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作者：Audet, C; Brimberg, J; Hansen, P; Le Digabel, S; Mladenovic, N
作者单位：Universite de Montreal; Universite de Montreal; Polytechnique Montreal; University of Prince Edward Island; Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal
摘要：The pooling problem, which is fundamental to the petroleum industry, describes a situation in which products possessing different attribute qualities are mixed in a series of pools in such a way that the attribute qualities of the blended products of the end pools must satisfy given requirements. It is well known that the pooling problem can be modeled through bilinear and nonconvex quadratic programming. In this paper, we investigate how best to apply a new branch-and-cut quadratic programmin...
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作者：Balasubramanian, S; Bhardwaj, P
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
摘要：Researchers and managers broadly agree that coordination and harmony between manufacturing and marketing improve firm performance by eliminating suboptimal practices within the firm. In this paper, we present a contrasting view of the manufacturing-marketing interface. We model a duopoly in which the firms compete on price and quality dimensions. The manufacturing and marketing managers within each firm are presented with conflicting incentives focused on cost minimization and revenue maximiza...
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作者：Sosa, ME; Eppinger, SD; Rowles, CM
作者单位：INSEAD Business School; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); RTX Corporation; Pratt & Whitney
摘要：Product architecture knowledge is typically embedded in the communication patterns of established development organizations. While this enables the development of products using the existing architecture, it hinders the organization's ability to implement novel architectures, especially for complex products. Structured methods addressing this issue are lacking, as previous research has studied complex product development from two separate perspectives: product architecture and organizational s...
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作者：Ryu, YU; Chandrasekaran, R; Jacob, V
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Outcome prediction based on historical data has been of practical and theoretical interest in many disciplines. A common type of outcome prediction is binary or discrete outcome prediction, as found in medical diagnosis and firm bankruptcy prediction. The prediction problem studied in this paper is outcome time prediction, or prognosis. Prognosis in medicine refers to a prediction of probable outcome of a disease for a patient. Patient data used as the basis for disease prognosis are usually c...
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作者：Carrieri, F; Errunza, V; Sarkissian, S
作者单位：McGill University
摘要：Traditionally, integration has been studied at the country level. With increasing economic integration, industrial reorganization, and blurring of national boundaries (e.g., European Union (EU)), it is important to investigate global integration at the industry level. We argue that country-level integration (segmentation) does not preclude industry-level segmentation (integration). Indeed, our results suggest that a country is integrated with (segmented from) the world capital markets only if ...
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作者：Majchrzak, A; Cooper, LP; Neece, OE
作者单位：University of Southern California; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); California Institute of Technology; Claremont Colleges; Claremont Graduate University
摘要：This study was conducted to better understand the knowledge reuse process when radical innovation (e.g., experiments to prepare for human exploration of Mars) is expected. The research involved detailing the knowledge reuse process in six case studies varying in degree of innovation. Across the six cases, a six-stage reuse-for-innovation process was identified consisting of three major actions: reconceptualize the problem and approach, including deciding to search for others' ideas to reuse; s...
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作者：Levin, DZ; Cross, R
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of Virginia
摘要：Research has demonstrated that relationships are critical to knowledge creation and transfer, yet findings have been mixed regarding the importance of relational and structural characteristics of social capital for the receipt of tacit and explicit knowledge. We propose and test a model of two-party (dyadic) knowledge exchange, with strong support in each of the three companies surveyed. First, the link between strong ties and receipt of useful knowledge (as reported by the knowledge seeker) w...
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作者：Lewis, K
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：This study examined how transactive memory systems (TMSs) emerge and develop to affect the performance of knowledge-worker teams. Sixty-four MBA consulting teams (261 members) participated in the study. I proposed that the role and function of TMSs change to meet different task and knowledge demands during a project. Hypotheses predicting that TMSs emerge during a project-planning phase as a function of a team's initial conditions, and later develop and mature as a function of the nature and f...
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作者：Kamakura, WA; Kossar, BS; Wedel, M
作者单位：Duke University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：With recent advances in information technology, most companies are amassing extensive customer databases. The wealth of information in these databases can be useful in identifying those customers most likely to purchase a new product and in predicting when this adoption may take place. This can assist database marketers in determining when individuals should be targeted for the promotion of a new product, which may increase the efficiency of manufacturing and distribution, and assure a faster ...
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作者：Powell, SG; Schultz, KL
作者单位：Dartmouth College; Cornell University
摘要：Experimental evidence suggests that production-line workers adjust their work rates in certain situations to prevent idle time. We refer to this as state-dependent behavior, in contrast to the state-independent behavior of machines. In this paper, we develop several models for the state-dependent behavior of production workers. We then use these models to analyze the relation of line length to throughput in these systems. We find that state-dependent behavior makes serial lines more efficient ...
