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作者：Amiri, Amin K.; Cavusoglu, Hasan; Benbasat, Izak; Grover, Varun
作者单位：Tilburg University; University of British Columbia; University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville
摘要：The growing dependency on information technology (IT) exposes organizations to significant risks when IT resources become unavailable, resulting in potential disruptions to business operations. The key puzzle addressed in this work is how certain information technology unavailability (ITU) incidents have delayed recovery and led to substantial strategic consequences. We examine the dynamics of ITU incidents and their strategic implications to explain how certain incidents persist and escalate,...
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作者：Wang, Le; Luo, Xin (Robert); Qiu, Liangfei; Xu, Feng; Cui, Xueying
作者单位：Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an Jiaotong University; University of New Mexico; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan Dearborn
摘要：The existing literature has long assumed that unethical behaviors are fueled by competition. Under this premise, rivalry and competition are often treated interchangeably. This study seeks to challenge this prevailing notion by introducing a conceptual distinction between rivalry and competition. Specifically, we explore the multifaceted relationship between rivalry and unethical behaviors in the context of online review self-injecting behaviors. Drawing on the collective regulatory focus fram...
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作者：Feng, Haiyang; Feng, Nan; Zhang, Ling; Jiang, Zhengrui; Li, Minqiang
作者单位：Tianjin University; Shijiazhuang Tiedao University; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Tianjin University
摘要：Booming demand in the ride-hailing market allows ride-hailing platforms to experiment with different business models. This study analyzes whether a ride-hailing platform should adopt a closed business model, that is, serving riders only with platformowned vehicles, or an open business model, that is, allowing private vehicles to utilize the platform to provide services. Special attention is paid to the impact of uneven demand during a day; thus, the game-theoretical model we develop features a...
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作者：Mayya, Raveesh; Li, Zhuoxin
作者单位：New York University; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Multisided platforms often pursue growth strategies of expanding participants on one side (e.g., suppliers) and leveraging the cross-side network effect to attract participants on other sides (e.g., consumers). Whereas formal contractual agreements have traditionally been the norm for onboarding suppliers, an emerging trend involves platforms enabling consumers to interact with noncontracted suppliers via third-party enablers with both sharing profits from providing complementary services. Thi...
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作者：Lin, Xiaogang; Lu, Tao; Wang, Xin; Kou, Gang
作者单位：Guangdong University of Technology; University of Connecticut; Southwestern University of Finance & Economics - China; Southwestern University of Finance & Economics - China
摘要：On-demand service platforms connect customers with independent service providers (agents) by competitively setting service prices and wages. Mergers between on-demand service platforms have recently become prevalent, resulting in antitrust debates. A merger, although reducing competition, enables the agents on previously separate platforms to serve all the customers. In this paper, we develop a game-theoretical model to analyze the impact of a merger between two platforms. The two platforms co...
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作者：Emadikhiav, Mohsen; Day, Robert
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida Atlantic University; University of Connecticut
摘要：Combinatorial auctions offer several economic advantages but also face multiple technical challenges, including bid generation, the need to solve a combinatorial allocation problem, and determining reasonable prices. These challenges are even more pronounced in a combinatorial exchange, where bidders can simultaneously buy and sell combinations of goods. Motivated by truckload transportation markets, we explore new mechanisms for finding linear and anonymous Walrasian equilibrium prices in com...
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作者：Deng, Jiaying; Lee, Stephanie; Tan, Yong
作者单位：Fordham University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：With the rapid development of mobile technology and consumers' increasing demand for portability, the mobile gaming market has experienced huge growth. To ensure the success of mobile games, game publishers need to keep their players engaged and, at the same time, seek monetization strategies that do not interrupt players' engagement. This paper examines how in-game challenge-related factors (i.e., perceived challenge and fluctuation of perceived challenge) and a novel mobile game monetization...
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作者：Lee, Heeseung Andrew; Choi, Angela Aerry; Oh, Wonseok; Sun, Tianshu
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Korea University; Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
摘要：Despite the rising popularity of serialized digital content on online platforms, authors and publishers currently lack a comprehensive understanding of the economic implications associated with content partitioning. This research investigated how content partitioning affects the consumption patterns, engagement activities, and subsequent economic behavior of consumers in the context of serialized e-books. Identical e-book titles were partitioned into two formats: small partitioning (SP), where...
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作者：Wu, Anqi; Garimella, Aravinda; Subramanyam, Ramanath
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida International University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：Over the last two decades, online crowdfunding platforms have facilitated fun- draising efforts to alleviate resource shortages across various sectors. As these platforms become increasingly important channels for bottom-up resource mobilization, it is essential to understand their vulnerability to shifts in public perception caused by top-down, off- platform events. In this paper, we examine the effect of an important top-down factor, leg- islative signals, on online giving behavior in the co...
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作者：Wang, Lingli; Huang, Ni; He, Yumei; Liu, De; Guo, Xunhua; Sun, Yan; Chen, Guoqing
作者单位：Renmin University of China; University of Miami; Tulane University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Tsinghua University; Alibaba Group; Tsinghua University
摘要：Livestream technology enriches consumers' online shopping experience, enabling streamers to demonstrate products in real time while interacting with a large number of consumers for product sales. However, tension arises between streamers' constrained service capacity and consumers' individual service demands on livestream selling platforms. Streamers can only handle a finite number of interactions and inquiries because of time and capacity constraints, whereas consumers expect immediate, tailo...
