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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 ...
