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作者：Sting, Fabian J.; Huchzermeier, Arnd
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作者：Savva, Nicos; Scholtes, Stefan
作者单位：University of London; London Business School; University of Cambridge
摘要：We study three contractual arrangements-co-development, licensing, and co-development with opt-out options-for the joint development of new products between a small and financially constrained innovator firm and a large technology company, as in the case of a biotech innovator and a major pharma company. We formulate our arguments in the context of a two-stage model, characterized by technical risk and stochastically changing cost and revenue projections. The model captures the main disadvanta...
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作者：Eftekhar, Mahyar; Masini, Andrea; Robotis, Andreas; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris; INSEAD Business School
摘要：This article aims to identify optimal vehicle procurement policies for organizations engaged in humanitarian development programs and to derive general insights on the characteristics of these policies. Toward that end, we follow an inductive approach. First, we study the operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in three representative countries: Sudan, Afghanistan, and Ethiopia. Using a linear programming (LP) model primed with field data provided by the ICRC, we calc...
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作者：Wang, Yulan; Niu, Baozhuang; Guo, Pengfei
作者单位：Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Sun Yat Sen University
摘要：In a three-tier supply chain comprising an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), a contract manufacturer (CM), and a supplier, there exist two typical outsourcing structures: control and delegation. Under the control structure, the OEM contracts with the CM and the supplier respectively. Under the delegation structure, the OEM contracts with the CM only and the CM subcontracts with the supplier. We compare the two outsourcing structures under a push contract (whereby orders are placed before ...
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作者：Katok, Elena; Olsen, Tava; Pavlov, Valery
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of Auckland
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作者：Rajapakshe, Tharanga; Dawande, Milind; Gavirneni, Srinagesh; Sriskandarajah, Chelliah; Panchalavarapu, P. Rao
作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Cornell University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School
摘要：A dedicated subnetwork (DSN) refers to a subset of lanes, with associated loads, in a shipper's transportation network, for which resourcestrucks, drivers, and other equipmentare exclusively assigned to accomplish shipping requirements. The resources assigned to a DSN are not shared with the rest of the shipper's network. Thus, a DSN is an autonomously operated subnetwork and, hence, can be subcontracted. We address a novel problem of extracting a DSN for outsourcing to one or more subcontract...
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作者：Chen, Jianqing; Guo, Zhiling
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Singapore Management University
摘要：This study develops an analytical model to evaluate competing retail firms' sourcing strategies in the presence of supply uncertainty. We consider a common supplier that sells its uncertain supply to two downstream retail firms engaging in price competition in a horizontally differentiated product market. The focal firm has a dual-sourcing option, while the rival firm can only source from the common supplier. We assess the system-wide effects of supply uncertainty on the focal firm's incentive...
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作者：Zhao, Xia; Xue, Ling; Zhang, Fuqiang
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Greensboro; Washington University (WUSTL)
摘要：This paper studies an outsourcing problem where two service providers (suppliers) compete for the service contract from a client. The suppliers face uncertain cost for providing the service because they do not have perfect information about the client's type. The suppliers receive differential private signals about the client type and thus compete under asymmetric information. We first characterize the equilibrium of the supplier competition. Then we investigate two of the client's information...
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作者：Oraiopoulos, Nektarios; Kavadias, Stylianos
作者单位：University of Cambridge
摘要：We formalize R&D as a search process for technology improvements across different technological domains. Technology improvements from a specific domain draw upon a common knowledge base, and as such they share technological content. Moreover, different domains may rely on similar scientific principles, and therefore, knowledge about the technology improvements by one domain might be transferable to another. We analyze how such a technological relatedness shapes the direction of R&D search when...
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作者：Pang, Zhan; Shen, Houcai; Cheng, T. C. E.
作者单位：Nanjing University; Lancaster University; Nanjing University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
摘要：We address an inventory rationing problem in a lost sales make-to-stock (MTS) production system with batch ordering and multiple demand classes. Each production order contains a single batch of a fixed lot size and the processing time of each batch is random. Assuming that there is at most one order outstanding at any point in time, we first address the case with the general production time distribution. We show that the optimal order policy is characterized by a reorder point and the optimal ...
