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Coordinating Pricing and Inventory Replenishment with Nonparametric Demand Learning
(2015-06)
We consider a firm (e.g., retailer) selling a single nonperishable product over a finite-period planning horizon. Demand in each period is stochastic and price-dependent, and unsatisfied demands are backlogged. At the ...
Learning in a Disruptive Customer Engagement Platform: An Empirical Analysis in the Banking Industry
(2016-07)
The shift in enterprise applications to disruptive mobile platforms calls for research to better understand the mechanisms and factors behind success in these new platforms. In this paper, we empirically study the learning ...
Risky Suppliers or Risky Supply Chains? An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Tier Supply Network Structure on Firm Performance in the High-Tech Sector
(2015-12)
Past research in supply chain risk management has focused on the interactions between buyers and their immediate suppliers and/or assumed independence of risks imposed by these suppliers. However, supply network structure ...
Certainty Equivalent Planning for Multi-Product Batch Differentiation: Analysis and Bounds
(2015-12)
We consider a multi-period planning problem faced by a firm that must coordinate the production and allocations of batches to end products for multiple markets. Motivated by a problem faced by a biopharmaceutical firm, we ...
The Elusive Monitoring Function of Independent Directors
(2018-06)
Federal law mandates that audit and compensation committees of public companies be comprised entirely of independent directors. The assumption underlying these legal requirements is that independent directors are more ...
Dynamic Pricing with Point Redemption
(2018-03)
Many sellers allow consumers to pay with reward points instead of cash or credit card. While the revenue implications of cash purchases are transparent, the implication of reward sales is not trivial, when a firm that ...
Welfare Implications of Congestion Pricing: Evidence from SFpark
(2017-05)
Congestion pricing offers an appealing solution to urban parking problems. Charging varying rates across time and space as a function of congestion levels may shift demand and improve allocation of limited resources. It ...