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作者：Zhang, Zan; Nan, Guofang; Tan, Yong
作者单位：Beihang University; Tianjin University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：Cloud computing services are transforming business and government at an ever-increasing rate. The associated security risk and low customization capability, however, create challenges for the adoption of cloud services. In this paper, we construct a game-theoretical model that involves two vendors-one that provides cloud service on a pay-per-use basis and the other that sells on-premises software at a one-time licensing fee-and consumers who are heterogeneous in their usage frequencies in an e...
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作者：Jiang, Yang; Ho, Yi-Chun (chad); Yan, Xiangbin; Tan, Yong
作者单位：Nanjing University; George Washington University; University of Science & Technology Beijing; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：In lending-based real estate crowdfunding, borrowers are required to pledge their housing properties as collateral to secure the loans. This nascent practice differs from ordinary peer-to-peer lending in that lenders, to make sound investment decisions, need to process additional information other than basic loan attributes. We examine how lender behavior of investing in real-estate-secured loans is shaped by information that is particularly relevant in such an emerging market. We collect and ...
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作者：Son, Yoonseock; Oh, Wonseok; Han, Sang Pil; Park, Sungho
作者单位：University of Notre Dame; Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST); Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Seoul National University (SNU)
摘要：Avenues for the delivery of loyalty programs have rapidly shifted from plastic card schemes to mobile app-based initiatives, yet our understanding of the economic value presented by the latter (i.e., loyalty apps) has not kept pace with this development. We examine the effects of loyalty app adoption on customers' offline purchase patterns, reward redemption, and deal-prone behaviors as well as store-level competition in a multivendor loyalty program (MVLP) context, where multiple offline bran...
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作者：Moravec, Patricia L.; Kim, Antino; Dennis, Alan R.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business
摘要：Disinformation on social media-commonly called fake news-has become a major concern around the world, and many fact-checking initiatives have been launched to mitigate the problem. The way fact-checking results are presented to social media users is important because if the presentation format is not persuasive, then fact-checking may not be effective. For instance, Facebook tested the idea of flagging dubious articles in 2017 but concluded that it was ineffective and subsequently removed the ...
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作者：Sun, Shujing; Lu, Susan F.; Rui, Huaxia
作者单位：University of Rochester; Purdue University System; Purdue University
摘要：Overcrowding in emergency rooms (ERs) is a common yet nagging problem. It not only is costly for hospitals but also compromises care quality and patient experience. Hence, finding effective ways to improve ER care delivery is of great importance. Using a large data set covering all emergency visits in New York State from 2010 to 2014, we investigate whether telemedicine enhances ER care delivery. We show that, on average, telemedicine availability in the ER significantly reduces average patien...
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作者：Zheng, Jinyang; Ren, Fei; Tan, Yong; Chen, Xi
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Peking University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Nanjing University
摘要：The mobile app of a transportation network company (TNC) has reshaped the taxi business model by providing new features and allowing the TNC platform to run a diverse two-sided sales promotion to help introduce those new features. We investigate the economic value of this app and how drivers build an initial preference for passenger matching, the cancellation feature, and online pay as well as how a two-sided sales promotion affects drivers' willingness to use the TNC app. We estimate a struct...
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作者：Kretschmer, Tobias; Peukert, Christian
作者单位：University of Munich; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Universidade Catolica Portuguesa; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich
摘要：We study the heterogeneous effects of online video platforms on the sales volume and sales distribution of recorded music. Identification comes from two natural experiments in Germany. In 2009, virtually all music videos were blocked from YouTube as a result of a legal dispute. In 2013, the dedicated platform Vevo entered the market, making videos of a large number of artists available overnight. Our estimates suggest that restricting (enabling) access to online videos decreases (increases) re...
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作者：Lee, Gene Moo; He, Shu; Lee, Joowon; Whinston, Andrew B.
作者单位：University of British Columbia; University of Connecticut; Hansung University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：The mobile applications (apps) market is one of the most successful software markets. As the platform grows rapidly, with millions of apps and billions of users, search costs are increasing tremendously. The challenge is how app developers can target the right users with their apps and how consumers can find the apps that fit their needs. Cross-promotion, advertising a mobile app (target app) in another app (source app), is introduced as a new app-promotion framework to alleviate the issue of ...
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作者：Peng, Chih-Hung; Yin, Dezhi; Zhang, Han
作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of South Florida; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：Given the popularity and prevalence of medical question-and-answer (Q&A) services, it is increasingly important to understand what constitutes a helpful answer in the medical domain. Prior studies on user-generated content have examined the independent impacts of content and source characteristics on reader perception of the content's value. In the setting of medical Q&A sites, we propose a novel content-context congruence perspective with a focus on the role of congruence between an answer's ...
