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作者：Shi, Lingling; Hu, Bin
作者单位：McMaster University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Problem definition: The electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer NIO adopts a swappable-battery design and a battery -leasing business model known as battery as a service (BaaS). It recently introduced flexible battery leasing, which allows customers to temporarily up -/downgrade their primary leased batteries based on the needs for range. We investigate whether this business model innovation is viable, namely whether introducing flexible battery leasing in BaaS could benefit the manufacturer, the c...
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作者：Zhao, Xuejun; Haskell, William B.; Yu, Guodong
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte; Purdue University System; Purdue University; Shandong University
摘要：Problem definition: We study supply chain contract design under uncertainty. In this problem, the retailer has full information about the demand distribution, whereas the supplier only has partial information drawn from historical demand realizations and contract terms. The supplier wants to optimize the contract terms, but she only has limited data on the true demand distribution. Methodology/results: We show that the classical approach for contract design is fragile in the small data regime ...
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作者：Guo, Xiaolong; Yu, Yugang; Allon, Gad; Wang, Meiyan; Zhang, Zhentai
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; University of Pennsylvania; Haier
摘要：To support the 2021 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM) Data-Driven Research Challenge, RiRiShun Logistics (a Haier group subsidiary focusing on logistics service for home appliances) provides MSOM members with logistics operational-level data for data-driven research. This paper provides a detailed description of the data associated with over 14 million orders from 149 clients (the consigners) associated with 4.2 million end consumers (the recipients and end users of the appl...
