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作者：Anderson, Edward G., Jr.; Parker, Geoffrey G.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; Tulane University
摘要：This article surveys the literature and develops a framework for research into the integration of distributed knowledge work (DKW). Knowledge work is considered to be distributed whenever key decisions for execution of the project cut across organizational boundaries, as occurs under outsourcing, offshoring, or open-source arrangements. The growth of such arrangements in recent years is well documented. Nonetheless, research into maintaining the coherence of a DKW project from initiation to cu...
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作者：Guerrero, Hector H.; Bradley, James R.
作者单位：William & Mary
摘要：Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is one of the most frequently used tools in process and product design: it is used in quality and reliability planning, and event and failure mode analysis. It has a long history of use and is a formally prescribed procedure by a number of prominent standards organizations. In addition, it's popular use has evolved as a less formal and widely interpreted tool in the area of Lean/Six Sigma (LSS) process improvement. This paper investigates one of the mo...
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作者：Joglekar, Nitin; Levesque, Moren
作者单位：Boston University; York University - Canada
摘要：This special issue contains articles that exemplify the role of operations management across the entrepreneurial value chain. This value chain encompasses all stages of the entrepreneurial phenomenon, including technology commercialization, where discovery, commitment, organization, and growth must take place. We report on a literature search that identifies research questions categorized with respect to topics crucial to operations management scholars and classify these questions under each s...
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作者：Handley, Sean M.; Gray, John V.
作者单位：University of Notre Dame; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：Quality-related incidents involving contract manufacturers (CMs) are becoming increasingly prevalent. The quality management (QM) literature, however, has focused mostly on QM within a single firm. Thus, the need for data-driven research on managing quality with outsourced production is evident. We investigate the use and effectiveness of external failure penalties and audits of CMs' facilities to manage inter-firm quality. Building on agency theory and extant QM literature, this study address...
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作者：van Burg, Elco; van Oorschot, Kim E.
作者单位：Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; BI Norwegian Business School
摘要：Technology entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth, although entrepreneurs must maintain cooperative ties with the owners of any technology they hope to bring to market. Existing studies show that fairness perceptions have a great influence on this cooperation, but no research investigates its precise mechanisms or dynamic patterns. This study explores the development of 17 ventures that cooperated with a university-owner of technology and thereby identifies different cooper...
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作者：Fransoo, Jan C.; Lee, Chung-Yee
作者单位：Eindhoven University of Technology; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
摘要：With supply chains distributed across global markets, ocean container transport now is a critical element of any such supply chain. We identify key characteristics of ocean container transport from a supply chain perspective. We find that unlike continental (road) transport, service offerings tend to be consolidated in few service providers, and a strong focus exists on maximization of capital intensive resources. Based on the characteristics of ocean container transport as part of global supp...
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作者：Meissner, Joern; Strauss, Arne; Talluri, Kalyan
作者单位：Kuhne Logistics University; University of Warwick; ICREA; Pompeu Fabra University
摘要：The network choice revenue management problem models customers as choosing from an offer set, and the firm decides the best subset to offer at any given moment to maximize expected revenue. The resulting dynamic program for the firm is intractable and approximated by a deterministic linear program called the CDLP which has an exponential number of columns. However, under the choice-set paradigm when the segment consideration sets overlap, the CDLP is difficult to solve. Column generation has b...
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作者：Yang, Jian; Xia, Yusen
作者单位：New Jersey Institute of Technology; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：We study a revenue management problem involving competing firms. We assume the presence of a continuum of infinitesimal firms where no individual firm has any discernable influence over the evolution of the overall market condition. Under this nonatomic-game approach, the unanimous adoption of an equilibrium pricing policy by all firms will yield a market-condition process that in turn will elicit the said policy as one of the best individual responses. For both deterministic- and stochastic-d...
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作者：Xiao, Wenli; Gaimon, Cheryl
作者单位：University of San Diego; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：We introduce a two-period Stackelberg game of a supplier and buyer. We recognize that learning from manufacturing experience has many advantages. Consistent with the literature, we assume both the buyer and supplier realize reductions in their respective production costs in period 2 due to volume-based learning from period 1 production. In addition, we introduce another learning concept, the future value, to capture the buyer's benefits of transferring current manufacturing experience for the ...
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作者：Kraiselburd, Santiago; Yadav, Prashant
作者单位：Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; INCAE Business School; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Many people in developing countries do not have access to effective vaccines, medicines, and other life-saving health technologies. Shortage of health care workers, severe financial constraints, and lack of awareness are some of the major obstacles that prevent higher access. However, ineffective and poorly designed supply chains for purchasing and distributing the medicines, vaccines, and health technologies are one of the most important barriers to increasing access. We argue that the ineffe...
