Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The collaborative economy from a service-dominant logic lens: a conceptual typology

Purpose Despite the rise of collaborative, peer-based exchanges that have reshaped service provision, there remains a need for research that (1) accounts for the complexity of collaborative service systems, (2) explicates submarkets and exchange behaviors, (3) addresses theoretic...

A Mathematical Model of Opinion Dynamics with Application to Vaccine Denial

Public health outcomes can be heavily influenced by the landscape of public opinion; hence, it is important to understand how that landscape changes over time. For one, opinions on public health issues are responsive to official pronouncements, whether from the governmental or pr...

Ambient Alkaline Pretreatment Enables Isoprenol Fermentation from Lignocellulosic Biomass for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

Abstract Mitigating aviation’s carbon emissions remains challenging because air travel relies on energy-dense liquid fuels with limited substitutes. Here, we report a fermentation-based bioconversion process for producing isoprenol, a precursor to 1,4-dimethylcyclooctane (DMCO),...

Kichwa joke-telling in global tourism

Abstract This study examines how Otavalan Kichwa vendors, cultural experts, and migrants deploy joking as a multisensory form of intimacy that reshapes cross‑cultural learning of “heritage” within global tourism economies. Jokes, I argue, can be used instructionally and tacticall...