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作者：Song, Haotian; Lai, Guoming; Xiao, Wenqiang
作者单位：Zhejiang University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; New York University
摘要：Problem definition: : We investigate the optimal salesforce compensation scheme in the context of private information and unobservable actions, considering common operational factors encountered in practice, including inventory costs, contractible versus censored demand information, and controlled versus delegated ordering. Methodology/ results: : Based on an agency model with general demand and cost functions, we derive optimality conditions for implementable contracts that can achieve the se...
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作者：Basciftci, Beste; Ahmed, Shabbir; Gebraeel, Nagi
作者单位：University of Iowa; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：Problem definition: : Multistage stochastic programming is a well-established framework for sequential decision making under uncertainty by seeking policies that can be dynamically adjusted as uncertainty is realized. Often, for example, because of contractual constraints, such flexible policies are not desirable, and the decision maker may need to commit to a set of actions for a certain number of periods. Two-stage stochastic programming might be better suited to such settings, where first-s...
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作者：Carlsson, John Gunnar; Peng, Xiaoshan; Ryzhov, Ilya O.
作者单位：University of Southern California; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Problem definition: : A service is offered at certain locations (facilities) in a geographical region. Customers can appear anywhere in the region, and each customer chooses a facility based on travel distance as well as expected waiting time. Customer decisions affect waiting times by increasing the load on a facility, and thus, they impact other customers' decisions. The service provider can also influence service quality by adjusting service rates at each facility. Methodology/results: : Us...
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作者：Shan, Xi; Ye, Lixin; Zhang, Chenglin
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; SUNY Plattsburgh; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Southwestern University of Finance & Economics - China
摘要：Problem definition : We consider contract confidentiality in a decentralized supply chain, in which a single principal orders different components from different agents, each of which has private cost information. The principal may commit to publicly observed bilateral contracts or offer secretly observed contracts to each agent simultaneously. We also consider the problem of sequential contracting. Methodology/results : By correcting the main analysis in Hu and Qi [Hu B, Qi A (2018) Optimal p...
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作者：Villa, Sebastian; Escamilla, Rafael; Fransoo, Jan C.
作者单位：University of New Mexico; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Tilburg University
摘要：Problem definition : As the largest retail channel in the world, nanostores are the source of income for millions of shopkeepers in developing countries. Being cash constrained, nanostore shopkeepers face the challenge of deciding how much of their available cash to retain to support their families and how much to invest in acquiring products from their suppliers, who visit the nanostore with different frequencies and offer products with different margins. We study how shopkeepers deal with th...
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作者：Kadiyala, Bharadwaj; Shin, Dongwook
作者单位：Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
摘要：Problem definition : This paper studies how polarization influences content consumption and production on digital platforms that monetize consumer engagement. Specifically, we consider a content that advocates a particular position on a divisive issue. Consumers with polarized preferences toward the content's position are sequentially exposed to the content. Initially, consumers are uncertain about the content quality, but they have the opportunity to learn about it using aggregate consumption...
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作者：She, Zhaowei; Ayer, Turgay; Gokpinar, Bilal; Hughesd, Danny R.
作者单位：Singapore Management University; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of London; University College London; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
摘要：Problem definition: : This study identifies a resource misallocation problem in Medicare Advantage (MA), the United States' largest healthcare capitation program, which may result in discrepancies between patients' health status and the healthcare resources allocated to them. Methodology/results: : Utilizing a large commercial insurance database with claims from more than 2 million MA enrollees, this research investigates the allocation of MA capitation payments. By exploiting an exogenous pol...
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作者：Huang, Wenjie; Nguyen, Jason; Tseng, Chung-Li; Chen, Wenlin; Kirshner, Samuel N.
作者单位：University of New South Wales Sydney; Western University (University of Western Ontario); University of Electronic Science & Technology of China
摘要：Problem definition: Social influenced emotions of pride and guilt have been identified by the environmental psychology (EP) literature as crucial drivers impacting recycling behavior, but they have mostly been overlooked in operations management (OM) research. In contrast, EP studies often ignore firms' operational decisions. We analyze the impacts of both social influence and firms' operational decisions to provide a comprehensive understanding of consumers' recycling behaviors, which is esse...
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作者：Fransoo, Jan C.; Honhon, Dorothee
作者单位：Tilburg University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
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作者：Wang, Zeya; Rahmani, Morvarid; Ramachandran, Karthik
作者单位：University System of Ohio; University of Dayton; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：Problem definition : Facing emergent business challenges, entrepreneurs often seek guidance from experienced advisors. When multiple alternatives could potentially solve the entrepreneur's problem, advisors can lead the entrepreneur's exploration by choosing which alternative(s) to suggest and in what sequence. Methodology/results : We develop a dynamic game-theoretic model that captures the sequential interaction between an advisor and an entrepreneur. The advisor chooses how to recommend alt...
