Long-term Cooperation Research Articles

Innovation In Processing Local Food Products for Students of The Tourism Marketing Management Study Program at The Indonesian University of Education

Development of food innovations that use local raw materials as the main ingredient. This includes organic foods and food products that support local farmers. Traditional Indonesian food products such as rendang, chili sauce and crackers have undergone innovation in a more modern and ready-to-eat form for the global market. One of the innovations in processed local food products is cassava, cassava, or cassava in English, which is an important root crop in Indonesia. food consumption in many countries around the world. Innovation in the processing and use of cassava has played a major role in increasing food production and added value. Modernization in the processing and processing of cassava products in local food is an effort to create products that are more diverse, of higher quality, and in line with current consumer trends. This modernization can provide added value to processed cassava products and help promote the use of cassava in various dishes, one of which can be applied in cassava Bomb Brulle cheese sauce, Desert coconut snowballs. The collaboration between the NHI Tourism Academy (AKPAR) and students from the Indonesian University of Education (UPI) to organize training is a positive step in improving the skills and knowledge of UPI students, especially in the tourism marketing department, to equip graduates to open entrepreneurship. Consider establishing long-term cooperation between Akpar NHI and UPI. This could include regular training, student exchanges, or other joint projects that are beneficial to both parties.

Российско-китайская торговля сельскохозяйственной продукцией: анализ сравнительных преимуществ

Agricultural trade between Russia and China has been growing at an unprecedented pace in recent years. The recently announced agreement on the supply of grain from Russia to China within the New Land Grain Corridor lays a solid foundation for long-term cooperation between the two countries in the agricultural sector. However, the persistent trade imbalances do not allow Russian and Chinese agricultural enterprises to unlock their com-petitive advantages and radically increase mutual trade turnover. The paper calculates the indicators of con-centration, diversification, and structural changes in foreign trade, as well as the Revealed Comparative Ad-vantages index for 29 categories of food and agricultural products traded between Russia and China. Based the 2000–2022 data, commodity items are identified where the comparative disadvantages of one country can be compensated by the comparative advantages of another, in particular, grains and oilseeds, fish and crusta-ceans, and processed vegetables and fruits. The findings of the study can be taken into account by the gov-ernment bodies and businesses of both countries when developing trade and economic cooperation programs.

Graduated sanctioning, endogenous institutions and sustainable cooperation in common-pool resources: An experimental test

To encourage long-term cooperation in social dilemmas such as common-pool resources, the importance of sanctioning is often stressed. Elinor Ostrom advocates graduated sanctioning: the severity of a defector’s punishment is dependent on the extent of their history of deviant behaviour. In addition, endogenously chosen sanctioning is argued to induce cooperation due to a higher legitimacy. This study compares the effect of graduated and strict mutual sanctioning on cooperation in common-pool resources at the micro and macro level. In addition, we distinguish whether the type of mutual sanction is exogenously determined or endogenously chosen. A Common-Pool Resource game is used in a laboratory experiment, integrating crucial elements of social structure and rule-making mechanisms within a common. Results support the effectiveness of graduated sanctioning compared to strict sanctioning in the long term and partial support using endogenously chosen sanctioning mechanisms versus imposed sanctioning mechanisms.

STRATEGY "UZBEKISTAN - 2030": WAYS TO SUPPORT COMPATRIOTS LIVING ABROAD

This article examines the implications and strategies outlined in Uzbekistan's "Strategy-2030" for engaging with its diaspora. The comprehensive analysis covers the diverse contributions of the diaspora in economic, social, human, and cultural sectors, aligning with key principles identified in diaspora engagement policies. The study applauds the multifaceted approach of the strategy and offers recommendations for institutionalizing diaspora participation, unifying definitions, and establishing discussion platforms to foster practical realization of rights and obligations. The "Strategy-2030" is seen as a pivotal step, creating a foundation for long-term cooperation and mutual understanding between Uzbekistan and its compatriots abroad.

Green Supplier Assessment and Selection for Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) Processing Enterprise: Case Study in China

Green supply chain management is a crucial way to balance economic benefits and environmental impacts. As an important economic aquatic product in China, sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) is facing the dual challenges of economic benefits (profit) and environmental sustainability (material input and emission output). Currently, the sea cucumber industry in China lacks a green supplier screening system, resulting in a fragmented pattern of cooperation among enterprises. Core enterprises in the supply chain cannot assume social responsibility to help and guide upstream and downstream enterprises to jointly improve environmental performance. This study focuses on the selection and evaluation of green suppliers for sea cucumber processing enterprises. Firstly, a green supplier assessment indicator system for sea cucumber processing enterprises was established, and the indicator weights were determined by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. Next taking a large sea cucumber processing enterprise in Dalian, China, as an example, the importance level of each index was evaluated by fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE), and the score and ranking of existing suppliers were determined. The validity and practicality of the method were verified. The results show that Supplier 1 (S1) has the highest score, and the price of sea cucumber farming, the cleaner production level of sea cucumber farming, environmental awareness, and long-term cooperation willingness were the most important factors in the selection of green suppliers for sea cucumber processing enterprises, which provides useful clues on the best practice of making sustainable development decisions. With an in-depth understanding of the key factors, suppliers can formulate different prices according to the differences in sales channels to improve the economic deficiencies. Environmental pollution can also be reduced by using clean energy, establishing a recirculating aquaculture system, and using micro-ecological preparations. The conclusions of this study can provide technical support and decision-making suggestions for the application of green supply chain management in China’s aquaculture industry.

The coupling effect between the environment and strategies drives the emergence of group cooperation

The emergence of cooperation is a central issue in understanding collective behavior and evolution. The eco-evolutionary game model introduces a human–environment coupling mechanism, revealing that the feedback between strategies and the relevant environment is a key element in sustaining long-term cooperation. Previous theoretical studies have observed periodic oscillations between cooperative and defective actions under certain conditions. However, such investigations assume cooperators hold a benefit advantage over defectors, which does not fundamentally illuminate how cooperation emerges. Our paper emphasizes that understanding this issue requires considering inherent human memory characteristics. We refine the eco-evolutionary game model using reinforcement learning, constructing a multi-agent system that couples environment and memory-based decision-making. Comprehensive analyses encompass collective and individual perspectives. Our findings show that with the memory mechanism, oscillations between collective cooperation and defection can still occur, even if defection remains a strict Nash equilibrium. Cooperation emerges from the group’s random exploratory actions in depleted environments, altering the environment’s trends. A positive feedback loop forms among the environment, individual rewards, and actions, stabilizing cooperation as a favorable individual strategy at that point. However, established group cooperation leads individuals seeking optimal behavior to transition from cooperators to defectors through exploration, resulting in cooperation collapse. Subsequently, the memory mechanism reengages, diluting defectors’ expected payoffs and initiating a new round of exploratory behavior within the group. Our results unveil the micro-level mechanisms driving cyclic oscillations, enhancing our understanding of the environment-strategy interplay.

Cross-Border Collaboration, Future for Young Professionals

Background: The international working visit of a Dutch delegation of 45 clinical psychologists (in training) and science-practitioners in September 2022 to their colleagues in Lisbon, Portugal as part of their post academic education program inspired young psychologists to realize a masterclass. Purpose: Exchanging information on specific treatment between the Dutch psychologists and the colleagues from the Portuguese Psychiatric Hospital Júlio de Matos. Method: A digital masterclass on EMDR treatment. Results: A mutual ambition for a long-term cooperation over the borders and exchange of knowledge which provides more uniformity and positive solutions for future challenges. Conclusion: Digital opportunities create positive implications for cooperation between countries which can lead to innovation and creative solutions.

Human and Nature in the History of Agricultural Management in the Central Black Earth Region of Russia

The article discusses the history of the Research Institute of Economics and Management of Industrial Agriculture in the Central Black Earth Region of the Russian Federation, which was merged with Dokuchaev Research Institute of Agriculture of the Central Black Earth Region in 2020. Long-term cooperation between these research institutions involved the efficient synthesis of economic, natural, and legal sciences. Consolidated scientific creativity allowed creating a set of programmes, monographs, and recommendations which became a guiding light for specialists and practitioners of all levels who contribute to the development of the agricultural industry in Russia. Land and soil are the main actors in the arena of life. The state of the Russian agriculture reflects the socio-economic state of its society. Similar to a barometer, not only does it allow us to determine the effectiveness of production forces and production relations, but also to suggest what is needed to support the development processes. Sustainable land management is the right approach to the production of competitive and environmentally friendly food and to the management of a socially beneficial rural area, whose sustainability depends on the existing potential, production concentration and specialisation, and acceptable living standards for people engaged in agriculture. Only such integrity and rational land management can ensure the productivity and efficiency of economic mechanisms.

Warming up cool cooperators

Explaining why someone repeats high-cost cooperation towards non-reciprocating strangers is difficult. Warm glow offers an explanation. We argue that warm glow, as a mechanism to sustain long-term cooperation, cools off over time but can be warmed up with a simple intervention message. We tested our predictions in the context of repeat voluntary blood donation (high-cost helping of a non-reciprocating stranger) across 6 studies: a field-based experiment (n = 5,821) comparing warm-glow and impure-altruism messages; an implementation study comparing a 3-yr pre-implementation period among all first-time donors in Australia (N = 270,353) with a 2-yr post-implementation period (N = 170, 317); and 4 studies (n = 716, 1,124, 932, 1,592) exploring mechanisms. We show that there are relatively warm and cool cooperators, not cooling cooperators. Cooperation among cool cooperators is enhanced by a warm-glow-plus-identity message. Furthermore, the behavioural facilitation of future cooperation, by booking an appointment, is associated with being a warm cooperator. Societal implications are discussed.

Searching for alternative health and social care integration measurement tools – a rapid review of the existing systematic models

PurposeHealth care integration is crucial in improving service equality and patient outcomes. However, measuring integration between the health and social care sectors remains challenging. This article aims to review existing systematic models to identify alternative health and social care integration measurement tools. The review focuses on models that involve systematic planning and long-term cooperation across different organizational sectors.Design/methodology/approachThe study examines various dimensions and elements of integration, including process, outcome and structural measures. It compares different tools used to measure social and health care integration, such as the Rainbow model, Balanced Scorecard (BSC) Scorecard, PRISMA, SCIROCCO, integRATE, health-data simulation (HSIM) and the model developed by Åhgren and Axelsson. The analysis includes both empirical studies and theoretical frameworks.FindingsThe findings highlight the importance of standardized measurement methods to assess the impact of integration initiatives on patient outcomes, healthcare costs and the quality of care.Originality/valueThe review contributes to the ongoing discourse on social and health care integration, particularly in the Nordic context. The results can inform social and healthcare providers, policymakers and researchers in evaluating and improving integration initiatives.

Implementation of Environmental Innovations by Processing Industry Enterprises

Results of the analysis of implementing environmental innovations by manufacturing enterprises, carried out on the basis of methods for processing qualitative and quantitative information, are presented. The main problems hindering the innovation activity of manufacturing enterprises are outlined, among them the most significant ones are the lack of funds for introducing innovations, the high cost of innovations. The author proposes the ways of addressing these problems: further development of the legislative framework and regulatory documents, use of a full-cycle approach and long-term cooperation with the value chain partners, raising of funds from development institutions and specialized investment funds, application of leasing schemes.

Operational decisions of live-streaming platform supply chain based on control power: considering the dual preferences of consumers

As the problem of live streaming with goods ‘overturned’ has also emerged, it is crucial for supply chain members to make optimal decisions to maintain long-term cooperation relationship. Based on this background, we construct a new supply chain structure composed of a fresh food supplier, an online celebrity live-streaming base (OCLB) and a platform channel, and establish three game-theoretic models: the centralised decision model (CDM), two decentralised decision models (DDMs) led by fresh food supplier (P-S-L model) and OCLB (P-L-S model) to further explore the optimal decisions. The results show that, when consumers have higher dual preferences of freshness and live-streaming recommendation level, in the P-S-L model, it is in the best interest of the supply chain as a whole to pursue ‘neutral’ control power and choose a ‘moderate pricing and decent quality’ strategy, but in the P-L-S model, the OCLB as the dominant party can pursue higher control power, increase the selling price, or relax its preservation technology upgrading program, which may compensate for the loss of high preservation costs. This study follows the popular topic of live-streaming with goods, opens up new ideas to improve the high profitability of supply chain enterprises.

Research on the Long term Mechanism of Practical Teaching Base for Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Universities

The practical teaching base is an important platform for the upgrading and transformation of the ideological and political course, which helps to enhance the effectiveness of the ideological and political course, promote the unity of knowledge and practice of college students, enhance the awareness of "Confidence doctrine", and help cultivate the innovative consciousness and ability of college students. It is an important direction of the ideological and political course reform. In recent years, universities in Anhui Province have made some beneficial explorations and attempts in the construction of a long-term mechanism for practical teaching of ideological and political theory courses, which is worth learning from. For example, establishing a campus practice base based on ideological and political courses, comprehensively utilizing existing practice teaching bases, exploring new resources for practice teaching bases, and creating a virtual practice teaching base based on the "network platform"; Establish a long-term guarantee mechanism for the practical teaching base of ideological and political theory courses in terms of organization, funding, management mechanisms, etc; Establish a long-term cooperation mechanism for the practical teaching base of ideological and political theory courses in building a profit driven structure for win-win cooperation and a resource integration structure for learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Smart coordinated multi-energy intra-scheduling inter-sharing and cost-saving redistribution for multiple microgrids

Sustainable and clean multi-energy systems have been hybrid coordinated in microgrid (MG) to fulfill regional multi-energy users economically, but shortages and surpluses still exist. The growth of win-win energy sharing between MGs attracts attention to smart information center (SIC) concept in MGs’ community, which facilitates sustainable solutions across three key objectives: lower carbon emission, sufficient utilization, and long-term cooperation. This paper designs a two-stage decision framework for day-ahead operations of SIC, where the first stage minimizes the total cost (i.e. operational cost and carbon emission cost) by the proposed multi-energy intra-scheduling and inter-sharing model (MIIM) and the second stage implements the smart cost-saving redistribution model (SCRM) to stimulate MGs in long-term joining of energy sharing. The extended alternating direction multipliers method algorithm (E-ADMM) is developed to protect the privacy of MGs' data while approximating the optimal solution of MIIM. The case study proves that a) demand response and energy sharing in MIIM result in cost savings of 2.01% for carbon emissions and 7.25% for total operations; b) renewable energy has been fully utilized and the total multi-energy loss has been avoided nearly 92.22% in MIIM; c) the asymmetric Nash bargaining approach fits the SCRM with incentive cooperation, whereby those who contribute more gain a higher share; d) the optimal gap of E-ADMM is less than 0.2% by iterated insensitive decision result from each MG, which computes in polynomial time when the scale of MG increases; e) the two-stage framework performs better with more heterogeneity of MGs. Furthermore, we provide valuable insights for guidance and models with worldwide generalization potential.

Enabling Long-Term Cooperation in Cross-Silo Federated Learning: A Repeated Game Perspective

Cross-silo federated learning (FL) is a distributed learning approach where clients of the same interest train a global model cooperatively while keeping their local data private. While there has been some work on incentivizing clients to join FL, the analysis of clients long-term selfish participation behaviors in cross-silo FL remains largely unexplored. In this paper, we model clients long-term selfish participation behaviors as an infinitely repeated game, with the stage game being a selfish participation game in one cross-silo FL process (SPFL). For the stage game SPFL, we derive the unique Nash equilibrium (NE), and propose a distributed algorithm for each client to calculate its equilibrium participation strategy. We show that at the NE, some clients may choose to be free riders. The existence of free riders has a detrimental effect on sustaining other clients long-term participation. For the long-term interactions among clients, we derive the optimal SPNE which minimizes the number of free riders while maximizing the amount of local data for model training. Simulation results show that our derived optimal SPNE can effectively reduce the number of free riders by up to 99.3% and increase the amount of local data for model training by up to 82.3%.

“Tango for Two”: Women’s Interviews in Clinical Reproductive Practice

This article attempts to combine data obtained through interviews by a psychologist of female donors participating in an assisted reproductive technology program and interpret them through narrative analysis and communicative situation analysis. The article describes the structure of an oocyte-donor which has never been done before with reference to Russian-language material. An ethical platform for the study is openness to a new type of scientific knowledge that results from the interpretation of the informants’ answers who try to comprehend their motives to donate. The narrative analysis of 21 transcripts helps determine the roles of the interviewer and the informant at each stage and their contribution to the discussion-testing communicative situation. The interview includes several stages, such as “a window to the past”, at which the autobiographical narrative is recorded as comprehensively as possible; a description of the donor’s current state which focuses on strategies for solving problem situations; the interview ends with a series of thought experiments that allow the psychologist to assess the emotional stability of the potential donor and make a forecast regarding the prospects for long-term cooperation with the reproductive medicine clinic. The paper outlines the cases of participants’ cooperation and mismatches in building a credible and value-consistent autobiographical narrative that includes the donation experience. The authors seek to fit this experience into a broader value context, including a compensatory one related to the urgent problems of potential donors. Women’s answers help specify the concept of donor ‘multi-motivation’. The ambiguity of public opinion regarding donation as a reproductive medicine phenomenon is expressed in the fact that the availability of information for those who are aware of the issue co-exists with donors’ persistent reluctance to display their activity outside the inner circle. Research perspectives include the need to consider the narrative contribution of each participant in the situation of reproduction, i. e. physicians, donors, and recipient parents, and its further use in practice.

An Extended Theory of Planned Behavior to Explain General Contractors’ Long-Term Cooperation Intentions in Construction Projects: Empirical Evidence from China

With the continuous development of the construction industry, the current construction production mode is gradually transforming into the contractor, professional subcontractor and labor subcontractor’s “main-sub contractor” cooperative production mode in the market segmentation. Long-term cooperation between contractors and subcontractors is beneficial to both parties, yet only limited research has explored the factors that determine contractors’ willingness to cooperate with subcontractors on a long-term basis. This paper explores the factors that influence contractors’ willingness to cooperate with subcontractors in the long term and the forming mechanisms. To achieve this goal, this study combines the characteristics of the construction industry to increase the variable of past experience, constructing an extended planned behavior theory model. Through questionnaire surveys, contractors with experience in subcontract management were surveyed, and the hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling techniques. The results showed that contractors’ long-term cooperation intention was mainly influenced by attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. While past experience, a new variable, had significant effects on attitudes and perceived behavioral control, influencing contractors’ long-term cooperation intention by affecting attitudes and perceived behavioral control, past experience had no direct effect on subjective norms. This study will explain the formation mechanism of the general contractor and subcontractor’s long-term cooperative relationship and provide a theoretical basis for the general contractor to select partners and suggestions for subcontractors to improve their work.

The logistics channel in the Russian Far East as a key factor in the development of Chinese-Russian trade.

This article explores the significance of the logistics channel in the Russian Far East as a key factor in the development of Sino-Russian trade. The authors analyze the role of this logistics corridor in the context of China-Russia trade relations and identify its impact on the long-term cooperation between the two countries. The study is based on an analysis of statistical data on trade between China and Russia in recent years. The authors also conduct an analysis of Russia's geographical features and its logistics capabilities. Comparative analysis methods are used in the article to assess the influence of the logistics channel on the volume and stability of Sino-Russian trade. The article emphasizes that the logistics channel in the Russian Far East plays a pivotal role in the development of China-Russia trade. It highlights the growth in trade volumes between the two countries and their ambitions to achieve higher levels. However, the author also notes that Russia's current geographical features do not always align with the needs of international trade, and pipeline transport cannot fully replace other logistics channels for bulk commodities. The scientific novelty of this article lies in its recognition of the importance of the logistics aspect in China-Russia trade relations and its call for greater attention to this factor. It also underscores the strategic significance of developing the logistics channel in the Russian Far East for the sustainable and stable growth of Sino-Russian trade in the long term.

Conflict and Adaptation: The History and Future of China-Pakistan Cultural Exchange

The relationship between China and Pakistan has a long history, and the two countries have maintained a long-term cooperative partnership. Under this relationship, fruitful cultural exchanges have taken place, although occasional cultural conflicts have occurred. Based on the foundation of long-term cooperation, conflicts in cultural exchanges have been effectively resolved through mutual visits, promoting deeper understanding and trust between the two sides. Therefore, it can be said that cultural exchange between China and Pakistan is an important tool for adjusting cultural conflicts, promoting diplomatic relations, and bridging the gap between the two countries. This article reviews and examines the history of cultural exchanges between China and Pakistan and proposes a conflict adjustment framework based on "respect-understanding-communication-trust." Specific measures are also proposed, such as "establishing smooth cultural communication channels, improving conflict resolution mechanisms, deepening cultural exchange projects, and strengthening joint research projects" to adjust cultural conflicts and promote deeper cultural exchanges between the two countries.

THE FEATURES OF MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL ASPECTS

The article examines the peculiarities and specified characteristics of the pharmaceutical market in the concept of monopolistic competition, the design of which allows for the wide use of marketing tools of competition, innovation, research, branding, and others. The specific characteristics that allow identifying the predominant type of competition in the pharmaceutical market as monopolistic competition are summarized. It was noted that certain segments of the pharmaceutical market function within the framework of different market structures: monopoly (manufacturers who own patents for unique medicinal products, individual and collective monopolies in regional markets), oligopoly (manufacturers of certain types of medicinal products, the distribution segment, pharmacy networks of centralized and holding type with a monopoly in the retail sale of medicinal products), monopolistic competition (production and sale of medicinal products). Taking into account the dependence of the national pharmaceutical market on the import of drugs, the state (2018-2022), the competitive situation and generalized forecasts for the growth of the global pharmaceutical market until 2027 were studied. The analysis proved the presence of different factors of market development in each of the studied periods. The high activity of Indian and Chinese companies in developing the global pharmaceutical market was noted. Attention is drawn to the fact that activity in the market of monopolistic competition, especially such an institutionalized one as the pharmaceutical market, requires from participants the competent application of strategic approaches, adaptation of business models, significant investments in R&D and constant production of innovations, establishment of long-term cooperation with partners, optimization of the supply chain, formation systems of constant monitoring and forecasting of the external environment, professional marketing and systemic promotional activities related to traditional and digital elements of the communication mix, network expansion due to permissible regional expansion. It was concluded that the further development of the modern world pharmaceutical market as a structure of monopolistic competition is connected with: acceleration of consumption of medicines in developing countries; expiration of patent protection for a significant number of brand-name drugs; reduction of the market share and profits of branded pharmaceutical companies; legal restrictions on market monopolization; active use of marketing tools to implement non-price competition. The priority factor in increasing the competitiveness of the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine is an effective combination of state and market regulation mechanisms, the successful synthesis of which will contribute to the elimination of disparities between the export and import of medicinal products, reduce the dependence of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market on foreign supplies of raw materials and finished products, and strengthen the position of domestic manufacturers in foreign markets.