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作者：Zou, Fan; Sharma, Luv; Pekgun, Pelin; Ahire, Sanjay L.
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Wake Forest University
摘要：Up to 40% of the food supply in the U.S. goes uneaten while one in nine individuals struggle to put enough food on their table. Food banks serve an important role in addressing food insecurity by matching the supply of excess food with the demand from the food-insecure population. They collect in-kind donations (non-discretionary food), often perishable and highly variable in their quality, quantity, content, and timing, and then distribute these donations to serve the needs of the food-insecu...
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作者：Chen, Ying-Ju
作者单位：Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
摘要：This paper studies a simultaneous-search problem in which a player observes the outcomes sequentially, and must pay reservation fees to maintain eligibility for recalling the earlier offers. We use postgraduate program applications to illustrate the key ingredients of this family of problems. We develop a parsimonious model with two categories of schools: Reach schools, which the player feels very happy upon joining, but the chance of getting into one is low; and safety schools, which are a sa...
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作者：Yang, Cenying; Agarwal, Ashish; Konana, Prabhudev
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Various sensors embedded in smart products can now provide alerts and warnings to users. However, these alerts can also influence user general behavior. We evaluate the effect of advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) warnings on general driving behavior using automotive telematics data from a large automotive company. We categorize ADAS systems in terms of the response urgency and theorize that less urgent alerts lead to deliberate learning (System 2), improving driving behavior, while hi...
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作者：Yao, Shiqing; Zhu, Kaijie; Yang, Ruina
作者单位：Monash University; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an Jiaotong University
摘要：Counterfeits cause tremendous damages to brand companies by eroding their market shares and reducing customers' buying motives. In response to such damages, many companies choose to develop and deploy anti-counterfeiting technologies, thus preventing counterfeiters from imitating their products. The companies can also rely on law enforcement exerted by local regulatory authorities to outlaw counterfeits. In this article, we study how brand companies may leverage the two approaches effectively....
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作者：Onen Oz, Sena; Gumus, Mehmet; Qi, Wei
作者单位：Tsinghua University
摘要：City dwellers often struggle with on-street parking in many cities, where they generally need to pay for parking in advance. However, drivers usually cannot accurately foresee how much parking time they need. Compared to traditional payment methods, that is, cash and credit card through on-site meters, mobile payment applications provide more flexibility: drivers can adjust their parking sessions remotely if a longer stay is in need. Utilizing data from an online survey and high-resolution tra...
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作者：Fu, Chenyi; Zhu, Ning; Zhou, Minglong
作者单位：Northwestern Polytechnical University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; Fudan University
摘要：The prevalence and development of autonomous vehicle technology can reshape the status quo in vehicle manufacture, transportation, and logistics industries, leading to safer daily travel activities, higher power savings, and lower urban pollution. Traditional autonomous vehicle technology focuses on advancing vehicle-related technology, aiming to equip vehicles with high computational capability at a cost. One key initiative to improve traffic information collection and processing is the devel...
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作者：Tong, Jun; Zhang, Jiahua; Zhu, Chenbo; Hu, Jian-Qiang; Luo, Jian
作者单位：Zhejiang University of Technology; Dongbei University of Finance & Economics; Fudan University; Hainan University
摘要：In this study, we investigate the impact of organizational structures on supply chain participants, specifically when retailers establish strategic inventory in a competitive environment. We build a two-period supply chain model in which two retailers procure from a common supplier, compete in multiple markets, and can carry inventory from the first period to the second. We characterize the optimal strategies for firms under three scenarios, depending on whether each retailer operates under ce...
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作者：Liu, Lei; Wang, Yingfei; Fang, Zhen; Wu, Shaohui
作者单位：Central University of Finance & Economics; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Fudan University; Harbin Institute of Technology
摘要：Social media marketing has been relentlessly developed and integrated into firm operations. On social media platforms, firms rely on a combination of verbal and visual elements to communicate with consumers and attract their attention. The present research investigates how the semantic relationship between text and image information affects consumer engagement (forwards and comments). Leveraging a large-scale dataset of firm-generated messages, we use deep learning, large language models, and ...
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作者：Shi, Huanhuan; Sridhar, Shrihari; Grewal, Rajdeep
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina School of Medicine
摘要：In business markets, sales from customers are often jointly determined by multiple roles, yet firms struggle to quantify individual contribution of each role and the synergies among them. This study applies a value-partitioning approach to separate the sales contributions of customer-focused outside (OS) representatives (reps) and operations-focused inside (IS) reps, and their synergistic effects. It leverages variations in OS-IS combinations to generate individual-level value-added metrics, a...
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作者：Charbaji, Samer; Kapuscinski, Roman; Leider, Stephen
作者单位：New York Institute Technology; University of Michigan; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Companies often use enterprise social media platforms (ESMPs) to promote help among knowledge workers and to improve their productivity. However, many ESMP implementations have had mixed success due to employee reluctance to engage with the platform (e.g. by requesting and giving help). Prominent ESMPs have added varying design features to promote help, but the effectiveness of individual design features remains unclear. Our paper studies this using a laboratory experiment that consists of two...
