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作者：Drake, David F.; York, Jeffrey G.
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
摘要：US coal-fired generating capacity has shed nearly 25% of its footprint between 2011 and 2018. Multiple factors-regulation, natural gas prices, renewable energy adoption, and environmental activism-have each been lauded by various stakeholders for this trend. To improve our understanding of this environmental technology transition, it is important to determine the extent to which each of these factors has accelerated coal unit retirements. We do so in this study through an accelerated failure t...
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作者：Sharma, Neha; Devalkar, Sripad K.; Sohoni, Milind G.
作者单位：Northwestern University; Indian School of Business (ISB)
摘要：Payment for results (PfR) funding approach, where donors reimburse the non-profit organization (NPO) based on outcomes, is being increasingly adopted in the non-profit sector. However, there is also concern expressed by many voluntary organizations that such a funding approach puts an undue financial burden on small NPOs and could actually be detrimental to social welfare. In this study, we build a theoretical framework to analyze PfR funding mechanisms. We use a sequential game to model the i...
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作者：Lev, Baruch; Radhakrishnan, Suresh; Tong, Jamie Yixing
作者单位：New York University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of Queensland
摘要：This study examines the relationship between R&D expenditures and product-market, process-cost, and technological innovation/disruption-related uncertainties. For this purpose, the product-market, process-cost, and technological innovation related uncertainties are linked to earnings component volatilities. Specifically, product-market uncertainty is measured by future sales volatility; process-cost uncertainty by future cost of sales volatility; and technological innovation uncertainty by fut...
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作者：Chen, Jian; Huang, He; Liu, Liming; Xu, Hongyan
作者单位：Tsinghua University; Chongqing University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
摘要：In this study, we examine the effect of the differences in both sales ability and reservation utility on the design of the pricing scheme and compensation contract under asymmetric information. Heterogeneity with ability-dependent reservation utility generates conflicted screening and pooling effects that preclude separating and pooling equilibria, respectively; with which agents may work harder under either centralized or delegated pricing scheme than if they were homogeneous and, in certain ...
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作者：Senot, Claire
作者单位：Tulane University
摘要：The article Continuity of Care and Risk of Readmission: An Investigation into the Healthcare Journey of Heart Failure Patients won the 2020 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award. This award recognizes the valuable contributions provided by academic research that is anchored in a deep understanding of industries. In this article, I discuss how my interactions with practitioners challenged me and ultimately shaped many critical aspects of the awarded study.
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作者：Kougkoulos, Ioannis; Cakir, Selim M.; Kunz, Nathan; Boyd, Doreen S.; Trautrims, Alexander; Hatzinikolaou, Kornilia; Gold, Stefan
作者单位：Universite PSL; Universite Paris-Dauphine; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); CNRS - Institute for Information Sciences & Technologies (INS2I); University of Nottingham; State University System of Florida; University of North Florida; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Universitat Kassel
摘要：Recent estimates suggest that more than 40 million people worldwide are in situations of modern slavery and other forms of labor exploitation. UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 addresses this problem and urges stakeholders to take effective measures to end all forms of labor exploitation by 2030. Labor exploitation is often a direct consequence of forced migration, and humanitarian operations have a key role to play in tackling this issue worldwide. Academic research can facilitate this by p...
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作者：Hasankhani, Farhad; Khademi, Amin
作者单位：Clemson University
摘要：Identifying an efficient and fair allocation of limited donated hearts to patients on the waiting list is one of the top priorities in heart transplantation management. The recent heart allocation rule by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has emphasized medical urgency to address the heart transplant crisis by further dividing the previous sickest patient group into three subgroups. However, there is a significant debate on optimality and fairness of this policy because although it c...
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作者：Krijestorac, Haris; Garg, Rajiv; Konana, Prabhudev
作者单位：Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris; Emory University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：Research suggests that increased reliance on digital sources (e.g., blogs, social media, online forums) exhibited by the emerging millennial workforce may affect procurement decisions. These arguments contend with studies which indicate that organizational buyers rely on decision shortcuts (e.g., brand, loyalty, and peer opinions) to mitigate risk or to simplify purchase decisions. One can argue that buyers gain more information from digital sources, which may attenuate the role of these short...
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作者：Gaimon, Cheryl; Ramachandran, Karthik
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：The successful launch of an innovative product or service is driven by an unexplored market opportunity or a technological breakthrough. Oftentimes, however, firms lack the necessary resource capabilities to exploit new market opportunities; alternately, markets may not exist for firms to successfully profit from technological breakthroughs. In other words, firms suffer from performance gaps between their market opportunities and their resource capabilities. In this study, we organize the grow...
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作者：Hasnain, Tanzid; Sengul Orgut, Irem; Ivy, Julie Simmons
作者单位：North Carolina State University; University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
摘要：The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals provide a road map for countries to achieve peace and prosperity. In this study, we address two of these sustainable development goals: achieving food security and reducing inequalities. Food banks are nonprofit organizations that collect and distribute food donations to food-insecure populations in their service regions. Food banks consider three criteria while distributing the donated food: equity, effectiveness, and efficiency. The equity cri...
