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作者：Gao, Fei; Souza, Gilvan C.
作者单位：Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：In this paper, we model a firm that can reduce its carbon footprint in the presence of a segment of eco-conscious consumers, who consider the product's carbon footprint when making purchasing decisions. The firm can reduce its controllable emissions at increased fixed and variable costs. The firm can also buy carbon offsets, at the price set by a nongovernmental organization (NGO), for both its controllable and uncontrollable emissions in the supply chain. We find that the firm should not use ...
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作者：Li, Hui; Kim, Yijin; Srinivasan, Kannan
作者单位：Carnegie Mellon University; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：This paper examines the impact of Airbnb on the local rental housing market. Airbnb provides landlords an alternative opportunity to rent to short-term tourists, potentially leading some landlords to switch from long-term rentals and thereby, affecting rental housing supply and affordability. Despite recent government regulations to address this concern, it remains unclear how many and what types of properties are switching. Combining Airbnb and American Housing Survey data, we estimate a stru...
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作者：Zhao, Yi; Yang, Sha; Shum, Matthew; Dutta, Shantanu
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University of Southern California; California Institute of Technology
摘要：A key feature of online gaming, which serves as an important measure of consumer engagement with a game, is level progression, wherein players make play-or-quit decisions at each level of the game. Understanding users' level-progression behavior is, therefore, fundamental to game designers. In this paper, we propose a dynamic model of consumer level-progression decisions to shed light on the underlying motivational drivers. We cast the individual play-or-quit decisions in a dynamic framework w...
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作者：El Hajj, Hussein; Bish, Douglas R.; Bish, Ebru K.; Kay, Denise M.
作者单位：University of Waterloo; University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa; Wadsworth Center
摘要：Newborn screening (NBS) is a state-level initiative that detects life-threatening genetic disorders for which early treatment can substantially improve health outcomes. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is among the most prevalent disorders in NBS. CF can be caused by a large number of mutation variants to the CFTR gene. Most states use a multitest CF screening process that includes a genetic test (DNA). However, due to cost concerns, DNA is used only on a small subset of newborns (based on a low-cost biom...
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作者：Benjaafar, Saif; Jiang, Daniel; Li, Xiang; Li, Xiaobo
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; Amazon.com; National University of Singapore
摘要：We consider a rental service with a fixed number of rental units distributed across multiple locations. The units are accessed by customers without prior reservation and on an on-demand basis. Customers can decide on how long to keep a unit and where to return it. Because of the randomness in demand and in returns, there is a need to periodically reposition inventory away from some locations and into others. In deciding on how much inventory to reposition and where, the system manager balances...
