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Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

A data-driven framework for optimal retail store location, Ming Hui TAN

Availability of ESG rating information and voluntary ESG disclosure: Evidence from coverage expansion of ESG rating agency, Xuefan PENG

Psychological characteristics of board secretaries and information disclosure quality - An empirical analysis based on the questionnaire survey and interviews with board secretaries of A-share listed companies, Shuijun DAI

Boosting symbolic execution for vulnerability detection, Haoxin TU

Memory-efficient graph processing on GPUs: Reducing intermediate data structure overhead, Chang YE

Computational fact-checking with limited resources, Fengzhu ZENG

Research on the relationship between manufacturing process digitalization and product quality performance: A case study of discrete manufacturing, Baozhong ZHANG

Analyzing Google Maps as a data source for urban research in Dhaka, Xinyi DU

Enhancing graph representation learning through self-supervision: An augmentation perspective, Jianyuan BO

From sparse feedback to sequential decision-making: Learning safety constraints with weak supervision, Siow Meng LOW

Machine learning for digital biomarker-based detection of cognitive decline, Seng Khoon THE

Mindfulness and entrepreneurship: looking back and moving forward, Eva Katharina PETERS

Modeling multiple tasks in recommendation systems, Dinh Hieu DO

Socio-economic dynamics of engagement and incentivization in emerging digital platforms, Danyang SONG

Three essays in development economics, Vardaan CHAWLA

Acquisition strategy for innovation under competence-destroying change: Empirical study—Pharmaceutical company's biotechnology company acquisition, Joo Tae SUNG

Cutting through the infodemic efficiently: News claims surveillance and LLM-based lightweight fact verification, Xuan ZHANG

Essays on empirical asset pricing, Ruxue GONG

Exploring how the high or low of firm transparency and speed of adjustment in its capital structure relates to the implied cost of capital of a firm, Yung Chee LEONG

How “green” are green acquisitions really?, Sri V SRINIVASAN

Interactive generative modeling: A pathway for improved simulation and decision making, Changyu CHEN

Learning and optimization under human-centric considerations, Qian SHAO

Resilience in STEM: How gender-professional identity integration (G-PII) and self-compassion empower women to thrive, Isabelle CHIEW

Rich models and methods for on-demand same day deliveries, Zhiqin ZHANG

The association between different succession methods and innovation investments in family businesses in China, Lei WU

Determinants of trading prices in state-owned asset and equity transactions: An empirical analysis from China, Lixiao CHEN

Disentangling user preferences towards self-interpretable recommender systems, Nhu Thuat TRAN

Diversity-augmented training for generalizable AI agents, Wenjun LI

Does moving from one-story building to multi-building affect the health status of the elderly: Evidence from China’s PAR program, Lu CAO

Empirical program evaluation in operations management, Kai TIAN

Environmental influences of zero-sum thinking and its outcome, Edison Sora TAN

Essays on financial econometrics, Yuexuan REN

Essays on institutions and human capital, Xiaofan ZHU

Essays on spatial economics and international trade, Yunlong SONG

Evaluation of pre-trained vision language models in challenging contexts, Kankan ZHOU

Felt obligation, knowledge sharing and innovation performance: The role of team performance goal orientation, Zenan WEN

Formation and impact of informal interest groups: The role of clan culture, Bin WANG

Generative artificial intelligence dependency: Scale development, validation, and its motivational, behavioral, and psychological correlates, Adalia Yin Hui GOH

Government guidance funds and corporate innovation: An empirical examination based on Hangzhou, Huaping WANG

Intraday volatility in financial markets: Evidence from high-frequency data, Haolin WANG

More than meets the eye: Misaligned expectations in social interactions for individuals with chronic illness, Janice PATRICIA

Nature of smartphone use: The underlying mechanisms between nature exposure and urge to use social media, Jia Yi AW

Optimizing fulfillment operations for online retailing, Yujie SUN

Research on the structural antecedents and contingencies of fluid team performance, Xiaodong ZHANG

Tailoring transformer-based deep learning for code generation and translation, Imam Nur Bani YUSUF

The dynamics of power transfer in organizations: Examining downward deference and its workplace consequences, Hoang Bao My NGUYEN

The effects of income on infant health: Evidence from the coal boom and bust, Chu Gek CHEW

Threads of time: A lifespan perspective on temporal simulations, self-continuity and meaning in life, Jonathan Louis Jie Sheng CHIA

Three essays on robust mechanism design, Kexin WANG

To mitigate or adapt? A construal level perspective on agenda setting for climate action, Shu Tian NG

Towards reliable ML: Data attribution and adversarial robustness, Xiaosen ZHENG

What makes an experience meaningful: A process/outcome approach, Clement Yong Hao LAU

Analysis of the implementation path of zero-carbon parks in the context of “carbon peak and carbon neutrality”, Jun LI

A study on the impact of second-generation involvement on digital transformation in family firms and its contingency effects, Wenwu SHAO

Competency of sales employees in knowledge-intensive industries An empirical study based on the pharmaceutical industry, Yue ZHANG

Corporate environmental (ir)responsibility of Chinese construction companies, Bin ZHANG

Culture and sustainability: Understanding the roles of values, norms, and cultural tightness in sustainable consumption behaviour, Au Sook SUM

Digital capabilities and customer service levels of small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises, Yuegang NIU

Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: The role of intergenerational dynamics, firm size, and external working experience, Wai Sam KONG

Essays on empirical asset pricing, Qi FAN

Essays on labor and family economics, Yutao WANG

Exploring the impact of entrepreneurship coaching and mentoring models on founder capabilities and business performance, Zhixiang WU

Flow experience in immersive tourism performance: Antecedents and tourists’ satisfaction, Xiaoli ZHU

Harnessing a paradox mindset to straddle two worlds: The relationship between paradox mindset and professional, social, and well-being outcomes via identity integration among low-SES college students, Xiaoyu DAI

How industrial clusters affect technological innovation: Evidence from Vanyang Small & Micro Industrial Park, Jianming WU

Impact of supervisor support and organisational support on individual employee engagement in environmental organisational citizenship tasks, Yuen Mei Susan CHONG

Internal control and urban investment bond issuance, Feixiong ZHU

IT-enabled services in online healthcare platforms, Anqi ZHAO

Network-based crypto asset analysis, Ling CHENG

Research on dual performance of industrial parks driven by big data: FsQCA analysis using resource-based view, Xionghong JIANG

Research on the impact investment evaluation system for photovoltaic power generation projects, Shumeng TONG

Risk management for semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers within rapid changing international environment: An empirical study, Youbing CAO

Temporal relational graph convolutional networks for financial applications, Brindha Priyadarshini JEYARAMAN

The charm of chaos: How disordered displays of cute objects enhance perceived cuteness and boost purchase intention, Ting HE

The effects of financial vulnerability on the prosocial behavior of medical staff at pet hospitals, Guoxing XU

The impact of AI usage on employee work outcomes: The mediating roles of personal control and job insecurity and the moderating role of AI trust, Tiantian WANG

The impact of awards and honors on project bidding, Ren WANG

The impact of EVA performance evaluation system on market value management of state-owned listed companies, Xiaohua CAI

The impact of sustainable urban development on the issuance of urban investment bonds, Xinglin SHOU

The message framing effects in the process of health behavior change, Zixia FANG

Towards real-world unsupervised anomaly detection for images, Zhonghang LIU

Towards testing, detecting, and debloating insecure components in Android applications, Zicheng ZHANG

Who’s more likely to do science philanthropy? Research on the factors influencing Chinese private entrepreneurs’ willingness to do science philanthropy, Tsz Ho Tony LAU

Analysis on factors for the success of China's industrial parks -- "Crown model" and its empirical research, Ming QIU

An analysis of unstructured marketing data to aid online platforms, Qingli ZENG

An empirical analysis of pricing and payments in the pharmaceutical industry, Rahul NARNINDI

A study of the impact of brand management strategies on brand rejuvenation - Evidence based on Chinese baijiu brands, Hao CHEN

A study on paths and effectiveness of internationalization of Chinese apparel enterprises, Xiaohong GAO

Competitive advantage of short food supply chains for organic vegetables in India: A multi-stakeholder, mixed method study of farmers, consumers and intermediaries, Bhoovarahan THIRUMALAI NAMBAKKAM

Designing pull-based energy system rules for public buildings: An application of modularity, Lei WANG

Digital twin dynamics: Employee’s willingness to adopt AI digital-twin in a craftsmanship environment, Seow Hoon TEE

Entrepreneurial spirit and firm performance: An empirical study based on data from the star market, Zhige ZHANG

Exploring business' and consumers' engagement on e-commerce platforms, Yichen WANG

Exploring intelligent manufacturing: How artificial intelligence affects productivity and labor demand at the enterprise level, Jie GU

Family succession and corporate investment policy, Weiting LIN

How do firms respond to reduced private equity buyout activity?, Yi-Hsin LO

Knowledge judgment, managerial decision-making, and firm performance: From the perspective of entrepreneurial spirit reconfiguration in second-generation family businesses, Xinhua LI

Research on inheritance and innovation of Chinese time - honored brands on brand attachment, Jiangbo YIN

Research on motivations for corporate voluntary environmental transformation: An analysis based on WWF, Lunyan LU

Research on the economic performance and process optimization strategies in Chinese agricultural enterprises, Zili XU