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作者：Feng, Qi; Mookerjee, Vijay S.; Sethi, Suresh P.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：We develop a general model for software development process and propose a policy to manage system coordination using system fault reports (e.g., interface inconsistencies, parameter mismatches, etc.). These reports are used to determine the timing of coordination activities that remove faults. We show that under an optimal policy, coordination should be performed only if a threshold fault count has been exceeded. We apply the policy to software development processes and compare the management ...
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作者：Dietrich, Brenda; Paleologo, Giuseppe A.; Wynter, Laura
作者单位：International Business Machines (IBM); IBM USA
摘要：A significant portion of the services industry is focused on providing services (medical, legal, financial, personal, and travel) to individuals. However, studies have shown that a less visible but rapidly growing segment of the service sector comprises firms that provide business functions to other businesses. The sector covers tasks such as payroll processing, procurement, and information systems management, as well as business consulting, technical support, call center operations, and softw...
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作者：Gaimon, Cheryl
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：We highlight many of the traditional research themes in the management of technology as well as research themes on emerging topics such as those that appear in this focused issue. The discussion demonstrates the breadth and multidisciplinary nature of management of technology as well as the variety of methods employed in management of technology research. We conclude by offering a list of research themes that are of particular interest to the Management of Technology Department of Production a...
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作者：Zhao, Xuan
作者单位：Wilfrid Laurier University
摘要：We investigate a supply chain system with a common supplier selling to downstream retailers who are engaged in both price and inventory competition. We establish the existence and uniqueness of the pure-strategy Nash equilibrium for the retailer game and study how a supplier can coordinate the system to achieve the best performance. Our main conclusions are as follows: First, a buyback contract can be used to coordinate retailers competing on both price and inventory in a sense that optimal re...
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作者：Rungtusanatham, M. Johnny; Salvador, Fabrizio
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; IE University
摘要：Research on mass customization has largely overlooked the issue of organizational change associated with the mass production-to-mass customization transition. To address this gap in the literature, we conduct a longitudinal case study of a manufacturing facility belonging to a division of a Fortune 1000 discrete manufacturing firm as it seeks to transition from mass production to mass customization. We empirically identify five factors hindering the mass production-to-mass customization transi...
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作者：Sun, Daewon; Ryan, Jennifer K.; Shin, Hojung
作者单位：University of Notre Dame; University College Dublin; Korea University
摘要：Due to the proliferation of electronic commerce and the development of Internet technologies, many firms have considered new pricing-inventory models. In this paper, we study the role of stockless (i.e., zeroinventory) operations in online retailing by a considering duopoly competition in which two retailers compete to maximize profit by jointly optimizing their pricing and inventory decisions. In our model, the retailers are allowed to choose either an in-stock policy or stockless operations ...
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作者：Fung, Michael K.
作者单位：Hong Kong Polytechnic University
摘要：With special reference to the banking industry, the objective of this study is to address managerial concerns over the impact of labor-saving technologies on efficiency in the use of human resources. A bank is viewed as a collection of human, technology, and capital resources. Labor-saving technologies are represented by two categories of technology resources-information technologies and patented in-house process innovations. The estimation of a stochastic frontier manpower-requirement functio...
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作者：Chen, Yuwen; Vakharia, Asoo J.; Alptekinoglu, Aydin
作者单位：University of Rhode Island; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; Southern Methodist University
摘要：Motivated by the proliferation of multifunction products, we investigate product portfolio decisions of a single firm by analyzing the impact of three major factors. First, because multifunction products provide complete or partial functionalities of single-function products, we incorporate substitution or cannibalization effects between the potential products. Second, we explicitly model the variable costs of manufacturing the single-function and multifunction products. Third, we examine the ...
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作者：Perakis, Georgia; Zaretsky, Marina
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
摘要：This paper considers a supply chain setting where several capacitated suppliers compete for orders from a single retailer in a multiperiod environment. At each period, the retailer places orders to the suppliers in response to the prices they announce. Each supplier has a fixed capacity. We consider a make-to-stock setting where the retailer can carry inventory. The retailer faces exogenous, price-dependent demand. We study the problem using ideas from fluid models. In particular, we (i) analy...
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作者：Atasu, Atalay; Guide, V. Daniel R., Jr.; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; INSEAD Business School
摘要：T his paper provides a critical review of analytic research on the business economics of product reuse inspired by industrial practice. Insights and critical assumptions are provided for each paper. We further classify the research into four streams: industrial engineering/operations research, design, strategy, and behavioral, and present a framework linking these streams. We find that some modeling assumptions risk being institutionalized, and suggest a renewed exploration of industrial pract...
