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作者：Feng, Qi; Ma, Zhongjie; Mao, Zhaofang; Shanthikumar, J. George
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Facebook Inc; Tianjin University
摘要：With supply chains becoming increasingly extended, the uncertainties in the upstream production process can greatly affect the material flows that aim toward meeting the uncertain demands at the downstream. We analyze a two-location system in which the upstream production facility experiences random capacities and the downstream store faces random demands. Different from the widely used approach that seeks the decomposition of the profit function based on the echelon inventories, our approach ...
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作者：Sahinyazan, Feyza G.; Rancourt, Marie-Eve; Verter, Vedat
作者单位：Simon Fraser University; Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal; Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business
摘要：Aid agencies implement food aid programs to alleviate chronic hunger. These agencies can choose direct, in-kind distribution of food commodities, or they can provide cash or vouchers. To determine which aid modality to use for distributing aid, organizations currently use decision trees or other guidelines. In this study, we present a novel mathematical formulation to determine the optimal approach for allocating modalities and quantities of aid to beneficiaries, while also considering the ben...
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作者：Phadnis, Shardul; Joglekar, Nitin
作者单位：Boston University
摘要：This study examines the use of scenario planning-a strategic planning tool used for making decisions of long-term nature-to adapt a buyer-supplier dyad for disruptions in their supply chain resulting from abrupt changes in regulations. We posit that dyadic scenarios, that is, those created jointly by a buyer and a supplier, alter the scope of supply chain design in relation to a regulatory disruption. We offer four hypotheses distinguishing dyadic scenario creation from the traditional single-...
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作者：Zhu, Han; Yu, Yimin; Ray, Saibal
作者单位：Dongbei University of Finance & Economics; City University of Hong Kong; McGill University
摘要：For experience goods (products or services), given the uncertainty about their actual quality and the growing popularity of social media, potential customers nowadays depend on experiences of peers who have used the goods previously to learn about their quality. In this paper, we study how such customer learning affects a firm's (credible) quality disclosure strategy as well as other relevant decisions. To model such learning, we adopt the anecdotal reasoning framework, which we show to be rat...
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作者：Salvador, Fabrizio; Madiedo, Juan Pablo
作者单位：IE University; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Global firms often attempt to utilize modular product architectures to ease the distribution of project work among subsidiaries. However, empirical findings on the effectiveness of this approach are mixed. Seeking to clarify this matter, we investigate the conditions under which modular product platform use is associated with cross-subsidiary distribution of project work. Through an in-depth case study of a global corporation, we find that a firm's ability to leverage modular product platforms...
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作者：Hong, Yili; Shao, Benjamin B. M.
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：E-procurement platforms facilitate transactions between suppliers and buyers from all over the world. Over time, suppliers and buyers may develop familiarity from prior experience with earlier transactions. The literature has established that prior experience leads to better project performance. In this study, we examine the effectiveness of prior experience between buyers and suppliers in e-procurement platforms with a focus on the moderating roles of temporal distance and language difference...
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作者：Aral, Karca D.; Beil, Damian R.; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
作者单位：Syracuse University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Buyers are increasingly pressured to ensure sustainability of their suppliers, but they are also under pressure for low-cost procurement. To make a more informed procurement decision, a buyer can choose to invest in sustainability assessments, and select a supplier based on their price bids and cost markup terms informed by the sustainability assessments. However, sustainability assessments are costly, and whether to use them is at the discretion of the buyer. Hence, the buyer can instead choo...
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作者：Sriskandarajah, Chelliah
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作者：Li, Zhaolin; Lu, Steven Q.; Ryan, Jennifer K.; Sun, Daewon
作者单位：University of Sydney; University of Sydney; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln; University of Notre Dame
摘要：This study considers the product development process for a start-up that relies on equity-based incentives to motivate effort by vendors who are hired to contribute to the development process. We study how the organizational structure of the start-up affects the choice between sequential and concurrent development using a two-task model, in which both tasks must be completed for the start-up to earn revenue. We study several organizational structures, which differ in terms of task allocation, ...
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作者：Nunez, Manuel A.; Bai, Xue; Du, Linna
作者单位：University of Connecticut; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：We study capacity planning in the context of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud services. Concretely, we propose models for optimal pricing and virtual machine allocation to maximize revenue while maintaining service reliability. Our models are based on current pricing schemes used by predominant cloud services providers in the market. These providers frequently face slack capacity and low utilization in resources, so that they require better planning in the allocation of non-revenue-ear...
