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作者：Cao, Qingning; Geng, Xianjun; Stecke, Kathryn E.; Zhang, Jun
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; Tulane University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Fudan University
摘要：We study the impacts of retail bundling on a supply chain with a manufacturer and a retailer. The retailer orders a primary product from the manufacturer before demand uncertainty materializes, and can retail it in a bundle with a secondary product afterwards. Our findings reveal three effects of bundling. First, bundling can help a retailer mitigate the adverse consequences of demand uncertainty in the primary product and price-discriminate customers of the secondary product. Second, bundling...
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作者：Martinez-de-Albeniz, Victor; Wang, Jiao
作者单位：University of Navarra; IESE Business School; Sichuan University
摘要：Sourcing new products in advance entails significant risks for a buyer. To reduce the possibility of bringing a mediocre item to the market, buyers can build a large supply base and pick the best available products after uncertainties have materialized. Designing such a supply base is a challenging task: the buyer needs to decide how many suppliers to recruit, and how to split them across potential groups, such as product types or geographies. In this study, we propose a framework to design op...
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作者：Shantia, Ali; Aflaki, Sam; Ghoddusi, Hamed
作者单位：Universite Federale Toulouse Midi-Pyrenees (ComUE); Universite de Toulouse; TBS Education; Stevens Institute of Technology
摘要：We study the merits and limitations of technology improvement (TI) initiatives for managing input-price risk. Such initiatives (e.g., energy efficiency projects) typically reduce the consumption of an input commodity and so result in lower production costs, more sustainable operations, and/or an improved competitive position. This study explores whether TI can also serve to hedge risks. Although TI clearly reduces both average cost and risk exposure, some firms may actually benefit from input-...
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作者：Senot, Claire
作者单位：Tulane University
摘要：We investigate the association between continuity of care mechanisms and a patient's risk of readmission in the context of one chronic condition, heart failure. We define continuity of care as the level of consistency across patient care episodes. We dynamically measure continuity of individual referring provider; continuity of physical location, which links multiple individual providers; and continuity of Accountable Care Organization, which spans a variety of individual and institutional pro...
