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作者：Zhang, Wenchang; Tang, Christopher S.; Ming, Liu; Cheng, Yue
作者单位：Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; emlyon business school
摘要：Problem definition: Some governments have toughened traffic penalties for meal-delivery drivers, yet the number of meal delivery-related traffic incidents has not abated. These observations prompted two questions: Under a given penalty scheme, how should a profit-maximizing platform determine the delivery fee to charge its customers and the commission to pay its drivers? How should a welfare-maximizing government determine its penalty scheme to curb traffic incidents and improve the social sur...
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作者：Qian, Xiaoyan; Zhou, Quan; Olsen, Tava Lennon
作者单位：University of Melbourne; University of Wollongong; University of Melbourne
摘要：Problem definition: In agricultural markets, farmers often face powerful investor-owned firms (IOFs) that dominate marketing and impose pricing pressure at the farm-gate. To counter this, farmers can form cooperatives (co-ops), which differ from IOFs in their objectives and transaction dynamics, to collectively enter the market. Although co-ops can be established with different membership structures, the impact of their potential market entry remains unclear, as does the question of which co-o...
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作者：Rios, Ignacio; Torrico, Alfredo
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of Southern California
摘要：Problem definition: Motivated by online dating platforms, we study the problem of selecting which subset of profiles to display to each user in each period. Users observe the profiles set by the platform and decide which of them to like, and a match occurs if and only if two users mutually like each other, potentially across different periods. The platform aims to maximize the expected number of matches produced over the entire time horizon, and users' behavior-captured by their like probabili...
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作者：Jeon, H. Harriet; Lucarelli, Claudio; Mazarati, Jean Baptiste; Ngabo, Donatien; Song, Hummy
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Problem definition: Last-mile delivery is one of the most challenging and costly facets of the supply chain. Using data from Rwandan public hospitals that transfuse blood, we examine whether and the extent to which the adoption of a technological innovation- delivery drones-for the last-mile delivery of blood products impacts the way hospitals manage the inventory of these products and the downstream health outcomes for patients. Methodology/results: To estimate causal effects, we exploit the ...
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作者：Freeman, Nickolas; Bott, Greg; Keskin, Burcu; Parton, Jason; Cochran, James
作者单位：University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
摘要：Problem definition: The internet facilitates sex trafficking through adult service websites (ASWs) that host online advertisements for sexual services (sex ads). Since the closure of the popular site Backpage.com, the ecosystem of ASWs has expanded to include multiple competing sites that are hosted outside U.S. jurisdiction. Gaining intelligence for counter-trafficking efforts requires collecting, linking, and cleaning the data from multiple sites. However, high ad volumes, disparate data typ...
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作者：Zychlinski, Noa
作者单位：Technion Israel Institute of Technology
摘要：Problem definition: Mass trauma events (MTEs) present significant operational challenges. Affected populations require both immediate and prolonged mental health support, complicating response efforts. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can have lasting effects and imposes a substantial economic burden, making early intervention critical to improving outcomes. The October 7, 2023, terror attack in southern Israel caused widespread trauma. Survivors, responders, and many others were exposed t...
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作者：Alizamir, Saed; Kalkanci, Basak
作者单位：University of Virginia; University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara
摘要：Problem definition: An emerging financial innovation enabled by technological advancements in agricultural supply chains is the ability to tip the farmers. This mechanism empowers socially conscious consumers to identify and support the individual farmers of their products by sending them direct payments, or tips. We shed light on the implications of tipping on different market participants. Methodology/results: We construct a game-theoretic model that captures the interactions between a mass ...
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作者：Kagan, Evgeny; Dada, Maqbool; Hathaway, Brett
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University; Brigham Young University
摘要：Problem definition: Despite rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the adoption and effective use of customer service chatbots remain slow relative to their capabilities. This paper explores the behavioral reasons for these adoption hurdles. Methodology/results: We use incentivized online experiments to study chatbot uptake. The results of these experiments are threefold. First, people respond positively to improvements in chatbot performance; however, the chatbot channel is used less freq...
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作者：Chen, Zihao; Fu, Xingyu; Gao, Pin; Chen, Ying-Ju
作者单位：Xi'an Jiaotong University; University of New South Wales Sydney; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
摘要：Problem Definition: This study examines a seller's joint information disclosure and pricing decisions when launching a new product with an easy-to-communicate objective attribute and a hard-to-describe subjective attribute. We analyze how consumer search cost, inventory level, and channel structure shape the seller's optimal information strategy. Results: For brick-and-mortar retailing, the seller should conceal (disclose) attribute information when the search cost is low (high). Interestingly...
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作者：Lu, Yingda; Bellos, Ioannis; Greenwood, Brad N.; Huang, Liqiang
作者单位：George Mason University; Zhejiang University
摘要：Problem definition: This work investigates the effect of technological monitoring on salesforce efficacy. While prior research has investigated the creation of incentive packages to resolve the principal-agent problem, the efficacy of increasingly inexpensive and widely available technological monitoring has received less attention. We argue that the effect of such programs on salesperson performance is ambiguous. On the one hand, such programs may increase performance by increasing transparen...
