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作者：Plambeck, Erica L.; Taylor, Terry A.
作者单位：Stanford University; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
摘要：A manufacturer writes supply contracts with N buyers. Then, the buyers invest in innovation, and the manufacturer builds capacity. Finally, demand is realized, and the firms renegotiate the supply contracts to achieve an efficient allocation of capacity among the buyers. The court remedy for breach of contract (specific performance versus expectation damages) affects how the firms share the gain from renegotiation, and hence how the firms make investments ex ante. The firms may also engage in ...
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作者：Aviv, Yossi
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL)
摘要：This paper studies the potential benefits of collaborative forecasting (CF) partnerships in a supply chain that consists of a manufacturer and a retailer. To reflect the reality in production environments, we propose a scorecard that captures inventory considerations, production smoothing, and adherence-to-plans. We present a prescriptive convex-cost production planning model for the manufacturer, and a replenishment model for the retailer. We use our integrative reference model to study the p...
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作者：Venkataraman, Sriram; Stremersch, Stefan
作者单位：Emory University; Duke University
摘要：Decision making by physicians on patients' treatment has come under increased public scrutiny. In fact, there is a fair amount of debate on the effects of marketing actions of pharmaceutical firms toward physicians and their impact on physician prescription behavior. While some scholars find a strong and positive influence of marketing actions, some find only moderate effects, and others even find negative effects. Debate is also mounting on the role of other influencers (such as patient reque...
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作者：Bhattacharjee, Sudip; Gopal, Ram D.; Lertwachara, Kaveepan; Marsden, James R.; Telang, Rahul
作者单位：University of Connecticut; California State University System; California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：Recent technological and market forces have profoundly impacted the music industry. Emphasizing threats from peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies, the industry continues to seek sanctions against individuals who offer a significant number of songs for others to copy. Combining data on the performance of music albums on the Billboard charts with file sharing data from a popular network, we assess the impact of recent developments related to the music industry on survival of music albums on the chart...
