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作者：Mohammadi, Mina; Heese, H. Sebastian; Kraft, Tim
作者单位：North Carolina State University
摘要：The recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) includes a number of incentive-based programs (e.g., tax credits) designed to motivate firms to develop new clean technologies for fighting climate change. However, the IRA also includes a fee firms incur for excessive methane emissions. This represents the first time the United States government has ever levied a fee on greenhouse gas emissions, and it raises an interesting research question-how should a budget-constrained regulator balance t...
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作者：Singhal, Vinod; Wu, Jing
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; Chinese University of Hong Kong
摘要：The bullwhip effect (BWE) is an important phenomenon in the operations and supply chain management field. Although it is commonly accepted that the BWE is widespread and can have a significant adverse impact on financial performance, there is surprisingly limited objective evidence on the financial consequences of the BWE. This paper examines the impact of the BWE on financial performance by examining the relationship between the BWE and stock price performance. The empirical analysis is based...
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作者：Jenkins, Donald John; Pajouh, Foad Mahdavi; Kirshen, Paul H.; Eftekhar, Mahyar
作者单位：University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Boston; Stevens Institute of Technology; University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Boston; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：This study aims to extend the existing climate-change-induced flood mitigation research. We introduce an at-risk network to evaluate optimal cost-benefit strategies for creating dikes and levees to mitigate flood hazard over multiple years. Our proposed model includes the expected flood costs, estimated using possible climate-change-induced sea-level states throughout the planning horizon, and the investment costs for developing dikes and levees via land elevations across the at-risk network. ...
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作者：Zhu, Yan; Liu, Zhixin; Qi, Xiangtong
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan Dearborn; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
摘要：This article studies an appointment scheduling problem where a service provider dynamically receives appointment requests from a random number of customers. By leveraging the randomness of the number of potential customers, we develop a nonsequential appointment scheduling policy as an alternative to the conventional first-come-first-served (FCFS) policy. This allows for more flexibility in managing appointment scheduling. To calculate the optimal policy, we develop a branch-and-bound algorith...
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作者：Awaysheh, Amrou; Narayanan, Sriram; Jacobs, Brian W.
作者单位：Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Indianapolis; Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; Pepperdine University
摘要：Using factory-level data from a large multinational manufacturer, we examine the effects of both organizational experience and knowledge transfer on an increasingly critical environmental performance measure, the consumption of water required for manufacturing. We estimate the direct effects on water consumption from in-factory cumulative production experience and the vicarious learning from peer factories in the same product category. We consider vicarious learning from three potential source...
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作者：Ahn, Hyun Soo; Cetinkaya, Eren; Duenyas, Izak; Zhang, Mengzhenyu
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of London; University College London
摘要：This paper studies how capacity collaboration can benefit two competing firms. We consider a two-stage model where capacity decisions are made in the first stage when there are significant uncertainties about market conditions, and then production decisions are made in the second stage after most of these uncertainties are resolved. We vary the degree of collaboration between the two firms in their capacity and production decisions, examining multiple models and comparing the outcomes. We find...
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作者：Tang, Christopher S.; Deng, Yiting; Wang, Wei; Yoo, Onesun Steve
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of London; University College London; University of International Business & Economics
摘要：E-commerce platforms have an informational advantage over their third-party sellers, leading to the common belief that a platform's market entry would harm sellers with similar products. However, unlike traditional retail competition, the platform and its sellers have aligned incentives: the platform's commission depends on the seller's revenue, and sellers rely on the platform to strengthen their online presence. Hence, the platform has no incentive to enter the market to harm the seller's re...
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作者：Xiao, Ping; Hsieh, Kai-Yu; Bao, Weining
作者单位：University of Melbourne; National Chengchi University; University of Connecticut
摘要：If a firm afflicted by a disaster chooses to donate to disaster relief, how will this decision affect the firm's market value? From a self-protection perspective, diverting resources to support the public may jeopardize a firm's continuity and thereby reduce its value. Yet from a reputation-building perspective, supporting the public in need may enhance corporate reputation and thus increase firm value. In this study, we contrasted the two perspectives to develop a conceptual framework consist...
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作者：Li, Shaobo (Kevin); Wang, Le; Huang, Jianxiong; Gopal, Ram; Lin, Zhijie
作者单位：Huazhong University of Science & Technology; Southern University of Science & Technology; City University of Hong Kong; South China University of Technology; University of Warwick; Tsinghua University
摘要：To address the growing obesity crisis, governments are promoting home cooking to improve dietary habits. Home-cooked food-sharing platforms, a manifestation of the sharing economy, offer consumers healthy food options. While the economic benefits of the sharing economy have been extensively studied, little is known about its impact on non-economic factors, such as consumers' health. To address this gap, we conduct an empirical study using data from a mobile kitchen-sharing platform and four co...
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作者：Wang, Zhiyi; Yang, Lusi; Karamshetty, Varun; Hahn, Jungpil
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; National University of Singapore
摘要：Natural disasters and disease outbreaks cause substantial social turbulence and economic damage. The survival and continued operation of local small businesses and entrepreneurs are critical to the development activities in post-disaster recovery. However, these small businesses and entrepreneurs face greater challenges in accessing funding through traditional channels during a crisis. Crowdlending, also known as peer-to-peer microfinancing, has been successfully used to bypass traditional cha...
