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作者：Khuntia, Jiban; Saldanha, Terence J. V.; Mithas, Sunil; Sambamurthy, V.
作者单位：Children's Hospital Colorado; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Washington State University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business
摘要：Research in operations management and information systems suggests that information technology (IT) can play an important role in managing operations that support environmentally sustainable (green) growth. Yet, few studies have empirically assessed the efficacy of green IT investments and initiatives, particularly in emerging economies such as India. This study examines the performance consequences of green IT investment and implementation in terms of energy conservation and profit impact. We...
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作者：Eftekhar, Mahyar; Masini, Andrea; Robotis, Andreas; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris; INSEAD Business School
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作者：Mak, Vincent; Seale, Darryl A.; Gisches, Eyran J.; Yang, Rui; Cheng, Meng; Moon, Myounghee; Rapoport, Amnon
作者单位：University of Cambridge; Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Las Vegas; University of Arizona; University of California System; University of California Riverside
摘要：The Braess Paradox (BP) illustrates an important counterintuitive observation that adding links to a directed transportation network with usage externalities may raise the costs of all users. Research on the BP traditionally focuses on congestible networks. We propose and experimentally test a new and more dramatic version of the BP, where the network exhibits both congestion (negative externalities) and cost-sharing (positive externalities) characteristics. Our design also involves experiment...
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作者：Parvin, Hoda; Beygi, Shervin; Helm, Jonathan E.; Larson, Peter S.; Van Oyen, Mark P.
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Malaria is a major health concern for many developing countries. Designing strategies for efficient distribution of malaria medications, such as Artemesinin Combination Therapies, is a key challenge in resource constrained countries. This paper develops a solution methodology that integrates strategic-level and tactical-level models to better manage pharmaceutical distribution through a three-tier centralized health system, which is common to sub-Saharan African countries. At the strategic lev...
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作者：Geng, Xianjun; Tan, Yinliang (Ricky); Wei, Lai
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Tulane University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University
摘要：With the rise of the Internet economy, an increasing number of firms are offering their core products through online platforms, but retail add-ons directly to consumers. Meanwhile, many online platforms have also started adopting the agency (model) contract, where the upstream firms decide the retail prices of products while the downstream platforms take a predetermined cut from each sale. This study examines the interaction between an upstream firm's add-on strategy and a downstream online pl...
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作者：Zeng, Yinlian; Zhang, Lianmin; Cai, Xiaoqiang; Li, Jun
作者单位：Chinese University of Hong Kong; Nanjing University; Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data; Southwest Jiaotong University
摘要：We study the problem where independent operators of queueing systems cooperate to generate a win-win solution through capacity transfer among each other. We consider two types of costs: the congestion cost in the queueing system and the capacity transfer cost, and two types of queueing systems: M/M/1 and M/M/s. Service rates are considered to be capacities in M/M/1 and are assumed to be continuous, while numbers of servers are capacities in M/M/s. For the capacity transfer problem in M/M/1, we...
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作者：Tong, Jordan; Feiler, Daniel; Larrick, Richard
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Dartmouth College; Duke University
摘要：Existing evidence suggests that managers exhibit a censorship bias: demand beliefs tend to be biased low when lost sales from stockouts are unobservable (censored demand) compared to when they are observable (uncensored demand). We develop a non-constraining, easily implementable behavioral debias technique to help mitigate this tendency in demand forecasting and inventory decision-making settings. The debiasing technique has individuals record estimates of demand outcomes (REDO): participants...
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作者：Ceryan, Oben; Duenyas, Izak; Sahin, Ozge
作者单位：Drexel University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Johns Hopkins University
摘要：We study a joint implementation of price- and availability-based product substitution to better match demand and constrained supply across vertically differentiated products. Our study is motivated by firms that utilize dynamic pricing as well as customer upgrades, as ex ante and ex post mechanisms, respectively, to mitigate inventory mismatches. To gain insight into how offering product upgrades impacts optimal price selection, we formulate a multiple period, nested two-stage model where the ...
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作者：Oh, Jaelynn; Su, Xuanming
作者单位：Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：At firms such as restaurants, customers either make reservations in advance or join queues on the spot. Reservation holders may not show up, and walk-ins have to wait. Using a game-theoretic model between the firm and customers, this paper studies the following: (i) reservation deposits and service prices, and (ii) capacity allocation between reservations and walk-ins. We have three main results: (i) When reservation no-shows lead to wasted capacity that cannot be reallocated, the firm should ...
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作者：Alan, Yasin; Lapre, Michael A.
作者单位：Vanderbilt University
摘要：We investigate the predictive power of operational performance on future financial distress in the context of the US airline industry. We focus on four areas of operational performance: revenue management, operational efficiency, service quality, and operational complexity. Using quarterly data from 1988 through 2013, we find that airlines that have inferior revenue management, lower aircraft utilization, and higher operational complexity face higher future financial distress. Interestingly, a...
