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• Product diversion by vertically differentiated firms AI翻译
  作者：Smith, Evelyn O.; Shulman, Jeffrey D.
  作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
  摘要：Retail sellers authorized to sell a branded product may divert some units to an unauthorized dealer thus enabling the dealer to become a direct competitor. Because these sellers vary in quality, it is often unclear what type of seller is more motivated to participate in diversion. We develop an analytical model to demonstrate how vertically differentiated sellers make diversion decisions responding to an unauthorized dealer under unique circumstances not considered by previous research. The mo...
• Parallel imports of status goods: A strategic analysis of aesthetic design AI翻译
  作者：Li, Krista J.; Zhang, Jianqiang; Schaefer, Richard
  作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business; Jiangnan University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Newark
  摘要：Parallel imports of gray products across markets are a worldwide concern for manufacturers. Extant research has focused on parallel imports of regular goods that do not provide status value. In this paper, we investigate parallel imports of conspicuously consumed status goods. We consider a manufacturer who directly sells a status product to consumers in two markets that value the product differently and a gray marketer that can import the product across markets. Our analysis shows that, thoug...
• Strategic new product media planning under emergent channel substitution and synergy AI翻译
  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...
• Design of Covid-19 testing queues AI翻译
  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 ...
• Finite-horizon approximate linear programs for capacity allocation over a rolling horizon AI翻译
  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...
• Impact of universal healthcare on patient choice and quality of care AI翻译
  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 ...
• Expansive or focused attention? An exploration-exploitation perspective on e-Business systems and firm performance AI翻译
  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...
• Optimal queue length information disclosure when service quality is uncertain AI翻译
  作者：Guo, Pengfei; Haviv, Moshe; Luo, Zhenwei; Wang, Yulan
  作者单位：City University of Hong Kong; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  摘要：We investigate a server's best queue disclosure strategy in a single-server service system with an uncertain quality level (which is assumed to be binary). We consider this problem from the perspective of a Bayesian persuasion game. The server first commits to a possibly mixed strategy stating the probability that the queue length will be revealed to customers on their arrival given a realized quality level. The service quality level is then realized, and the server's corresponding queue-discl...
• Pouring cement down one of your oil wells: Relationship between the supply chain disruption orientation and performance AI翻译
  作者：Stekelorum, Rebecca; Gupta, Shivam; Laguir, Issam; Kumar, Sameer; Kumar, Subodha
  作者单位：Universite de Lorraine; Montpellier Business School; University of St Thomas Minnesota; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
  摘要：The Covid-19 pandemic is triggering several supply chain disruptions that have a tremendous impact on firms' activities. Consequently, firms have pushed suppliers to develop their disruption orientation through the exchange of information and collaboration with the aim to enhance their own performance. Although this is important from the industry perspective, relationships among the focal firm's disruption orientation, the suppliers' disruption orientation, and the focal firm's performances ha...
• Should suppliers allow capacity transfers? AI翻译
  作者：Khanjari, Neda; Duenyas, Izak; Iravani, Seyed M. R.
  作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Camden; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Northwestern University
  摘要：This research considers situations in which buyers pay to reserve their suppliers' capacity for future use. The study specifically explores whether suppliers should provide transfer rights, allowing buyers unable to use all of their reserved capacity to transfer the excess to another buyer, and whether they should charge a transfer fee. The study finds that, in most cases, the supplier maximizes financial outcomes when the buyer releasing the excess capacity keeps most of the retail-level prof...