Excellent Team Research Articles

Labor-Replacing Automation and Finance

We examine the effects of adoption of labor-replacing automation technology on corporate financing. Empirically, using Chinese firm-level panel data on deployment of industrial robots as an example of such automation, we find that robot adoption increases leverage and reduces cost of debt. We hypothesize that the underlying reason is that being a substitute for labor, automation provides a hedge against fluctuations in labor costs. A model based on this hedging argument delivers additional testable predictions concerning determinants of the relation between automation and corporate financing. These relations are borne out in the data, providing support for the proposed mechanism. Our evidence is inconsistent with alternative channels behind the observed relations. This paper was accepted by Victoria Ivashina, finance. Funding: X. Cheng acknowledges support from the Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education in China [Grant 23YJC840004] and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [Grant 2722023BQ052]. E. Lyandres acknowledges support from the Coller Foundation and the Henry Crown Institute for Business Research in Israel. K. Zhou acknowledges support from the Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China [Grant 20&ZD103], the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant 72432005], and the Excellent Young Team Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China [Grant 2023B1515040001]. T. Zhou acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant 72003206]. Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.02658 .

The Impact of Multinational Entrepreneurship Team Structure on Entrepreneurial Products: A case Study of Chinese Entrepreneurs’ Entrepreneurship in the Indonesia Milk Tea Market

The entrepreneurial team is one of the key factors for entrepreneurial success. An excellent entrepreneurial team can effectively integrate resources, overcome difficulties, seize opportunities, and ultimately achieve entrepreneurial goals. The knowledge structure of the entrepreneurial team will affect its understanding and judgment of the target market, which will in turn affect product positioning, design and development of product functions, and product pricing strategies. This study uses grounded theory research methods to process original data and analyze related issues.

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in the Sphenoid Wing

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare and broad-spectrum of disease caused by uncontrolled proliferation of pathologic Langerhans cell resulting in localize and systemic organ infiltration. The clinical presentation can be unspecific and varies between individuals depending on the anatomical location and organ involvement. In view of bony infiltration is the most common in LCH, clinicians have to deal with the challenge of diagnosis dilemmas such as Giant Cell Tumour, Ewing’s sarcoma, osteogenic sarcoma, plasmacytoma, osteomyelitis or bony metastasis, particularly from neuroblastoma. Hence, it requires an excellent multidisciplinary team to establish the diagnosis and start targeted treatment early to prevent fatal complications. The treatment modalities include surgery, immunosuppressive therapy, chemotherapy or in combination. Recently, a seven months old boy presented to our centre with one-week duration of left cheek swelling and left eye proptosis. After detailed clinical evaluation together with imaging and biopsy, the lesion over the bilateral sphenoid and left zygoma were concluded to be Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH).

Optimal Investment Strategy for α-Robust Utility Maximization Problem

In reality, investors are uncertain about the dynamics of risky asset returns. Therefore, investors prefer to make robust investment decisions. In this paper, we propose an α-robust utility maximization problem under uncertain parameters. The investor is allowed to invest in a financial market consisting of a risk-free asset and a risky asset. The uncertainty about the expected return rate is parameterized by a nonempty set. Different from most existing literature on robust utility maximization problems where investors are generally assumed to be extremely ambiguity averse because they tend to consider only expected utility in the worst-case scenario, we pay attention to the investors who are not only ambiguity averse but also ambiguity seeking. Under power utility, we provide the implicit function representations for the precommitted strategy, equilibrium strategy of the open-loop type, and equilibrium strategy of the closed-loop type. Some properties about the optimal trading strategies, the best-case and worst-case parameters under three different kinds of strategies, are provided. Funding: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grants 12071147, 12171169, 12271171, 12371470, 71721001, 71931004, 72371256], the Shanghai Philosophy Social Science Planning Office Project [Grant 2022ZJB005], Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [Grant 2022QKT001], the Excellent Young Team Project Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China [Grant 2023B1515040001], the Philosophy and Social Science Programming Foundation of Guangdong Province [Grant GD22CYJ17], the Nature Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China [Grant 2022A1515011472], and the 111 Project [Grant B14019].

Research on the Construction Path of IBM’s Learning Team Enterprise

The foundation of a company's success lies in its internal management and team building. With the change in times and economic environment, the company also needs to establish different teams and construct different organizational cultures to adapt to the new environment. As an excellent team can bring more benefits to the company, the construction of an organizational culture is particularly important. However, the organizational culture cannot be established to fit the team at once; it should go through a series of attempts and innovations, constantly finding problems, solving problems, and creating new types that are more suitable for the company. In this article, through the case of how IBM built its learning team, we analyze the challenges IBM has faced and how IBM can solve these problems. Case studies can prove the correctness of the theory. This study is based on the path of IBM's team construction, trying to come up with solutions to problems facing the company. Firstly, introduce the current situation and analyze the challenges the company has faced, then give solutions to the problems in specific situations. There is no common structure that adapts to all organizations, every company should choose the structure that fits its strategy and environment.

Up against the wall - emergency double myocardial rupture repair

BackgroundLeft ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) and interventricular septal rupture (VSR) are potentially catastrophic mechanical complications after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). When they occur together, “double myocardial rupture” (DMR), survival is unlikely. DMR is seen in only 0.3% of all AMIs. With or without surgical intervention, the odds are against the patient.Case presentationA 57-year-old male self-referred to the emergency department of a remote hospital 5 days after first experiencing chest pain. Investigations in ED confirmed an inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) complicated by DMR. Coronary angiography revealed a mid-course total occlusion of the right coronary artery (RCA). He was rapidly transferred to our regional cardiac surgical unit, arriving straight into the operating theatre, in cardiogenic shock. He was briefly conscious, before arresting prior to intubation and being massaged onto bypass. Not only did he survive the all-night operation, requiring a mitral valve replacement in the process, but he survived multiple postoperative complications to be eventually transferred on postoperative day 66, neurologically intact, to a peripheral unit to complete his rehabilitation. He was subsequently discharged home 88 days after the operation and was able to ambulate with a walking frame into his first postoperative follow-up clinic appointment.ConclusionsOur patient, against all odds, has survived DMR and multiple postoperative complications. We present the details of his case and the literature surrounding the condition. The patient’s mental fortitude and his supportive family played a significant role, along with excellent multidisciplinary team work, in assuring his survival.

The Prediction of NBA Players Salary

The purpose of this paper is to find the relationship between player data and their salaries through data analysis and modeling of NBA players. Unlike previous papers, this paper divides players into five parts according to different positions and uses more independent variables than previous studies to build models. This article uses 53 sets of player data and their corresponding salaries and conducts preliminary judgment and screening of the data according to the correlation and Boruta formula, and then uses LASSO, RIDGE, Elastic Net, and Random Forest to perform secondary screening and modeling of the data for different positions respectively. The initial screening narrowed the variables from 50 to less than 30. The LASSO and Elastic Net models R-squares are around 0.8, and RIDGE and Random Forest models R-squares are about 0.5. This means that a certain item of LASSO and Elastic Net has a good fit for the data. Then the players income can be predicted according to the two models to help the team build an excellent team with the least amount of money.

Analysis and Discussion of the Current Development Status of Volleyball in Regular Higher Education Institutions in Sichuan Province

This paper aims to investigate the current development status of volleyball in regular higher education institutions in Sichuan Province and the primary factors influencing its development. Through literature review, questionnaire surveys, and on-site investigations, we have reviewed the development status of volleyball in Sichuans higher education institutions and proposed a series of reform measures, including the cultivation of an excellent coaching team, improvement of the competition system, and optimization of teaching methods. This research hopes to provide reference and guidance for the development of campus volleyball, promoting the prosperity of campus sports. We aim to explore the intrinsic connections of factors that hinder development, identify existing issues, and propose solutions. The research conclusions are as follows: Sichuans higher education institutions have made considerable material investments in venue construction, maintenance of venue operations, and repairs of sports equipment, which provide good material support for the development of volleyball in higher education institutions and lay a solid foundation for hosting more international competitions in Sichuan Province. However, some institutions still face limitations in terms of venue availability, making it challenging to meet the needs of volleyball development. In terms of the offering of volleyball courses, the actual number of class hours for elective volleyball courses in regular higher education institutions is insufficient to meet teaching requirements, with teaching practices being relatively one-dimensional and lacking in theoretical instruction. The majority of volleyball teachers in Sichuans higher education institutions are young teachers with limited experience and relatively weak teaching methods, and there is a significant age gap between new and senior teachers, with insufficient support from outstanding young teachers. The establishment of campus volleyball teams and volleyball clubs has not received the attention it deserves. Campus volleyball teams are mostly assembled temporarily after the distribution of competition documents, with a short team formation time and inadequate periodic training, making it difficult to harmonize students course schedules.

Building Winning Teams: A Review of Team Trust, Conflict, and Performance in Sports Organizations

Team conflict is an important factor that profoundly affects the competition and training process. Among the many factors affecting the competition and training effect, team conflict has always been ignored. In sports teams, team members have a high degree of interdependence, and members interact frequently and need to trust each other to achieve success. Trust, as the basis and premise of cooperation among sports team members, promotes the coordination between team members, and reduces team conflicts. Furthermore, it creates excellent team performance. In the realm of sports teams, scholars' attention to group sports forms the basis for understanding organizational structures, shared goals, and the need for a high degree of trust. The classification of job interdependence further delineates the collaborative nature within sports teams. The intricate relationship between team trust and team conflict is examined, shedding light on the pivotal role of trust in fostering communication, reducing conflicts, and encouraging alignment towards common goals. Thus, the present review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the concepts of team, team trust, and team conflict, particularly in the context of sports teams. It also sheds light on the intricate relationships and dynamics within teams, aiming to contribute valuable insights to the fields of management science, sports organization, and team dynamics.

Grey Relational Degree-based Chinese Competitive Sports Developmental Study

Competitive sports are an important part in Chinese sports, which would constantly develop with social economic development. Development of competitive sports marks upward human spiritual civilization and their pursuit of healthy life. Thus, Chinese competitive sports development has become hot spot in the present. The paper started from numerous Chinese competitive sports development influence factors, combined with previous scholars’ investigation results, took economy, amount of excellent sports team members and total funding as relevant major influence factors, and established grey relational degree model regarding Chinese competitive sports development influence. We reached the conclusion that main factor that affected Chinese competitive sports development was total funding, followed by amount of excellent sports team members and economy. On this basis, we made comprehensive evaluation on various factors, analyzed Chinese competitive sports development status and put forward feasible suggestions.

Exploration the Tea Industry Development Strategy --Taking Honey Snow City as an Example

With the development of economic globalization and information technology, the living standard and consumption level of residents have been significantly improved, and tea has become an indispensable thing in people's daily lives. As a leader in the affordable tea industry, Honey Snow City must have its own excellent business model. Taking the case of Honey Snow City, this paper first adopts the SWOT model to analyze its advantages such as low price, high brand recognition and superior geographical location, while its disadvantages include fewer products, obvious seasonality and fierce competition in the tea industry compared with other brands. The threat is that there are more and more competitive brands in the tea industry, the low price of products is difficult to maintain, and the products are easy to imitate and replaced by peers. The opportunity is that Honey Snow City has an excellent staff team, consumers have a high acceptance of the brand, and the main consumer group is a large number of students; Then it analyzes its development strategy, and according to its differentiated strategy development, it can be concluded that its development presents a vertical layout, and then horizontal perfection of the inverted "T" development mode; Finally, the paper studies the optimization strategy of enterprise management under the differentiation strategy, hoping to draw lessons for other businesses in the tea industry and formulate a marketing strategy suitable for their own development.

Long-term labor on borderline personality disorder of building workers

BackgroundA borderline personality disorder is a common personality disorder characterized by unstable emotions, interpersonal relationships, and behavior. In addition, there are many causes of borderline personality disorder, including genetic factors, biochemical factors, and psychosocial factors. At the same time, prolonged work is also one of the causes of borderline personality disorder.Subjects and Methods100 building workers with BPD in a certain area were selected as participants in this study and divided into two groups, the observation group, and the control group, with 50 cases in each group, to analyze the impact of prolonged work on borderline personality disorder (BPD) among construction workers. Both groups received medication for basic treatment. In addition, patients in the control group only need to work for a fixed time, 8 hours a day, and weekends are off. The observation group’s patient needs to work for a long time, 15 hours a day and has a weekend off. The treatment period for both groups of patients is one month. The analysis tools used in the study include the Hamilton Depression Scale, Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Personality Diagnosis Questionnaire Edge Scale, and SPSS23.0.ResultsThe results showed that after treatment, the marginal symptom score of the treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control group, and there was a significant difference between the two (P<0.05). After treatment, the depression and anxiety scores of the treatment group were significantly higher than those of the control group, and the difference between the two was significant (P<0.05).Conclusionsprolonged labor is not conducive to the rehabilitation of borderline personality disorders among construction workers.AcknowledgementThe research is supported by the excellent teaching team project of the “green basket project” in colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province (No. 2021JYTSZJZ05).

What Are the Various Comprehensive Treatment Models to Improve Self-Efficacy and Self-Management in Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus? A Scoping Review.

This review aimed to synthesize intervention models involving the role of adolescent and family support as part of comprehensive care to improve self-efficacy and self-management among adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus (DM). A review was conducted to conform to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) standards. We searched PubMed, Research Gate, Science Direct, Cochrane Library databases, and grey literature. We included articles exploring family intervention models on improving self-efficacy and self-management among adolescents with DM, published from January 1, 2009, to June 30, 2022, and in English. Articles were declared eligible, reviewed critically, and then synthesized narratively. We identified 487 abstracts and title records from the initial search and excluded 409 irrelevant studies. Sixty-six full-text articles were screened, and nine were included in the synthesis. Five articles presented findings from using models focusing on child and adolescent intervention, while in the remaining four articles, the intervention models involved adolescents and their caregivers or parents. Only two models provide comprehensive care that requires collaboration among healthcare providers, patients, and families. Adolescent self-efficacy and self-management schemes as intermediary variables are closely related to everything that can influence health behavior, metabolic control, and quality of life for adolescents, which requires support from a multidisciplinary collaborative team. Excellent comprehensive care team collaboration involving family support is essential to increase the self-efficacy and self-management of adolescents with DM.

The Role of Intraoperative Radiotherapy Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.

Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) has been used in the treatment of locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancers for the last several decades. Given the heterogeneity of patients treated and different indications for use and dosing at different institutions, it has been difficult to discern if IORT adds any appreciable benefit to standard of care therapies. Herein, the rationale for IORT in rectal cancer is discussed along with the most modern and best available data in 2023. IORT is likely indicated in patients with locally advanced and locally recurrent rectal cancer with threatened margins (R0 or R1 resection) to help improve local control. High-quality imaging and multidisciplinary discussion are necessary to ensure optimal patient selection. Appropriate counseling of the patient and excellent team communication are of the utmost importance given the challenging nature of these cases and the prognostic implications of R1 and R2 resections in this patient population.

Machine Learning Method for Road Vehicle Collected Data Analysis

Abstract A major challenge encountered in the development of systems exposed to weather stressors, such as autonomous vehicles and unstaffed aerial vehicles, is to ensure their proper functioning under adverse rain or snow conditions. Since the sensing of the surroundings by these vehicles relies on optical sensors such as lidars and cameras, it is essential to ensure the robustness of these systems from the early stages of the project. In this respect, experiments in climatic wind tunnels provide a solution for simulating the operating conditions that the autonomous vehicles will confront. This work proposes a method based on field measurements and unsupervised machine learning to faithfully reproduce in controlled environments real weather conditions captured during wintertime in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of this paper is not to investigate correlations between observed weather conditions and the characteristics of the precipitation encountered, but rather to establish a consistent method based on outdoor disdrometer data to identify critical parameters to be simulated in climatic wind tunnels. To achieve this goal, weather data such as temperature, relative humidity, and droplet size distribution were recorded at General Motors’s McLaughlin Advanced Technology Track (MATT) using an FD70 disdrometer and WXT530 weather transmitter, both manufactured by Vaisala, installed on a car provided by the Automotive Center of Excellent (ACE) team of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. The implementation of the proposed method allowed the identification of precipitation clusters characterized by parameters of a theoretical model for particle size distributions fitted to the collected data.

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The rheumatoid hand: a review of current medical and surgical management

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory condition in which immunologically mediated inflammation results in marked synovial joint destruction and functional deterioration in addition to often significant systemic disease. It affects approximately 1% of the population according to the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, presents most commonly in women aged 30–50 years, and has a multifocal aetiology including genetic hormonal and environmental factors. Management of rheumatoid hand disease can be complex and involves excellent multidisciplinary team management from the outset. Early treatment with newer rheumatological biologic drug therapy has largely negated the need for surgical management, however there remains several critical opportunities for hand surgeons to improve quality of life for these patients, including emergencies such as impending tendon rupture and nerve compression, as well as function restoring soft tissue and bony procedures. This article seeks to review the complete management of the patient with rheumatoid hand disease, including medical and surgical. A summary of key learning points for colleagues not specifically involved in this practice, such as biologic drug mechanism of action and key biomechanics where relevant is included.

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Teachers’ Needs and Incentive in Selected Private Primary School in Hunan Province

Since private education was put forward and implemented, it has been recognized as a successful attempt and practice in the history of education, because of its wonderful complement to public education. China is a country with a large population. The results of the seventh census announcement (No. 2) of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China show that by 2021, the total population of China has reached 1443497378. The demand for education among residents is increasing day by day, and the limited public education resources cannot cover all learning groups. The role of private education is becoming more and more important. The State encourages the establishment of private schools in accordance with the law by means of donation and foundation, and has formulated a series of guidelines and policies to protect the legitimate rights and interests of teaching staff and students at primary school. Chapter IV of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Promotion of Civilian-run Education (2021) clarifies the teaching qualifications, legal rights and interests, and guaranteed the salary treatment of teachers in private schools. According to the statistical bulletin of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China on the Development of National Education in 2021, there are currently 185700 private schools of all levels and types in China. The proportion of private primary schools is increasing year by year, and the number of teachers working in private primary schools is also increasing. The continuous development of private primary schools has also brought new educational management problems, among which the incentive of teachers has aroused strong concern of the society. The development and expansion of private education cannot be separated from a stable and high-quality teacher team. Whether to have an excellent teacher team becomes the basis and key for the competitive development of private schools. The teachers of private primary schools are different from those of public primary schools. The teachers of private primary schools mainly come from teachers recruited from the society, and a small part from retired teachers of public primary schools. The composition of personnel is complex. At the same time, managers should see that incentives are multifaceted, including economic and non-economic factors. Only by clearly grasping the needs of teachers, can school administrators fully mobilize teachers’ enthusiasm, optimize the existing incentive measures for teachers, ultimately improve teachers’ work efficiency and ensure the ultimate realization of educational objectives.