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Models and Algorithms for Stochastic Network Design and Flow Problems: Applications in Truckload Procurement Auctions and Renewable Energy.
(2010)
This dissertation presents novel mathematical models and algorithms for stochastic network design and flow (SNDF) problems: the optimal design and flow of a network under uncertainty to meet specific requirements while ...
In Pursuit of Revenue and Prestige: the Adoption and Production of Master's Degrees by U.S. Colleges and Universities.
(2011)
I propose a research program on the pursuit of enrollments from desired student populations. Non-prestigious institutions grow enrollments because excess enrollment capacity undermines organizational survival. Prestigious ...
Three Essays in Applied Microeconomic Theory.
(2011)
In Chapter 1, I examine the frequent use of recommended retail prices by manufacturers.
I present a model in which price recommendations convey information to consumers about
aggregate market conditions. The manufacturer ...
Optimal Production Control under Uncertainty with Revenue Management Considerations.
(2010)
This dissertation consists of three essays on supply chain and revenue management. Its main focus is the integration of dynamic production and demand management decisions for multiple products facing uncertain demand. ...
New Wine in Old Bottles? The Role of Status and Market Identity in Creating a 'Digital Media' Catagory.
(2011)
In this dissertation, I examine the role of the status and market identity in the adoption of a discontinuous technology, and theorize how status, market identity, and technology mutually shape each other in the diffusion ...
The Effect of Organizational Form on Firm Performance.
(2009)
While much empirical literature studies agency conflict and firm performance within the corporate form of legal organization, this dissertation studies agency conflict and firm performance across two organizational forms, ...
Three Papers on Strategic Decision Making in Digitally Mediated Markets.
(2009)
Technological developments have been reshaping existing markets and giving rise to new ones. In my dissertation, I address several questions that emerged as a result of these changes. In the first two chapters, I study ...
Shaping Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Managing Uncertainty and Equivocality in the Entrepreneurial Process.
(2010)
This dissertation develops and tests a theory of how technology entrepreneurs shape their business opportunity and the organizing practices that facilitate that process. I suggest that entrepreneurial opportunities are not ...
Citizenship in Context: Investigating the Effects of Work Group Climate on Organizational Citizenship Perceptions and Behavior.
(2010)
Employees engage in countless "acts of citizenship" that benefit their organizations but may not be included in formal job descriptions. Yet, with few exceptions, scholarship on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) ...
The Effect of Trade Credit on Operational Policies and on the Relationship Between Banks, Suppliers, and Manufacturers.
(2010)
Companies in a broad range of industries and economies rely heavily on external sources to finance their operations. But, external financing could be expensive and/or difficult to obtain due to imperfections in real capital ...