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作者：Orsdemir, Adem; Deshpande, Vinayak; Parlakturk, Ali K.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Riverside; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Problem definition: Servicization is a business strategy to sell the functionality of a product rather than the product itself. It has been touted as an environmentally friendly strategy as it encourages manufacturers to take more responsibility for their products. We study when servicization results in a win-win outcome where it can simultaneously increase a firm's profits and decrease its environmental impact compared with selling products. Academic/practical relevance: Whereas policy planne...
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作者：Cho, Soo-Haeng; Fang, Xin; Tayur, Sridhar; Xu, Ying
作者单位：Carnegie Mellon University; Singapore Management University; Singapore University of Technology & Design
摘要：Problem definition: We investigate multinational firms' inspection and pricing strategies to address the challenges of combating child labor in global supply chains. We also examine how several factors (such as information disclosure, goodwill loss, inspection cost, external monitoring by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and penalty scheme) affect firms' incentives to use different strategies to combat child labor. Academic/practical relevance: Nearly 200 million children are engaged in c...
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作者：Hu, Wenqi; Chan, Carri W.; Zubizarreta, Jose R.; Escobar, Gabriel J.
作者单位：Uber Technologies, Inc.; Columbia University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Kaiser Permanente
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作者：Uppari, Bhavani Shanker; Hasija, Sameer
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：Problem definition: Studies have shown that the behavior of subjects in newsvendor experiments is not consistent with expected profit maximization-an assumption that is often made in operations management literature. Although prospect theory has been established as a popular model of behavioral decision making under uncertainty, it was considered to be inconsistent with observed newsvendor behavior (in particular, the pull-to-center effect) until a recent study by Long and Nasiry [Long X, Nasi...
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作者：Bai, Jiaru; So, Kut C.; Tang, Christopher S.; Chen, Xiqun (Michael); Wang, Hai
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; Binghamton University, SUNY; University of California System; University of California Irvine; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Zhejiang University; Singapore Management University
摘要：We consider an on-demand service platform using earning-sensitive independent providers with heterogeneous reservation price (for work participation) to serve its time and price-sensitive customers with heterogeneous valuation of the service. As such, the supply and demand are endogenously dependent on the price the platform charges its customers and the wage the platform pays its independent providers. We present an analytical model with endogenous supply (number of participating agents) and ...
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作者：Liao, Chen-Nan; Chen, Ying-Ju; Tang, Christopher S.
作者单位：National Taiwan University; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
摘要：We examine the impact of information provision policies on farmer welfare in developing countries where farmers lack relevant and timely information for making informed decisions regarding which crop to grow and which market to sell in. In addition to heterogeneous farmers, we consider the case when farmers are price takers and yet the price of each crop (or the price in each market) is a linearly decreasing function of the total sales quantity. When market information is offered free of charg...
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作者：de Zegher, Joann F.; Iancu, Dan A.; Lee, Hau L.
作者单位：Stanford University; Stanford University
摘要：In complex supply chains, the benefits and costs of technological innovations do not always accrue equitably to all parties; thus, their adoption may critically depend on sourcing relationships and incentives. In a setting with uncertain and endogenous process yield, we study the potential of two features-contract design and sourcing channel-to create mutual benefit in decentralized value chains, where suppliers bear the costs of new technologies while benefits accrue primarily to buyers. Our ...
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作者：Dong, Yan; Chung, Moonwon; Zhou, Chen; Venkataraman, Sriram
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：Problem definition: This study examines the effects of mobile money on the value chain, that is, mobile network operators (MNOs), banks, and end users. Mobile money is an innovative technology that is bundled with related services and is designed to provide cost-efficient financial inclusion for underserved populations in the developing world. Academic/practical relevance: By studying the interaction between mobile money value chain structures and service bundle compositions, we expand our und...
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作者：Uppari, Bhavani Shanker; Popescu, Ioana; Netessine, Serguei
作者单位：INSEAD Business School; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Problem definition: A large proportion of the world's population has no access to electricity and so relies on noxious kerosene for their lighting needs. Solar-based solutions require a large up-front investment and are often unaffordable in this market owing to consumers' tight liquidity constraints. As an alternative, there are business models relying on rechargeable light bulbs that are sold at a subsidized price (which renders them affordable) and require regular micropayments for recharge...
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作者：Krishnan, Viswanathan Vish; Lee, Junghee; Mnyshenko, Oleksiy; Shin, Hyoduk
作者单位：University of California System; University of California San Diego; Tulane University; Amazon.com
摘要：Problem definition: Managers introducing new innovative technological products frequently face the dual task of managing both revenues and profits. This task is made challenging in part because of the tendency of new technologies to traverse a sequentially downward path of gradually lowering costs and prices, which limits their initial availability and affordability, crimping market coverage and revenues. Academiclpractical relevance: We focus on the product management challenge of juggling re...
