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作者：Wooten, Joel O.; Ulrich, Karl T.
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：In many innovation settings, ideas are generated over time and managers face a decision about if and how to provide in-process feedback to the idea generators about the quality of submissions. In this article, we use design contests allowing repeated entry to examine the effect of in-process feedback on idea generation. We report on a set of field experiments using two online contest websites to compare the performance of three different feedback treatmentsno feedback, random feedback, and dir...
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作者：Chintapalli, Prashant; Disney, Stephen M.; Tang, Christopher S.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Cardiff University
摘要：To avoid inventory risks, manufacturers often place rush orders with suppliers only after they receive firm orders from their customers (retailers). Rush orders are costly to both parties because the supplier incurs higher production costs. We consider a situation where the supplier's production cost is reduced if the manufacturer can place some of its order in advance. In addition to the rush order contract with a pre-established price, we examine whether the supplier should offer advance-ord...
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作者：Zhang, Kairen; Tang, Christopher S.; Zhou, Sean
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Chinese University of Hong Kong
摘要：When formal distribution channels are absent in developing countries, micro-retailers travel a long distance to replenish their stocks directly from suppliers. This informal replenishment strategy is inefficient due to high imputed travel costs involved in the replenishment process. To improve efficiency, one hybrid replenishment strategy has emerged under which one of the micro-retailers in a neighborhood, while continuing its own retail business, also operates as a wholesaler to serve other ...
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作者：White, Denise L.; Torabi, Elham; Froehle, Craig M.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; James Madison University; University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati
摘要：Capitalizing on the operational concept of division-of-labor, clinics often reduce physician service time by off-loading some of his/her clinical activities to lower-cost personnel. These personnel, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, are often collectively referred to as mid-level providers (MLPs) and can perform many patient-consultation tasks. The common rationale is that using an MLP allows the physician to serve more patients, increase patients' access to care, and, due ...
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作者：Chen, Jiguang; Hu, Qiying; Song, Jing-Sheng
作者单位：Shandong University; Fudan University; Duke University
摘要：In today's increasingly globalized environment, more and more companies recognize the mutual dependence of supply chain partners in value creation. When making business decisions, they take into consideration their partners' bottom line profitability, especially in emerging markets. The question is, is this kind of practice sustainable? This study makes an attempt to formalize this issue by examining a stylized two-party supply chain model in which each player maximizes its own profit while ma...
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作者：Dogru, Mustafa K.; Reiman, Martin I.; Wang, Qiong
作者单位：Columbia University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：We study an inventory management mechanism that uses two stochastic programs (SPs), the customary one-period assemble-to-order (ATO) model and its relaxation, to conceive control policies for dynamic ATO systems. We introduce a class of ATO systems, those that possess what we call a chained BOM. We prove that having a chained BOM is a sufficient condition for both SPs to be L? convex in the first-stage decision variables. We show by examples the necessity of the condition. For ATO systems with...
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作者：Ray, Jyotishka; Samuel, Jayarajan; Menon, Syam; Mookerjee, Vijay
摘要：Today, software supports many important tasks in a variety of industries. In the specialized nature of these environments, a common problem faced by software vendors is to correctly signal the true value of a software product to the end users. For example, telecommunications equipment manufacturers design complex software for important functions like provisioning new users in the network. These software products automate various functions that would otherwise need to be done manually. In order...
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作者：Surasvadi, Navaporn; Tang, Christopher S.; Vulcano, Gustavo
作者单位：National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; National Electronics & Computer Technology Center (NECTEC); University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)
摘要：We examine a contingent price markdown (CM) mechanism with guaranteed reservation under which a retailer sells multiple units to forward-looking consumers who arrive over time according to a Poisson process. During the early part of the selling season, each arriving consumer can either purchase a unit by paying the regular price or reserve a unit at the discount price. Reserved units can only be claimed later when the number of guaranteed reservations meets a pre-specified threshold, or at the...
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作者：Khuntia, Jiban; Mithas, Sunil; Agarwal, Ritu
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Children's Hospital Colorado; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Health information exchanges (HIEs) are new organizational forms in the United States that facilitate digital exchange of health data across participants. Many believe that these multi-sided digital platforms will become key enablers of the digital transformation of healthcare in the United States. However, like other entrepreneurial ventures, HIEs face challenges to achieve operational maturity and financial viability. Entrepreneurial ventures often fail to attain financial viability due to t...
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作者：Perdikaki, Olga; Kumar, Subodha; Sriskandarajah, Chelliah
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School
摘要：The performance of a retail store depends on its ability to attract customer traffic, match labor with incoming traffic, and convert the incoming traffic into sales. Retailers make significant investments in marketing activities (such as advertising) to bring customers into their stores and in-store labor to convert that traffic into sales. Thus, a common trade-off that retail store managers face concerns the allocation of a store's limited budget between advertising and labor to enhance store...
