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作者：Geismar, H. Neil; Huang, Yiwei; Pillai, Suresh D.; Sriskandarajah, Chelliah; Youn, Seokjun
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; University of Arizona
摘要：We study a generalized location-routing problem in which the key decisions are made by supply chain partners with conflicting objectives. The context of our problem is the irradiation by electron beam (eBeam) of fresh produce imported from Mexico to reduce the threat of insects and pests to the U.S. agriculture. Because too few irradiation facilities exist to serve the current demand, we focus on two parties to be coordinated: the eBeam Services Provider, who will choose the facilities' locati...
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作者：Mahmoudzadeh, Mahdi
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：Manufacturers of durable goods often buy back older versions of their products from customers to encourage them to switch to improved versions and to create control over product return streams in their closed-loop systems. Classical models and conventional wisdom have long ignored that the framing of these buyback schemes, whether through trade-ins or upgrades, can matter for theory. Using the reference-point shift mechanism, we provide experimental evidence that the alternative frames are not...
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作者：Fang, Fang; Natarajan, Harihara Prasad
作者单位：California State University System; California State University Los Angeles; University of Miami
摘要：Through Central Procurement Organizations (CPOs), large firms with multiple divisions have begun adopting a center-led sourcing approach that allows firms to centralize strategic sourcing activities, while permitting decentralized execution by divisions, allowing the firm to leverage large purchase volumes with vendors. This new center-led procurement environment has brought a new decision requirement: How should a CPO select vendors for each division's requirements to minimize the firm's tota...
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作者：Zissis, Dimitris; Ioannou, George; Burnetas, Apostolos
作者单位：University of East Anglia; Athens University of Economics & Business; National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
摘要：We consider inventory management decisions when manufacturing and warehousing are controlled by independent entities. The latter possess private information that affects their choices and are allowed to communicate via a mediator who attempts to streamline their decisions without restricting their freedom. The mediator designs a mechanism based on quantity discounts to minimize the overall system costs, attempting to reach a win-win situation for both entities. Using the Revelation Principle, ...
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作者：Iravani, Foad; Mamani, Hamed; Nategh, Emisa
作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：Governments across the world constantly use a variety of measures to contain drug costs in order to increase patient access to critical medications. External Reference Pricing (ERP), or international price comparison, is a commonly employed policy to control prices of pharmaceuticals. External Reference Pricing uses the price(s) of a medicinal product in one or several countries in order to derive a benchmark or reference price for the purposes of setting the price of the product in a given co...
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作者：Lee, Ho Cheung Brian; Stallaert, Jan; Fan, Ming
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; University of Connecticut; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：Innovative forecasting methods using new data sources have been developed to address various problems in operations management, such as demand, sales, and event forecasts. One of the methods for forecasting events consists of prediction markets where participants can take financial positions that may generate returns depending on whether certain events occur or not. Results in experimental psychology and behavioral economics have shown that individuals, including experts, can be subject to jud...
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作者：Westerink-Duijzer, Lotty E.; Schlicher, Loe P. J.; Musegaas, Marieke
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Vaccination is a very effective measure to fight an outbreak of an infectious disease, but it often suffers from delayed deliveries and limited stockpiles. To use these limited doses of vaccine effectively, health agencies can decide to cooperate and share their doses. In this study, we analyze this type of cooperation. Typically cooperation leads to an increased total return, but cooperation is only plausible when this total return can be distributed in a stable way. This makes cooperation a ...
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作者：Mehra, Amit; Sajeesh, Sajeesh; Voleti, Sudhir
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln; Indian School of Business (ISB)
摘要：The existence of reference price effects in consumer decision making is well documented in prior research, but few studies focus on its implications for firms' strategic behavior. Using a competitive model, we address this gap by examining how firms' product positioning and pricing strategies in a non-durable goods market (where consumers repeatedly purchase products from the category) are affected compared with a benchmark situation in which reference price effects are not pertinent. In a mod...
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作者：Li, Shengli; Luo, Qiuyue; Qiu, Liangfei; Bandyopadhyay, Subhajyoti
作者单位：Peking University; Xi'an Jiaotong University; State University System of Florida; University of Florida
摘要：Traditionally, consumers purchase physical music (often in the form of CDs or cassettes) from local retailers. With the development of Internet technology, the market share of digital music has grown rapidly in recent years. Unlike physical music, digital music is provided by several emerging digital music providers through the Internet to consumers. Pricing models of digital music are also drastically different from those of physical music. In this study, we identify three common schemes for ...
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作者：Chiang, I. Robert; Jhang-Li, Jhih-Hua
作者单位：Fordham University; National Central University
摘要：Following decades-long subscriber growth, cable TV is experiencing a perceptible decline in viewership as a result of escalating fees, outdated content search, and rigid program scheduling. With cord-cutting consumers seeking alternative viewing experiences, online streaming providers are gaining eyeball shares, strengthening their bargaining positions in subsequent licensing negotiations. We capture the market dynamics between content owners, cable networks, and streaming providers by analyzi...
