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作者：Feng, Haiyang; Feng, Nan; Zhang, Ling; Jiang, Zhengrui; Li, Minqiang
作者单位：Tianjin University; Shijiazhuang Tiedao University; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Tianjin University
摘要：Booming demand in the ride-hailing market allows ride-hailing platforms to experiment with different business models. This study analyzes whether a ride-hailing platform should adopt a closed business model, that is, serving riders only with platformowned vehicles, or an open business model, that is, allowing private vehicles to utilize the platform to provide services. Special attention is paid to the impact of uneven demand during a day; thus, the game-theoretical model we develop features a...
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作者：Mayya, Raveesh; Li, Zhuoxin
作者单位：New York University; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Multisided platforms often pursue growth strategies of expanding participants on one side (e.g., suppliers) and leveraging the cross-side network effect to attract participants on other sides (e.g., consumers). Whereas formal contractual agreements have traditionally been the norm for onboarding suppliers, an emerging trend involves platforms enabling consumers to interact with noncontracted suppliers via third-party enablers with both sharing profits from providing complementary services. Thi...
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作者：Lin, Xiaogang; Lu, Tao; Wang, Xin; Kou, Gang
作者单位：Guangdong University of Technology; University of Connecticut; Southwestern University of Finance & Economics - China; Southwestern University of Finance & Economics - China
摘要：On-demand service platforms connect customers with independent service providers (agents) by competitively setting service prices and wages. Mergers between on-demand service platforms have recently become prevalent, resulting in antitrust debates. A merger, although reducing competition, enables the agents on previously separate platforms to serve all the customers. In this paper, we develop a game-theoretical model to analyze the impact of a merger between two platforms. The two platforms co...
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作者：Emadikhiav, Mohsen; Day, Robert
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida Atlantic University; University of Connecticut
摘要：Combinatorial auctions offer several economic advantages but also face multiple technical challenges, including bid generation, the need to solve a combinatorial allocation problem, and determining reasonable prices. These challenges are even more pronounced in a combinatorial exchange, where bidders can simultaneously buy and sell combinations of goods. Motivated by truckload transportation markets, we explore new mechanisms for finding linear and anonymous Walrasian equilibrium prices in com...
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作者：Wang, Weiguang; Su, Yanfang; Gao, Guodong (Gordon); Agarwal, Ritu
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：Although mobile health (mHealth) has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, half of mHealth interventions fail to achieve significant effects. Building on the foundation of information integration theory, we examine how a user's information environment affects mHealth effectiveness. Findings from a large-scale field experiment on cesarean section (C-section) reduction among 4,629 expectant mothers over a 25-month study period reveal a complex interplay between the information environme...
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作者：Singh, Tanya; Ramaprasad, Jui; Ganju, Kartik K.
作者单位：Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：We examine if performing a programming task alters a decision maker's response to a well-known moral dilemma: the trolley problem. In the problem, the decision maker must choose between inaction that sacrifices multiple lives or a deliberate action that changes the course of events and sacrifices a different life. We argue that computer programming requires structured, rule-based cognition, resulting in a deliberative mindset. This mindset leads decision makers to prefer sacrificing a single l...
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作者：Zhang, Xiaoquan (Michael); Xu, DaPeng; Hong, Hong; Chan, Kalok
作者单位：Chinese University of Hong Kong; South China University of Technology; Tongji University; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：The environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) practice has become very important in contemporary business, and it is believed to have a profound impact on firm value and the stakeholders. However, how investors on social media react to firms' ESG performance is still not clear. Exploiting investor-generated content from a popular online investment community (Seeking Alpha) and ESG performance scores from a professional provider (Sustainalytics), we first run multiple regressions to...
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作者：Peng, Xixian; Wang, Xinwei; Guo, Yutong; Teo, Hock Hai
作者单位：Zhejiang University; University of Auckland; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; National University of Singapore
摘要：People interact with digital devices to perform a variety of activities. Notably, these interactions are characterized by a shift from a mouse-based, nontouch interface to a touchscreen-based, touch interface. The findings of 10 studies (N = 1,712) demonstrate that different sensorimotor experiences associated with touch versus nontouch interfaces induce alternative mental states differing in construal levels. Neural evidence obtained from an electroencephalogram study shows that using the tou...
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作者：Deng, Jiaying; Lee, Stephanie; Tan, Yong
作者单位：Fordham University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：With the rapid development of mobile technology and consumers' increasing demand for portability, the mobile gaming market has experienced huge growth. To ensure the success of mobile games, game publishers need to keep their players engaged and, at the same time, seek monetization strategies that do not interrupt players' engagement. This paper examines how in-game challenge-related factors (i.e., perceived challenge and fluctuation of perceived challenge) and a novel mobile game monetization...
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作者：Lee, Heeseung Andrew; Choi, Angela Aerry; Oh, Wonseok; Sun, Tianshu
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Korea University; Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
摘要：Despite the rising popularity of serialized digital content on online platforms, authors and publishers currently lack a comprehensive understanding of the economic implications associated with content partitioning. This research investigated how content partitioning affects the consumption patterns, engagement activities, and subsequent economic behavior of consumers in the context of serialized e-books. Identical e-book titles were partitioned into two formats: small partitioning (SP), where...
