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作者:Abedi, Vahideh Sadat; Berman, Oded; Feinberg, Fred M.; Krass, Dmitry
作者单位:California State University System; California State University Fullerton; University of Toronto; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要:New product and service introductions require careful joint planning of production and marketing campaigns. Consequently, they typically utilize multiple information channels to stimulate customer awareness and resultant word-of-mouth (WOM), availing of standard budget allocation tools. By contrast, when enacting strategic allocation decisions-which must align with other management imperatives-dividing expenditures across channels is far more complex. To this end, we formulate a multichannel d...
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作者:Jia, Justin; Katok, Elena
作者单位:University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要:The decision in a data-driven decision-making problem is generally a high-dimensional function of data. When can the decision be reduced to a single-dimensional function of a statistic? This study addresses this question based on the operational statistics literature. The study introduces the notion of sufficient operational statistics and derives the factorization theorem for identifying such statistics. Further, the study proposes a solution procedure based on the statistics and derives the ...
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作者:Yang, Luyi; Cui, Shiliang; Wang, Zhongbin
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Georgetown University; Tianjin University
摘要:In the event of a virus outbreak such as Covid-19, testing is key. However, long waiting lines at testing facilities often discourage individuals from getting tested. This paper utilizes queueing-game-theoretic models to study how testing facilities should set scheduling and pricing policies to incentivize individuals to test, with the goal to identify the most cases of infection. Our findings are as follows. First, under the first-in-first-out discipline (FIFO), the common practice of making ...
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作者:Vossen, Thomas W. M.; You, Fan; Zhang, Dan
作者单位:University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
摘要:Approximate linear programs (ALPs) have been used extensively to approximately solve stochastic dynamic programs that suffer from the well-known curse of dimensionality. Due to canonical results establishing the optimality of stationary value functions and policies for infinite-horizon dynamic programs, the literature has largely focused on approximation architectures that are stationary over time. In a departure from this literature, we apply a nonstationary approximation architecture to an i...
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作者:Diwas, K. C.; Kim, Tongil
作者单位:Emory University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要:This paper examines the role of universal healthcare on patient choice and quality of care. Lack of health insurance is a leading contributor to emergency department (ED) visits from the uninsured. Using a natural experiment from Massachusetts, we follow previously uninsured individuals over time-both before and after the implementation of universal healthcare-to study the effects of insurance availability on their healthcare seeking behavior. We find that the availability of health insurance ...
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作者:Krishnakumar, Sreejith Kumar; Kishore, Rajiv; Suresh, Nallan C.
作者单位:Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU); Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Las Vegas; State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Buffalo, SUNY
摘要:This study posits that executive attention can significantly influence the impacts of customer-facing electronic business (e-Business) systems on firm performance. Using the exploration-exploitation perspective (EEP) as an overarching theoretical framework, and the theoretical lens of attention-based view (ABV), we develop an integrated model to provide insights into the impacts of customer-facing e-Business systems on firm performance. We categorize the capabilities of customer-facing e-Busin...
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作者:Somanchi, Sriram; Adjerid, Idris; Gross, Ralph
作者单位:University of Notre Dame; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
摘要:Coupling healthcare datasets with advanced statistical methods has the potential to improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare dramatically. However, data used for predictive decision making in healthcare delivery has significant variable costs. We offer a novel and generalizable framework that helps reduce the costs associated with the use of data for healthcare analytics while maintaining high predictive accuracy. We utilize this approach in the emergency department (ED) context and sp...
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作者:Wang, Tianxiang; Yu, Peiwen; Hu, Jianqiang
作者单位:Fudan University; Chongqing University
摘要:We study a decentralized admission control problem with capacity borrowing. In this problem, the admission decision is made by each server who is assigned dedicated capacity. However, a server can borrow capacity from other servers if his dedicated capacity is exhausted. The borrower compensates the lender by a payment equal to the borrowing cost. Hence, the servers share their capacities via borrowing, but they also compete against each other for their pooled capacities. We formulate this pro...
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作者:Karamshetty, Varun; De Vries, Harwin; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.; Dewilde, Sarah; Minnaard, Warnyta; Ongarora, Dennis; Abuga, Kennedy; Yadav, Prashant
作者单位:National University of Singapore; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; INSEAD Business School; University of Nairobi
摘要:Universal health coverage (UHC) is an integral part of the United Nations sustainable development goals. The private sector plays a prominent role in achieving UHC, being the primary source of essential medicines for many people. However, many private healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have insufficient stocks of essential medicines. Simultaneously, these same facilities carry excessive quantities of other drugs, leading to obsolescence. This suggests poor invent...
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作者:Lin, Yun Hui; Tian, Qingyun; Zhao, Yanlu
作者单位:University College Dublin; Nanyang Technological University; Durham University
摘要:As the ongoing battle between brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce shops escalates, managers of the former are becoming more cautious regarding their strategic store site selection and decoration decisions, particularly if foreseeable competition from rival companies exists. This paper investigates a bilevel competitive facility location (BCFL) problem, where two companies, a leader and a follower, plan to enter a market sequentially. Each company has a budget to open and design facilities. ...