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作者：Liang, Yanjie; Liu, Weihua; Li, Kevin W.; Dong, Chuanwen; Lim, Ming K.
作者单位：Tianjin University; University of Windsor; heSam Universite; ESCP Business School; University of Glasgow
摘要：Large-scale platforms (LSPs) with valuation and awareness advantages have enabled competing small-scale platforms (SSPs) to be embedded in their platforms. This compatibility strategy creates a new channel, that is, the compatible channel, through which customers can purchase services from SSPs via the LSPs. Additionally, numerous platforms have been introducing add-on services to enhance their profitability. In this study, we develop stylized game models to characterize the interaction betwee...
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作者：Ye, Yuxiao; Jiang, Shenyang; Fan, Di; Huo, Baofeng; Liu, Maggie Wenjing
作者单位：Tianjin University; Tongji University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Tsinghua University
摘要：It is important for firms to repurpose production responsively during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, to seize the market opportunity and create social value. However, occupational health and safety (OHS) can also be a concern in a crisis, and adherence to OHS management systems can undermine a firm's responsiveness in repurposing decision making. We adopt the capability-rigidity lens to construct a connection between OHS management standards (i.e., OHSAS 18001) and firms' adaptation r...
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作者：Zheng, Quan; Hu, Honggang; Pan, Xiajun Amy
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; Tongji University; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; Tongji University
摘要：This paper examines the effect of product substitutability on the equilibrium profits in a distribution channel of two symmetric manufacturers selling substitutable products to consumers through a nonexclusive retailer. Conventional wisdom suggests that when the products are more substitutable, the retailer will be better off while the manufacturers will be worse off, owing to the dominance of the competition effect of substitutability. In this work, we identify the hitherto neglected demand e...
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作者：Song, Sining; Dong, Yan; Kull, Thomas; Carter, Craig; Xu, Kefeng
作者单位：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of Texas System; University of Texas at San Antonio; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：Climate change is a major global risk and a key driver for greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Yet, firms' internal emissions reduction may create a leakage leading to higher emissions in the supply chain. The related literature suggests that the pollution-haven hypothesis explains such emissions leakage. In contrast, we explore an alternative reason for supply chain leakage, which is related to optimization of supply chain activities and supply chain innovation. Based on panel data from Bloom...
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作者：Hu, Wenjin; Skowronski, Keith; Dong, Yan; Shou, Yongyi
作者单位：Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Zhejiang University
摘要：Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by first-tier suppliers, referred to as the supply base, are dynamic and drastic changes in supply chain structure and relationships that affect focal firm performance. In particular, the impact of M&As in a supply base depends on the concentration and differentiation of the supply base, which affects power-dependence relationships in the supply chain. This study examines the effect of supply base M&As on focal firms' cost of goods sold (COGS). In addition, this...
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作者：Li, Musen Kingsley; Sodhi, ManMohan S.; Tang, Christopher S.; Yu, Jiayi Joey
作者单位：Shanghai University; City St Georges, University of London; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Fudan University
摘要：The chaotic response of the US Strategic National Stockpile to COVID-19 during 2020 highlighted the inadequacy of the inventory-based approaches to disaster response. This paper examines the integration of stockpile inventory, backup capacity, and standby capability to meet the disaster-related surge in demand in the future. We present a two-period model of such an integrated system for consumable items with uncertain demand that follows a general probability distribution. Our model incorporat...
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作者：Wu, Qi; Honhon, Dorothee
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Buy-one-get-one-free (BOGOF), a ubiquitous sales promotion scheme by which consumers get two items for the price of one, encourages consumers to buy and waste food. An alternative promotional scheme is one where consumers receive a coupon for a second item available for free at a later time. Our work is motivated by British supermarkets which, facing criticism from lawmakers for running BOGOF promotions on perishables, started a BOGOF Later campaign with the claim that it would reduce the amou...
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作者：Wang, Lu; Kulkarni, Vidyadhar; Zhang, Hanqin
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina School of Medicine; National University of Singapore
摘要：We consider an inventory system with Poisson demand arrivals arising from multiple classes. Restocking epochs are specified by a given sequence. At each epoch, we can place an order for any number of items for immediate delivery. We have to decide the inventory dispensation policy, which determines whether we should satisfy a demand, or reject it, or backlog it until the next restocking epoch. We allow class-dependent rejection and backlogging costs. We also incorporate holding costs and procu...
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作者：Schmitt, Thomas; Faaland, Bruce; Mckay, Mark
作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Trinity Western University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：We address a production/inventory problem for a single product and machine where demand is Poisson distributed, and the times for unit production and setup are constant. Demand not in stock is lost. We derive a solution for a produce-up-to policy that minimizes average cost per unit time, including costs of setup, inventory carrying, and lost sales. The machine is stopped periodically, possibly rendered idle, set up for a fixed period, and then restarted. The average cost function, which we de...
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作者：Liu, Jialu; Kim, Keehyung
作者单位：Shanghai Jiao Tong University; University of Waterloo
摘要：Firms have been proactively holding data science competitions via online contest platforms to look for innovative solutions from the crowd. When firms are designing such competitions, a key question is What should be a better contest design to motivate contestants to exert more effort? We model two commonly observed contest structures (one stage and two stage) and two widely adopted prize structures (high spread and low spread). We employ economic experiments to examine how contest design affe...
