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作者：Cai, Xiaoqiang; Zhou, Xian
作者单位：Chinese University of Hong Kong; Macquarie University
摘要：We consider a problem where a firm produces a variety of fresh products to supply two markets: an export market and a local market. A public transportation service is utilized to deliver the products to the export market, which is cheap, but its schedule is often disrupted severely. Each time this happens, the firm faces the following questions. (i) For a product that has been finished and is waiting for delivery to the export market, should it continue to wait, at an increasing risk of decay,...
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作者：Cattani, Kyle D.; Souza, Gilvan C.; Ye, Shengqi
作者单位：Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Online customers expect to wait, sometimes for a delay of many days. At the fulfillment center, there might be an opportunity to fill customer orders earlier than the due date through a cross-docking transaction: rather than picking the item from inventory, the item moves directly from the receiving to the shipping dock, saving shelving and picking transactions. While cross docking reduces shelving and picking costs, it risks changing customer expectations for how soon a product will be delive...
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作者：Jacobs, Brian W.; Singhal, Vinod R.
作者单位：Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：This article examines the effect of product development restructuring (PDR) on shareholder value. The results are based on a sample of 165 announcements made during 2002-2011. PDR announcements are associated with an economically and statistically significant positive stock market reaction. Over a two-day period (the day of the announcement and the day preceding the announcement), the mean (median) market reaction is 1.63% (0.87%). The market reaction is generally positive regardless of the PD...
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作者：Bendoly, Elliot; Swink, Morgan; Simpson, Wendell P., III
作者单位：Emory University; Texas Christian University
摘要：Project switching occurs when a multi-project worker shifts his/her attention from one project to another before completing the first project. In this study, we study the effects of two areas of management policy on project switching behavior, project prioritization, and work monitoring. We conduct a controlled experiment to evaluate direct and combined effects of prioritization, scheduled progress checks, and managerial progress checks on project switching behavior in a distributed, multi-pro...
