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作者：Kent, Pettis; Thornton, LaDonna M.; Ekpo, Akon
作者单位：Loyola University Chicago; Auburn University System; Auburn University
摘要：Motivated by a desire to understand who benefits from public-sector supplier diversity, and why, we conducted a comparative case study across six U.S. state-level supplier diversity programs. We collected/analyzed qualitative data via semi-structured interviews with high-level state leaders and collected spending data via 2017-2021 semiannual/annual reports. We found that businesses owned by White women benefit more from supplier diversity programs than those owned by ethnic minorities (Blacks...
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作者：Hassin, Refael; Wang, Jiesen
作者单位：Tel Aviv University; University of Amsterdam
摘要：We study a make-to-order system with a finite set of customers. Production is stochastic with a nonlinear dependence between the ordered quantity and the production rate. Customers may have to queue until their turn arrives, and therefore their order decisions interact. Specifically, while being served, customers are aware of the queue length and choose one of two order quantities (or service types). The time to the next replenishment (their activity time) is stochastic and depends on the orde...
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作者：Li, F.; Lo, C. K. Y.; Tang, C. S.; Zhou, P.
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作者：Wu, Fan
作者单位：Chinese University of Hong Kong
摘要：The increasing prevalence of patent infringement litigation in recent decades has imposed significant costs on firms. This paper empirically examines how this legal risk influences a key operational decision: vertical integration. Drawing on the real options theory (ROT), we argue that managers reduce the extent of vertical integration to preserve flexibility and make operational adjustments in anticipation of unfavorable outcomes from patent lawsuits. Using a dataset of public firms and a tex...
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作者：Li, Qiaomei; Gavin, Kara L.; Voils, Corrine, I; Mintz, Yonatan
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah; US Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration (VHA); William S Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital; Medical College of Wisconsin
摘要：Obesity is a critical healthcare issue affecting the United States. The least risk treatments available for obesity are behavioral interventions meant to promote diet and exercise. Often these interventions contain a mobile component that allows interventionists to collect participant-level data and provide participants with incentives and goals to promote long-term behavioral change. Recently, there has been interest in using direct financial incentives to promote behavior change. In general ...
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作者：Hou, Liwen; Qu, Xinxue (Shawn); Chen, Yixing; Xue, Ling
作者单位：Shanghai Jiao Tong University; University of Notre Dame; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：Platform firms are increasingly investing in value-added services (VAS), believing these investments in VAS universally contribute to their success. Although many studies have examined platform firms' core services (e.g., intermediation), systematic analyses of VAS provision strategies remain limited. In this article, we develop a game-theoretic model to analyze (1) the conditions under which platform firms benefit from providing VAS and (2) to which side(s) platform firms should provide VAS. ...
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作者：Martinez-de-Albeniz, Victor; Aparicio, Diego; Balsach, Jordi
作者单位：University of Navarra; IESE Business School
摘要：Retail stores are an essential sales channel in the economy. What makes them resilient to external shocks? We propose a conceptual framework in which resilience is determined by (a) the intrinsic stability of the customer pool that the store serves and (b) the actions the store implements to cope with external shocks. We apply our framework to study the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on thousands of fashion stores across the world, using a novel high-frequency scraping method to infer daily sales...
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作者：Mudambi, Maya; Clark, Jessica; Rhue, Lauren; Viswanathan, Siva
作者单位：University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Misinformation has dire implications for both public welfare and the operational aims of user-generated content platforms. As a result, platforms have adopted various content moderation policies aimed at decreasing the volume and impact of misinformation. However, implementing new platform policies runs the risk of decreasing user contribution and alienating core users, and results regarding the efficacy of such policies are mixed. Herein, we empirically assess a prominence reduction policy ap...
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作者：Goradia, Deepa; Byron, Kris
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：Research suggests that workgroup diversity influences various group and organizational-level outcomes. However, few studies consider its impact at the individual level, particularly in knowledge-related work, where workers have considerable discretion in making decisions. Our study aims to fill this gap by examining two significant types of workgroup diversity-gender diversity, a kind of bio-demographic diversity, and specialization diversity, a kind of job-related diversity-in a healthcare se...
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作者：Guo, Xue; Gong, Jing; Pavlou, Paul A.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University of Virginia; University of Miami
摘要：Many online labor markets face challenges in matching service providers with employers because of the high uncertainty in online environments compared to traditional ones. While prior studies have mostly focused on the uncertainty that employers face with service providers, our study explores the uncertainty service providers face when selecting projects on which to bid. Specifically, our study examines the role of project description in the Call for Bids (CFB) that describes the services requ...
