Production and Operations Management

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• The version effect of apps and operating systems in mobile commerce AI翻译
  作者：Zhang, Xingyue (Luna); Cui, Ruomeng; Yao, Oliver
  作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Tacoma; Emory University; Lehigh University
  摘要：Different versions of mobile operating systems or shopping apps enable different functionalities and information flows, thus creating various mobile shopping environments. In general, up-to-date versions provide better information flows and richer functionalities. However, mobile operating systems and shopping apps affect consumer behavior through different mechanisms. An up-to-date mobile operating system reduces the system response time, while an up-to-date shopping app improves algorithms f...
• Inventory and supply chain management with auto-delivery subscription AI翻译
  作者：Chen, Shi; Lei, Junfei; Moinzadeh, Kamran
  作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; INSEAD Business School
  摘要：Auto-delivery is a subscription model widely employed in supply chains, whereby a supplier delivers products to a buyer (or multiple buyers) according to the buyer's choice of a constant shipping quantity to be delivered at prescheduled dates. The buyer enjoys a discount for the auto-delivery orders and other benefits, including free subscription and cancellation. Because these benefits seem to all accrue to the buyer at the supplier's expense, the rationale for the supplier's decision to offe...
• Should price cannibalization be avoided or embraced? A multimethod investigation AI翻译
  作者：Mehrdar, Atabak; Li, Ting
  作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
  摘要：This paper proposes price cannibalization as a growth strategy despite prior findings that suggests avoiding it. We focus on a multiclass, capacity-constrained pricing problem in which each of the product classes has a price range. Specifically, we examine the effects of price range overlaps and introduce it as a revenue-maximizing pricing strategy. Price cannibalization happens when sales in some product classes decrease due to the existence of overlaps between the price ranges. We employ a m...
• Optimal cardinal contests AI翻译
  作者：Takasi, Goutham; Dawande, Milind; Janakiraman, Ganesh
  作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
  摘要：We study the design of crowdsourcing contests in settings where the outputs of the contestants are quantifiable, for example, a data science challenge. This setting is in contrast to those where the output is only qualitative and cannot be objectively quantified, for example, when the goal of the contest is to design a logo. The literature on crowdsourcing contests focuses largely on ordinal contests, where contestants' outputs are ranked by the designer and awards are based on relative ranks....
• A survey of stochastic inventory models with fixed costs: Optimality of (s, S) and (s, S)-type policies-Discrete-time case AI翻译
  作者：Perera, Sandun C.; Sethi, Suresh P.
  作者单位：Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Reno; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
  摘要：Fixed costs of ordering items or setting up a production process arise in many real-life scenarios. In their presence, the most widely used ordering policy in the stochastic inventory literature is the (s, S) policy. Optimality of (s, S) policies and (s, S)-type policies have been examined for various inventory models, including those with the inventory level being reviewed in every period or continuously, finite and infinite horizons, discounted-cost and average-cost criteria, backlogging and...
• Optimal robust inventory management with volume flexibility: Matching capacity and demand with the lookahead peak-shaving policy AI翻译
  作者：Gijsbrechts, Joren; Imdahl, Christina; Boute, Robert N.; Van Mieghem, Jan A.
  作者单位：Universitat Ramon Llull; Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE); Universidade Catolica Portuguesa; Eindhoven University of Technology; Vlerick Business School; KU Leuven; Northwestern University
  摘要：We study inventory control with volume flexibility: A firm can replenish using period-dependent base capacity at regular sourcing costs and access additional supply at a premium. The optimal replenishment policy is characterized by two period-dependent base-stock levels but determining their values is not trivial, especially for nonstationary and correlated demand. We propose the Lookahead Peak-Shaving policy that anticipates and peak shaves orders from future peak-demand periods to the curren...
• Competition between P2P ride-sharing platforms and traditional taxis AI翻译
  作者：Diao, Wen; Jiang, Baojun; Tian, Lin
  作者单位：Shanghai University of Finance & Economics; Washington University (WUSTL); Fudan University; Fudan University
  摘要：Over the past decade, the surge of peer-to-peer (P2P) ride-sharing has significantly cut the market share and profitability for taxis, but taxis remain a major service provider in the personal transportation service industry. This paper analytically examines a market with two segments of consumers based on their travel distances, where a P2P platform and a traditional taxi company have different inconvenience costs and compete for customers through pricing. Our analysis shows that consumers' i...
• Hiding in plain sight: Surge pricing and strategic providers AI翻译
  作者：Bai, Jiaru; Heese, H. Sebastian; Tripathy, Manish
  作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; Stony Brook University; North Carolina State University; University of British Columbia
  摘要：Many on-demand service platforms employ surge pricing policies, charging higher prices and raising provider compensation when customer demand exceeds provider supply. There is increasing evidence that service providers understand these pricing policies and strategically collude to induce artificial supply shortages by reducing the number of providers showing as available online. We study a stylized mathematical model of a setting in which an on-demand service platform determines its pricing an...
• Migrant flows: Humanitarian operational aspects of people in transit AI翻译
  作者：Prasad, Sameer; Borra, Harish; Woldt, Jason; Altay, Nezih; Tata, Jasmine
  作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; University of Wisconsin System; DePaul University; Hanken School of Economics; Loyola University Chicago; DePaul University
  摘要：Millions of workers in India who migrated to cities for employment have transited back to seek refuge in their home villages, causing disruptions in both cities and villages. This type of mass flow of migrants in transit represents a humanitarian crisis. Understanding migrant flow patterns and ways to ameliorate the conditions for migrants in transit is critical to managing the humanitarian crisis. In this study, we develop a model that examines the influence of migrant networks, inter-organiz...
• The effects of tokenization on ride-hailing blockchain platforms AI翻译
  作者：Sun, Luoyi; Hua, Guowei; Teunter, Ruud H.; Cheng, T. C. E.; Shen, Zuo-Jun Max
  作者单位：Beijing Institute of Technology; Beijing Jiaotong University; University of Groningen; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong
  摘要：The rapid development of blockchain has inspired many traditional centralized intermediaries to transform their transaction models, especially for the peer-to-peer market. Lately, the token-based (blockchain) system (with cryptocurrency) is gaining popularity. However, little is known about the (comparative) performance of different operating types. In this study, we build an analytical framework to find the optimal strategies for the token-based and nontoken-based blockchain (as a special app...