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作者：Zhang, Wenxiu; Shen, Zuo-Jun Max
作者单位：Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School; Tsinghua University; University of Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong
摘要：Disturbances in production along with volatile demand have raised concerns over shortfalls in the global supply chain and prompted the need to build a more diversified supply chain with competitive suppliers. This research investigates the impact of disturbances on a two-tier supply chain network with asymmetric competing firms. We establish the equilibrium in a unique structure that represents the maximum set of profitable upstream supply paths achievable through competition and exhibits stab...
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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：Holzhacker, Martin; Loch, Harlow; Miller, Jason; Scott, Alex
作者单位：Michigan State University; Franklin & Marshall College; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
摘要：In 2019, self-employed individuals in the United States owned and operated more than 27 million nonemployer firms and generated more than $1.3 trillion in revenue. Our study examines how self-employed workers adjust their operations in response to an exogenous regulatory change that places limits on how they can utilize their productive assets. Extending modern property rights theory of the firm (PRTF), we studied how self-employed for-hire truck drivers modified their operations in response t...
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作者：Frazelle, Andrew E.; Rasulov, Toghrul; Wang, Shouqiang
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Exclusivity is a key component of certain service offerings such as elite members-only social or country clubs. Indeed, such services may only appeal to customers if they limit the crowd density, that is, the maximal number of customers granted access to the service. We consider a service provider, who sets its crowd density cap in addition to its price. Customers are heterogeneous in both their willingness to pay (WTP) for the service and their density tolerance. Each customer purchases the s...
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作者：Aksin, Zeynep; Gencer, Busra; Gunes, Evrim Didem
作者单位：Koc University
摘要：Customers who renege from a queue signal dissatisfaction with the wait, possibly leading to lost business opportunities. Service organizations need to understand how queue features observed by waiting customers drive decisions to renege. Through a series of experiments run in the lab and online, this article demonstrates a relative progress effect in queues. This behavioral effect is created when a series of fast service times are observed early in a wait, followed by slower service times that...
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作者：Anderson, David R.; Aydinliyim, Tolga; Bjarnadottir, Margret V.; Cil, Eren B.; Anderson, Michaela R.
作者单位：Villanova University; City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY); University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Oregon; Columbia University; City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY)
摘要：In the United States, even though national guidelines for allocating scarce healthcare resources are lacking, 26 states have specific ventilator allocation guidelines to be invoked in case of a shortage. While several states developed their guidelines in response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, New York State developed these guidelines in 2015 as pandemic influenza is a foreseeable threat, one that we cannot ignore. The primary objective of this study is to assess the existing procedures and ...
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作者：Asgari, Navid; Levesque, Moren; Soh, Pek-Hooi; Subramanian, Annapoornima M.
作者单位：Fordham University; York University - Canada; Simon Fraser University; National University of Singapore
摘要：While young firms often benefit from their relationships with established firms, these relationships can be risky. Hence, during their relationship with established firms, young firms must constantly monitor signs of a failing partnership and terminate it before being in a disadvantageous position. However, discontinuing the alliance with an established firm can also be risky, especially if the young firm has limited alternative collaborative opportunities. Our study adopts the young firm's pe...
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作者：Kandula, Shanthan; Roy, Debjit; Akartunali, Kerem
作者单位：XLRI -Xavier School of Management; Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; University of Strathclyde
摘要：E-commerce packages are notorious for their inefficient usage of space. More than one-quarter volume of a typical e-commerce package comprises air and filler material. The inefficient usage of space significantly reduces the transportation and distribution capacity increasing the operational costs. Therefore, designing an optimal set of packaging box sizes is crucial for improving efficiency. We present the first learning-based framework to determine the optimal packaging box sizes. In particu...
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作者：Wang, Qian; Peng, Chih-Hung; Jin, Yong; Jiang, Shenyang
作者单位：University of Macau; National Taiwan University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Tongji University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
摘要：The extant literature has provided valuable insights into the post-failure behavior of organizations, highlighting two distinct tendencies: failure learning and threat rigidity. While failure learning involves organizations embracing change and seeking improvements after experiencing failures, threat rigidity leads to a more conservative and resistant approach to change during such times. In our study, we used a pioneering approach by integrating these seemingly competing perspectives within t...
