Production and Operations Management

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• Modeling Sales of Multigeneration Technology Products in the Presence of Frequent Repeat Purchases: A Fractional Calculus-Based Approach AI翻译
  作者：Lotfi, Ali; Jiang, Zhengrui; Naoum-Sawaya, Joe; Begen, Mehmet A.
  作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); Nanjing University
  摘要：Frequently releasing a new product generation has become a common practice to sustain sales over time, thus accurately forecasting the sales trajectory of each product generation plays a vital role in the short-, medium-, and long-term planning of a firm. Classic multigeneration diffusion models do not incorporate within-generation repeat purchases, making them unusable for product lines with high rates of such purchases. Concentrating on technology products, we develop a multigeneration sales...
• Admission Control in Multi-server Systems Under Binary Reward Structure AI翻译
  作者：Liu, Wei; Kulkarni, Vidyadhar G.
  作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina School of Medicine
  摘要：We study a multi-server queueing system where a customer is satisfied (and generates a unit revenue) if their queueing time is at most a given constant. If the queueing time of the admitted customer exceeds this constant, the customer gets served, but is unsatisfied and generates no revenue. Such queueing systems arise in the context of modeling service systems where excessive delays are of concern. A key challenge is how to design an admission control policy to maximize the number of satisfie...
• Should an Incumbent Store Deter Entry of a Socially Responsible Retailer? AI翻译
  作者：Korpeoglu, C. Gizem; Korpeoglu, Ersin; Tang, Christopher S.; Yu, Jiayi Joey
  作者单位：Eindhoven University of Technology; University of London; University College London; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Fudan University
  摘要：Should an incumbent for-profit retailer deter a socially responsible store from entering the market? As a differentiation strategy to avoid direct price competition with well-established retailers, some socially responsible stores (or brands) enter the market with a pre-commitment to donate a certain proportion of their (A) profits or (B) revenues to charities. Because these charitable donations generate a warm-glow effect for consumers, these socially responsible stores can use pre-committed ...
• Reselling/Agency Selling and Online Intermediaries' Information Sharing With Manufacturers and Resellers AI翻译
  作者：Lin, Xiaogang; Lin, Qiang; Chen, Ying-Ju
  作者单位：Guangdong University of Technology; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
  摘要：Manufacturers and their resellers generally employ online intermediaries to sell their products. These intermediaries often possess superior demand information and decide whether to share it with their sellers. In practice, the manufacturers can employ two possible selling formats: reselling ( R S ), under which they sell the products to the intermediaries who subsequently resell to customers and agency selling ( A S ), under which they sell the products to customers through the intermediaries...
• Can an E-commerce Platform and its Third-Party Sellers Benefit From Each Other's Market Entry? AI翻译
  作者：Tang, Christopher S.; Deng, Yiting; Wang, Wei; Yoo, Onesun Steve
  作者单位：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of London; University College London; University of International Business & Economics
  摘要：E-commerce platforms have an informational advantage over their third-party sellers, leading to the common belief that a platform's market entry would harm sellers with similar products. However, unlike traditional retail competition, the platform and its sellers have aligned incentives: the platform's commission depends on the seller's revenue, and sellers rely on the platform to strengthen their online presence. Hence, the platform has no incentive to enter the market to harm the seller's re...
• Donations by Disaster-Afflicted Firms and Changes in Firm Value: Self-Protection and Reputation-Building Perspectives AI翻译
  作者：Xiao, Ping; Hsieh, Kai-Yu; Bao, Weining
  作者单位：University of Melbourne; National Chengchi University; University of Connecticut
  摘要：If a firm afflicted by a disaster chooses to donate to disaster relief, how will this decision affect the firm's market value? From a self-protection perspective, diverting resources to support the public may jeopardize a firm's continuity and thereby reduce its value. Yet from a reputation-building perspective, supporting the public in need may enhance corporate reputation and thus increase firm value. In this study, we contrasted the two perspectives to develop a conceptual framework consist...
• 3D Printing-as-a-Service: An Economic Analysis of Pricing and Cocreation AI翻译
  作者：Jain, Tarun; Hazra, Jishnu; Gopal, Ram
  作者单位：Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; University of Warwick
  摘要：Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has opened up possibilities for product design collaborations between device providers and customers. To enable an environment of cocreation, device providers are now renting 3D printers via the 3D-as-a-Service (3DaaS) model. Although prior research has examined pricing and quality issues in the traditional manufacturing setup, these studies have not analyzed such decisions in the 3D printing supply chain setting, where end users possess the ability t...
• Carbon Emissions and the Search for Renewable Energy Technology: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Firms' Environmental Responsibility AI翻译
  作者：Kim, Hyunsoo; Jung, Hyun Ju; Lee, Chul Ho
  作者单位：Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  摘要：The literature in sustainability has emphasized external pressures as a main driver of firms' environmental responsibility. However, under similar external pressures, some firms search for environmental technology, while others do not. By focusing on information and communication technology (ICT) firms, we try to answer the question of when firms are motivated to search for renewable energy technology. Drawing on the framework of the behavioral theory of the firm, we propose that a mismatch be...
• Strategy Typology and Cost Structure: A Textual Analysis Approach AI翻译
  作者：Banker, Rajiv D.; Huang, Rong; Li, Xiaorong; Yan, Yan
  作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Fudan University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; City University of New York (CUNY) System; Queens College NY (CUNY)
  摘要：This study investigates the impact of firms' strategic positioning on cost structure. Using textual analysis based on 10-K filings, we capture business strategy along three dimensions: product leadership, customer intimacy, and operational excellence. Firms pursuing the product leadership strategy emphasize innovation and confront high congestion risk caused by rapid growth. We find that these firms display a more rigid cost structure by incurring higher strategic fixed investments in R&D and ...
• The Sales Impacts of Traffic Acquisition Promotion in Live-Streaming Commerce AI翻译
  作者：Zhang, Wenchang; Liu, Chewei; Ming, Liu; Cheng, Yue
  作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Peking University; Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (PKU Shenzhen)
  摘要：Live-streaming commerce, a combination of live streaming and e-commerce on social media platforms, has been a huge phenomenon over the past few years. Recently, the lucky draw (also known as sweepstakes) stands out as one of the most popular promotion innovations for traffic acquisition in live-streaming commerce. As a non-price-based operational lever, lucky draws offer not only utilitarian benefits (i.e., winning rewards) but also social values that engage and entertain participants (i.e., p...