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作者：Zhu, Han; Yu, Yimin; Ray, Saibal
作者单位：Dongbei University of Finance & Economics; City University of Hong Kong; McGill University
摘要：For experience goods (products or services), given the uncertainty about their actual quality and the growing popularity of social media, potential customers nowadays depend on experiences of peers who have used the goods previously to learn about their quality. In this paper, we study how such customer learning affects a firm's (credible) quality disclosure strategy as well as other relevant decisions. To model such learning, we adopt the anecdotal reasoning framework, which we show to be rat...
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作者：Salvador, Fabrizio; Madiedo, Juan Pablo
作者单位：IE University; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Global firms often attempt to utilize modular product architectures to ease the distribution of project work among subsidiaries. However, empirical findings on the effectiveness of this approach are mixed. Seeking to clarify this matter, we investigate the conditions under which modular product platform use is associated with cross-subsidiary distribution of project work. Through an in-depth case study of a global corporation, we find that a firm's ability to leverage modular product platforms...
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作者：Hong, Yili; Shao, Benjamin B. M.
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：E-procurement platforms facilitate transactions between suppliers and buyers from all over the world. Over time, suppliers and buyers may develop familiarity from prior experience with earlier transactions. The literature has established that prior experience leads to better project performance. In this study, we examine the effectiveness of prior experience between buyers and suppliers in e-procurement platforms with a focus on the moderating roles of temporal distance and language difference...
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作者：Li, Meng; Liu, Yunchuan
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：Many retailers and manufacturers accept product returns from consumers (via money-back guarantees) and retailers (via full-credit return policies) respectively. While the extant literature focuses on either manufacturer or retailer return policies, this study investigates both return policies and finds that a manufacturer's return policy can induce the retailer to adopt a return policy. Although accepting consumer returns hurts the manufacturer when the manufacturer sells through non-competing...
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作者：Fayezi, Sajad; Benstead, Amy; Gold, Stefan; Klassen, Robert; Van Wassenhove, Luk
作者单位：Memorial University Newfoundland; University of Manchester; Universitat Kassel; INSEAD Business School
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作者：Li, Hongmin; Huh, Woonghee T.; Sampaio, Matheus C.; Keng, Naiping
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of British Columbia; Northwestern University
摘要：We present and solve a joint production and qualification planning problem for a manufacturing environment with high process flexibility. Various factors contribute to the complexity of the problem, one of which is product-machine mapping: Each machine may be qualified to produce multiple products and each product can be produced on multiple machines. To meet a build-plan, the factory needs to not only determine a multi-machine multi-product production schedule that accounts for sequence-depen...
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作者：Guda, Harish; Dawande, Milind; Janakiraman, Ganesh; Rajapakshe, Tharanga
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; State University System of Florida; University of Florida
摘要：The goals of the guaranteed support price (GSP) scheme, adopted by several developing countries to support their farmers and the underprivileged population, are threefold: (a) as a supply-side incentive, to ensure high output from the farmers, (b) as a demand-side provisioning tool, to subsidize the consumption needs of the poor, and (c) to maintain an adequate amount of foodgrains as reserve stock, to mitigate the adverse effects of yield uncertainty (food security). We offer analytically sup...
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作者：He, Qiao-Chu; Nie, Tiantian; Yang, Yun; Shen, Zuo-Jun
作者单位：Southern University of Science & Technology; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of Hong Kong
摘要：In this study, we propose an integrated model of two-sided stochastic matching platforms to understand the design and operations of free-float shared-mobility systems. In particular, we address the joint design of incentives (via crowd-sourcing) and spatial capacity allocations (enabled by geo-fencing). From the platform's perspective, we formulate stylized models based on strategic double-ended queues. We optimize the design and operations of such systems in a case study using a data set from...
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作者：Agatz, Niels; Fan, Yingjie; Stam, Daan
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：In this paper, we study the effectiveness of incentives on delivery service time slot choices. In particular, we focus on the use of green labels that specify time slots as environmentally friendly and that intrinsically motivate customers to choose a specific delivery time slot in lieu of price incentives based on extrinsic motivation. We argue that this is important since green labels' intrinsic nature affects costumer choice in fundamentally different ways than price incentives. We conduct ...
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作者：Angelus, Alexandar
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School
摘要：Renewable energy generation at the point of consumption (i.e., distributed generation) reduces consumer's electricity expenditure, and eliminates the cost, complexity, and inefficiency associated with power transmission and distribution. In this study, we address the problem of how a consumer should invest in distributed renewable generation to minimize the total expected cost of meeting his electricity demand. In contrast to the existing literature that focuses on grid-connected, large-scale ...
