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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：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...
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作者：van Rijn, Lisanne; de Vries, Harwin; Wassenhove, Luk N. Van
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; INSEAD Business School
摘要：Problem definition: : United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.8 states that health coverage should be universal by 2030. This is challenging in rural and poor areas. To address this challenge, mobile outreach teams of healthcare workers visit a fixed set of remote sites to provide healthcare services. Because of dynamics in demand and supply, once-rational site-to-team assignment decisions can become far from optimal over time. This paper considers the problem of reassigning sites ...
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作者：Song, Hummy; Armony, Mor; Roels, Guillaume
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; New York University; INSEAD Business School
摘要：Problem definition: : Contrary to traditional queueing theory, recent field studies in B2C services indicate that pooled queues may be less efficient than dedicated queues. Methodology/results: : We use two online experiments in the healthcare delivery context to replicate this finding and assess the interplay of servers' customer ownership and queue length awareness as potential underlying mechanisms. We operationalize customer ownership as the extent to which servers feel ownership toward th...
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作者：Bandi, Nymisha; Cohen, Maxime C.; Ray, Saibal
作者单位：McGill University
摘要：Problem definition : How can retailers incentivize customers to make healthier food choices? Price, convenience, and taste are known to be among the main drivers behind such choices. Unfortunately, healthier food options are often expensive and not adequately promoted. However, we are observing recent efforts to nudge customers toward healthier food. Methodology/results : In this paper, we conducted a field experiment with a global convenience store chain to better understand how different add...
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作者：Yu, Yi; Deng, Tianhu; Song, Jing-Sheng
作者单位：Shanghai University of Finance & Economics; Tsinghua University; Duke University
摘要：Problem definition: We introduce and formalize a concept termed conditional lead-time flexibility (CLF), which refers to the industry practice where a manufacturer requests that its upstream suppliers dynamically adjust the pipeline orders' remaining lead times. Over a finite horizon, an assemble-to-order manufacturer makes joint decisions on inventory replenishment and lead-time adjustment to minimize the total discounted expected cost. Methodology/results: The problem is formulated as a mult...
