting, how big data improves the relevance of decision-making, how big data builds new competitive advantages, and how big data promotes dynamic decision-making. …”
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A Differential Evolution-Oriented Pruning Neural Network Model for Bankruptcy Prediction by Yajiao Tang, Junkai Ji, Yulin Zhu, Shangce Gao, Zheng Tang, Yuki Todo

“…In addition, the EPNN also provides competitive and satisfactory classification performances in contrast with other commonly used classification methods.…”
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Research on Organic Nanopore Adsorption Mechanism and Influencing Factors of Shale Oil Reservoirs by Yanfeng He, Guodong Qi, Xiangji Dou, Run Duan, Nan Pan, Luyao Guo, Zhengwu Tao

“…Specifically, medium-chain n-alkanes are slightly weaker than light alkanes in competitive sorption, and long-chain n-alkanes are less conducive to competitive sorption. …”
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Indicators of  sustainable development of  the economic ecosystem of  the territory by E. V. Popov, I. P. Chelak, S. A. Kavetskiy

“…The territory is considered as an ecosystem, its main elements are highlighted which interact with each other and on which the sustainable development of the region, its competitiveness and the quality of life of residents directly depend. …”
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Cocompetitive Characteristics and Quantitative Design of Engineering Parameters for Coal Gas Predrainage Boreholes by Tong-qiang Xia, Jiao-fei He, Zi-long Li, Xiao-yan Sun, Dun-shuai Sun, Jian-hang Lu, Hao-jie Cui

“…The cooperative and competitive behaviors of gas extraction by boreholes in coal seam are revealed. …”
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Conceptualizing a model for the use of software as a service to improve the dynamic capabilities of small and medium enterprises in healthcare sector by P. Makelana, R. Kekwaletswe, M. A. Segooa

“… Background and Aim of Study: To remain competitive in today’s digital society, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the healthcare sector need to consider effective ways to improve their dynamic capabilities (DCs) using Software as a Service (SaaS). …”
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Crimean-Ottoman Factor in the Socio-Cultural System of Russia in Early Modern Times by T. V. Chernikova

“…Questions were raised about the reasons for the rapid territorial expansion of the Russian state in the second half of the 15-17 centuries, as well as its high competitiveness in foreign policy both in relations with its western neighbors and in the eastern direction.For the states of Western Europe with the beginning of their modernization, modern age has come, however “Muscovy” in the 15-17 centuries remained a medieval country. …”
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Organization of Research Activities at University Department: Management Mechanisms for “Uncontrollable” Scientists by S. D. Reznik, O. A. Sazykina

“…The interviewed heads of departments noted that the main forms of faculty research are: the publication of scientific articles (92,3%), the publication of monographs (72,3%), participation in research (70,0%), preparation of applications for participation in grants and program competitions (62,6%). However, among the negative aspects of the organization of research work at the departments, the fact should be noted that 45,6% of the surveyed department heads hardly find time for research work with students, and 3,6% do not conduct any research with students at all. …”
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How coach leadership behavior influences athletes’ performance: the chain-mediated role of the coach-athlete relationship and psychological fatigue by Rui Liu, Shanshan Wang, Jun Li

“…ObjectiveAthletes’ psychological quality and competitive level are deeply influenced by coaches’ leadership behavior. …”
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The Ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu. Exploring continuities and variations in forms, meanings and contexts through ethnographic sources by Alessandro Mancuso

“…For their peculiar mix of songs, dances, imitative plays and competitive games, inserted into a same festive framework, these festivals are particularly interesting to be studied as expressive metacommentaries (in the sense of Turner) of Wayùu social structures, cultural values and worldview. …”
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A case of asymptomatic ST segment changes in cyclist with two myocardial bridges by Stefano Giraudi, Barbara Severgnini, Paolo Valli, Anna Teresa Pandiscia, Lucrezia Marchetti, Silvana Scarpini

“…A 65-year-old male regularly involved in competitive cycling came to our sports medicine laboratory for the annual mandatory pre-participation screening. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Adsorption and Desorption of Cu(II) in Silty Clay by Shuang Xie, Zhang Wen, Hongbin Zhan, Menggui Jin

“…The results of the competitive adsorption experiments indicated that the competitive capacity of Cu(II) was greater than that of Zn(II) in low-permeability media such as silty clay, and the existence of binary metals can weaken the adsorption force between the single metal and the soil surface.…”
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