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作者：Chen, Ying-Ju; Tang, Christopher S.
作者单位：Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
摘要：In developing countries, farmers lack information for making informed production, manufacturing/selling decisions to improve their earnings. To alleviate poverty, various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and for-profit companies have developed different ways to distribute information about market price, crop advisory and farming technique to farmers. We investigate a fundamental question: will information create economic value for farmers? We construct a stylized model in which farmers fa...
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作者：Yu, Yimin; Benjaafar, Saif; Gerchak, Yigal
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Tel Aviv University
摘要：We analyze the benefit of production/service capacity sharing for a set of independent firms. Firms have the choice of either operating their own production/service facilities or investing in a facility that is shared. Facilities are modeled as queueing systems with finite service rates. Firms decide on capacity levels (the service rate) to minimize delay costs and capacity investment costs possibly subject to service-level constraints on delay. If firms decide to operate a shared facility the...
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作者：Cheng, Hsing Kenneth; Li, Shengli; Liu, Yipeng
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作者：Brumme, Hendrik; Simonovich, Daniel; Skinner, Wickham; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
作者单位：Reutlingen University; Reutlingen University; Harvard University; INSEAD Business School
摘要：Few unfocused factories outperform competitors, but focus is elusive because the environment is constantly evolving and this requires changes to a factory's key tasks. So how can focus be achieved and sustained? We present insights derived from an historical analysis of the German Hewlett-Packard server plant which went through a series of focus changes over the years. Using this example, we provide clues for the right timing of focus changes and discuss critical structural and infrastructural...
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作者：Ahmadi, Reza; Iravani, Foad; Mamani, Hamed
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：Gray markets, also known as parallel imports, have created fierce competition for manufacturers in many industries. We analyze the impact of parallel importation on a price-setting manufacturer that serves two markets with uncertain demand, and characterize her policy against parallel importation. We show that ignoring demand uncertainty can take a significant toll on the manufacturer's profit, highlighting the value of making price and quantity decisions jointly. We find that adjusting prices...
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作者：Abbey, James D.; Meloy, Margaret G.; Guide, V. Daniel R., Jr.; Atalay, Selin
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris
摘要：This study empirically investigates consumer perceptions of remanufactured consumer products in closed-loop supply chains. A multi-study approach led to increasing levels of measure refinement and facilitated examination of various assumptions researchers have made about the consumer market for remanufactured products. Based in part on the measure building studies, an experimental study examined remanufactured product perceptions from a national panel of consumers. The consumers responded to r...
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作者：Breiter, Andreas; Huchzermeier, Arnd
作者单位：WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
摘要：Demand forecast errors threaten the profitability of high-low price promotion strategies. This article shows how to match demand and supply effectively by means of two-segment demand forecasting and supply contracts. We find that demand depends on the path of past retail prices, which leads to only a limited number of reachable demand states. However, forecast errors cannot be entirely eliminated because competitive promotions entail some degree of random (i.e., last-minute) pricing. A hedging...
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作者：Huo, Baofeng; Zhao, Xiande; Zhou, Honggeng
作者单位：Zhejiang University; China Europe International Business School; South China University of Technology; University System Of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire
摘要：Information sharing in supply chains has become an important topic over the past decade. This study uses data from 617 Chinese manufacturing firms to investigate the relationships among competitive environments, supply chain information sharing (SCIS), and supply chain performance. The results of structural equation modeling analysis show that (i) international competition is positively related to all three types of SCIS whereas local competition is not significantly related to any of the thre...
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作者：de Treville, Suzanne; Schuerhoff, Norman; Trigeorgis, Lenos; Avanzi, Benjamin
作者单位：University of Lausanne; University of Geneva; University of Cyprus; University of New South Wales Sydney; Universite de Montreal
摘要：We develop a real-options model for optimizing production and sourcing choices under evolutionary supply-chain risk. We model lead time as an endogenous decision and calculate the cost differential required to compensate for the risk exposure coming from lead time. The shape of the resulting cost-differential frontier reveals the term structure of supply-chain risk premiums and provides guidance as to the potential value of lead-time reduction. Under constant demand volatility, the break-even ...
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作者：Lang, Markus; Deflorin, Patricia; Dietl, Helmut; Lucas, Eric
作者单位：University of Zurich
摘要：Coordinating knowledge transfer within multi-plant manufacturing networks is a challenging task. Using a computational model, we examine when it is beneficial to create production knowledge within a central unit, the lead factory, and transfer it to geographically dispersed plants. We demonstrate that the knowledge transfer generates a trade-off between a positive cost-saving effect due to fewer adaptations in each plant, and a negative transfer cost effect due to the costly knowledge transfer...
