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作者：Liao, Chen-Nan; Chen, Ying-Ju
作者单位：National Taiwan University; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
摘要：Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the largest health emergencies nowadays. Although a large proportion of NCDs can be prevented effectively via good life habits, these remain ubiquitous and one main reason is people's self-control problem caused by time-inconsistent, present-biased preferences. In this situation, we wonder whether a long-term conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, which is known to be effective in shaping people's behaviors but expensive, can be a viable solution. We...
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作者：Li, Guo; Li, Na; Sethi, Suresh P.
作者单位：Beijing Institute of Technology; Beijing Institute of Technology; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：In the context of Industry 4.0, corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays an increasingly important role in firm risk management. To mitigate risk and improve operational productivity, artificial intelligence (AI), a key disruptive technology, has been increasingly employed in many industries. In this study, we examine the relationship between CSR and idiosyncratic risk (IR) as moderated by AI innovation and operational efficiency based on data from 1614 firms in China during the period from...
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作者：Wang, Wei-Lin; Vakratsas, Demetrios
作者单位：Ontario Tech University; McGill University
摘要：Although extant literature has argued for both positive and negative effects of product line length on choice, i.e. a dual impact, such a possibility has not been empirically investigated. This is the first study to address this issue, using a multiple discrete choice model for horizontally differentiated goods. The authors argue that the dual impact of product line length is due to competing effects of the two constituent dimensions of product line structure: a positive effect of product line...
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作者：Hardcopf, Rick; Shah, Rachna; Dhanorkar, Suvrat
作者单位：Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：Spill and pollution (SP) accidents cause significant damage to the natural environment. They also result in financial costs and reputational losses for the offending firm. As such, understanding how firms respond to such crises is of significant interest to firm stakeholders, such as investors, customers, regulators, NGOs, employees, and local communities. In this study, we examine whether publicly disclosed SP accidents cause firms to alter their approach to environmental management, as expre...
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作者：Kumar, V.; Kumar, Subodha; Leone, Robert P.
作者单位：Indian School of Business (ISB); Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
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作者：Pun, Hubert; Swaminathan, Jayashankar M.; Hou, Pengwen
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Tianjin University of Finance & Economics
摘要：Counterfeiting is a severe problem in many sectors. There are two types of counterfeits: non-deceptive and deceptive. While both types are important business challenge, deceptive counterfeit has an additional negative impact-customers have a post-purchase regret if they expect to purchase a real product but ended up with a fake. The focus of this study is on the setting that relates to deceptive counterfeits. Our paper is one of the first that examines the effectiveness of blockchain as a solu...
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作者：Zhang, Jianghua; Long, Daniel Zhuoyu; Wang, Rowan; Xie, Chi
作者单位：Shandong University; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Singapore Management University
摘要：We study a novel newsvendor-type problem where the information on demand quantity is not exogenously given. The customer needs to make the booking decision based on her estimation on demand, which is affected by the value of shortage penalty cost. The problem is motivated by low-cost airline service practices where passengers need to book baggage allowance for their travel. The baggage overweight price affects the accuracy of passengers' baggage weight estimation and thus their booking quantit...
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作者：Youn, Seokjun; Heim, Gregory R.; Kumar, Subodha; Sriskandarajah, Chelliah
作者单位：University of Arizona; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：This study explores whether and how lower variations in clinical practice relate to hospital operational performance. This relation is critical to the overall search for pathways that will allow the healthcare industry to bend the cost curve, implying significant implications for practice and regulators. We define practice variation as all variation not resulting from patient mix and construct a novel measure using inpatient discharge data for each patient cohort having an identical medical co...
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作者：Tian, Zhili; Gurnani, Haresh; Xu, Yi
作者单位：Coastal Carolina University; Wake Forest University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：The development of a new drug is costly and uncertain. As such, pharmaceutical firms often collaborate to develop new drugs. We examine the conditions under which firms should collaborate rather than compete in new drug development. We model the collaboration vs. competition decision problem for two firms using a game-theoretic model and derive the collaboration conditions. Our study demonstrates that development cost and uncertainties in drug treatment efficacy and safety and patient enrollme...
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作者：Wei, Xiahua; Fan, Ming; You, Weijia; Tan, Yong
作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Bothell; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Beijing Forestry University
摘要：This study investigates the dynamic and differential effects of prefunding on reward-based crowdfunding markets plagued by information asymmetry. Prefunding, an innovative feature in crowdfunding, enables founders to share project information with potential backers before fundraising begins. By collecting and analyzing daily project-level panel data from one of the world's largest crowdfunding platforms, we found that projects with the prefunding feature were more likely to succeed in reaching...
