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作者：Leng, Mingming; Li, Zaichen; Liang, Liping
作者单位：Lingnan University
摘要：We investigate a manufacturer-retailer channel to explore the role of a retailer in assuring the quality of a manufacturer's product as a quality gatekeeper. Such a gatekeeping activity can entail a reduction in the defective rate for consumers, if the retailer charges the manufacturer a penalty for each identified defect that is no smaller than the market penalty for an unidentified defect. As a result of the retailer's gatekeeping, the change in the negotiated wholesale price only depends on...
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作者：Samorani, Michele; Ganguly, Subhamoy
作者单位：University of Alberta; Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU)
摘要：Even though patients often arrive early and out of turn for scheduled appointments in outpatient clinics, no research has been undertaken to establish whether an available provider should see an early patient right away (preempt) or wait for the patient scheduled next. This problem, which we call the Wait-Preempt Dilemma, is particularly relevant for high-service-level clinics (such as psychotherapy, chiropractic, acupuncture), where preempting may cause the missing patient to wait for an exce...
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作者：Arya, Anil; Mittendorf, Brian
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：The organization of charitable distribution channels to ensure donor contributions reach beneficiaries in an efficient manner and the use of accounting metrics of such efficiency (whether provided directly or by charity rating groups) are oft-discussed issues in the nonprofit sector. The two issues are inextricably linked since reported efficiency measures influence subsequent donor giving. This study develops a parsimonious model of a charity that must decide how best to employ its resources,...
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作者：Aflaki, Arian; Pedraza-Martinez, Alfonso J.
作者单位：Duke University; Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：This study analyzes the trade-off between funding strategies and operational performance in humanitarian operations. If a Humanitarian Organization (HO) offers donors the option of earmarking their donations, HO should expect an increase in total donations. However, earmarking creates constraints in resource allocation that negatively affect HO's operational performance. We study this trade-off from the perspective of a single HO that maximizes its expected utility as a function of total donat...
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作者：Li, Xiang; Li, Yongjian; Cai, Xiaoqiang; Shan, Jun
作者单位：Nankai University; Nankai University; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jinan University
摘要：In recent years, increasing interests have arisen in adding product value through the provision of service. This study considers the problem in which a demand-enhancing service can be provided by different supply chain parties, resulting in four alternative service channels: (a) manufacturer undertaking service, namely M-channel, (b) retailer undertaking service, namely R-channel, (c) manufacturer outsourcing service to third-party (3P), namely M-3P-channel, and (d) retailer outsourcing servic...
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作者：Kor, Yasemin Y.; Mahoney, Joseph T.; Siemsen, Enno; Tan, Danchi
作者单位：University of Cambridge; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; National Chengchi University
摘要：Edith Penrose's (1959) classic book, The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, made a substantial impact on strategic management research, especially in the context of the resource-based view of the firm, and the ripple effects of her impact continue to unfold today in various disciplines. The book serves as a remarkably rich source of inspiration for scholarly research and a generative source of ideas, which are poised to be further developed. In this study, we examine Penrose's (1959) classic an...
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作者：Starr, Martin K.
作者单位：Rollins College; Columbia University
摘要：The title of this paper might have been Knowledge Creation and Dissemination in the POM Domain. Instead, these accomplished authors (who shall be dubbed with honorable intentions as RSST) define the POM domain as Operations and Supply-Chain Management. Thereby, they leave no doubt that the POM domain spans the entire supply chain from shovels in the mine and seeds in the ground to recycled waste that is remanufactured and sold as new (as well as refurbished) products. RSST declare that sustain...
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作者：Sting, Fabian J.; Loch, Christoph H.
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; University of Cambridge
摘要：We study the implementation of operations strategy at six German manufacturers in mature businesses. Search theory argues that vertical coordination (i.e., unilateral top-down adjustment of lower-level search actions) balances stability against the improvement potential enabled by frontline search and also that horizontal coordination (i.e., bilateral adjustment among lower-level search actions) is required to ensure compatibility among the initiatives generated in various organizational subun...
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作者：Zhao, Yukun; Zhao, Xiaobo; Wang, Lihong; Chen, Yefen; Zhang, Xinmeng
作者单位：Tsinghua University; University of Connecticut; Beihang University
摘要：To date, it has not been elucidated whether the strategy method and the direct-response method lead to different behaviors in experiments of economic games. In this study, we investigate this issue under a multi-round setting of the capacity allocation game with both of the elicitation methods. In the first experiment (regular behavioral experiment), subjects are paired to make decisions in a laboratory through a computer network platform. In the second experiment (neuroimaging experiment), th...
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作者：Adida, Elodie; Bakshi, Nitin; DeMiguel, Victor
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Riverside; University of London; London Business School
摘要：We identify market conditions under which intermediaries can thrive in retailer-driven supply chains. Our main finding is that, as a consequence of the retailers' leadership position, intermediaries prefer products for which the supply base (existing production capacity) is neither too narrow nor too broad; that is, less existing capacity can result in more intermediary profit. We also show that our main finding is robust to (i) the presence of horizontal competition among retailers and interm...
