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作者：Vereecke, Ann; Van Dierdonck, Roland; De Meyer, Arnoud
作者单位：Vlerick Business School; Ghent University; Ghent University; University of Cambridge
摘要：The purpose of this paper is to propose a new, empirically derived typology of plants in the international manufacturing network of multinational companies. This typology is based on the knowledge flows between the plants. In our research, network analysis has been used as a methodology for understanding the position of plants in international manufacturing networks. The focus has been primarily on the intangible knowledge network, and secondarily on the physical, logistic network. Our analysi...
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作者：Liu, Yunchuan; Gupta, Sunil; Zhang, Z. Jolm
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Harvard University; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：We develop a game-theoretical model to show that in the markets where price consistency across channels is critical, an incumbent brick-and-mortar retailer can deter the online entry of a pure-play e-tailer by strategically refraining from entering online. In the markets where price consistency is not a constraint, we find that the incumbent can deter the e-tailer's entry only if it enters online and credibly operates the online channel as an independent profit center. In other words, the incu...
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作者：August, Terrence; Tunca, Tunay I.
作者单位：Stanford University
摘要：We study the effect of user incentives on software security in a network of individual users under costly patching and negative network security externalities. For proprietary software or freeware, we compare four alternative policies to manage network security: (i) consumer self-patching (where no external incentives are provided for patching or purchasing); (ii) mandatory patching; (iii) patching rebate; and (iv) usage tax. We show that for proprietary software, when the software security ri...
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作者：Kohli, Rajeev; Sah, Raaj
作者单位：Columbia University; University of Chicago
摘要：We present some empirical regularities in the market shares of brands. Our cross-sectional data on market shares consists of 1,171 brands in 91 product categories of foods and sporting goods sold in the United States. One of our results is that the pattern of market shares for each of the categories (many of which are fundamentally dissimilar, such as breakfast cereals and rifles) is represented well by the power law. The power law also does better than an alternative model-namely, the exponen...
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作者：Su, Xuanming; Zenios, Stefanos A.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Stanford University
摘要：In kidney allocation, transplant candidates may have private information about their propensity to enjoy good outcomes after transplantation or about their relative expected improvement in quality of life after transplantation. This paper develops a mechanism design model to investigate the effect of such information asymmetry on the kidney allocation system. In this model, there are n transplant queues corresponding to n candidate types. Candidate types are only observed by the candidates, an...
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作者：Anderson, Eric T.; Fitzsimons, Gavan J.; Simester, Duncan
作者单位：Northwestern University; Duke University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
摘要：T here is now an extensive theoretical literature investigating optimal inventory policies for retailers. Yet several recent reviews have recognized that these models are rarely applied in practice. One explanation for the paucity of practical applications is the difficulty of measuring how stockouts affect both current and future demand. In this paper, we report the findings of a large-scale field test that measures the short- and long-run opportunity cost of a stockout. The findings confirm ...
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作者：Jansen, Justin J. P.; Van den Bosch, Frans A. J.; Volberda, Henk W.
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
摘要：Research on exploration and exploitation is burgeoning, yet our understanding of the antecedents and consequences of both activities remains rather unclear. We advance the growing body of literature by focusing on the apparent differences of exploration and exploitation and examining implications for using formal (i.e., centralization and formalization) and informal (i.e., connectedness) coordination mechanisms. This study further examines how environmental aspects (i.e., dynamism and competit...
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作者：Kalvenes, Joakim; Basu, Amit
作者单位：Southern Methodist University
摘要：Firms that set up electronic marketplaces to enhance their supply and/or distribution channels face challenges in attracting their competitors to participate. A major obstacle is the perception that the owner can unfairly exploit trading information for competitive advantage. In this paper, we propose a marketplace design that shifts the locus of control over trader privacy from the marketplace operator to each individual trader. We show how online transactions between trading partners can be ...
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作者：Raz, Gal; Porteus, Evan L.
作者单位：University of New South Wales Sydney; Stanford University
摘要：Pricing and quantity decisions are critical to many firms across different industries. We study the joint price/quantity newsvendor model where only a single quantity and price decision is made, such as a fashion or holiday product that cannot be replenished and where the price is advertised nationally and cannot be changed. Demand is uncertain and sensitive to price. We develop a method for easily finding the optimal price and quantity that applies to more general cases than the usual one in ...
