Management science : a journal of the institute for operations research and the management sciences, Vol. 56 N° 9. Management science: a Journal of the institute for operations research and the management sciences - Septembre 2010
| Titre : | Management science : a journal of the institute for operations research and the management sciences, Vol. 56 N° 9. Management science: a Journal of the institute for operations research and the management sciences - Septembre 2010 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 25/10/2010 |
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Jasjit Singh, Auteur ;
Morten T. Hansen, Auteur ;
Joel M. Podolny, Auteur
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We explore why some employees may be at a disadvantage in searching for information in organizations. The "small-world" argument in social network theory emphasizes that people are, on average, only a few connections away from the information th[...]
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The impact of information technology on academic scientists' productivity and collaboration patterns
Waverly W. Ding, Auteur ;
Sharon G. Levin, Auteur ;
Paula E. Stephan, Auteur
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This study investigates the impact of information technology (IT) on productivity and collaboration patterns in academe. Our data combine information on the diffusion of two noteworthy innovations in IT—BITNET and the Domain Name System (DNS)—wi[...]
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Maurice Levi, Auteur ;
Kai Li, Auteur ;
Feng Zhang, Auteur
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Young male CEOs appear to be combative: they are 4% more likely to be acquisitive and, having initiated an acquisition, they are over 20% more likely to withdraw an offer. Furthermore, a young target male CEO is 2% more likely to force a bidder [...]
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Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Auteur ;
Feng Zhu, Auteur
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We analyze the optimal strategy of a high-quality incumbent that faces a low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the i[...]
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Cheol S. Eun, Auteur ;
Sandy Lai, Auteur ;
Frans A. de Roon, Auteur
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We propose a new investment strategy employing "factor funds" to systematically enhance the mean-variance efficiency of international diversification. Our approach is motivated by the increasing evidence that size (SMB), book-to-market (HML), an[...]
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Saravanan Kesavan, Auteur ;
Vishal Gaur, Auteur ;
Ananth Raman, Auteur
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Firm-level sales forecasts for retailers can be improved if we incorporate cost of goods sold, inventory, and gross margin (defined by us as the ratio of sales to cost of goods sold) as three endogenous variables. We construct a simultaneous equ[...]
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Evan Rawley, Auteur ;
Timothy S. Simcoe, Auteur
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This paper studies how firms reorganize following diversification, proposing that firms use outsourcing, or vertical disintegration, to manage diseconomies of scope. We also consider the origins of scope diseconomies, showing how different under[...]
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Sang-Hyun Kim, Auteur ;
Morris A. Cohen, Auteur ;
Serguei Netessine, Auteur
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Firms that rely on functioning mission-critical equipment for their businesses cannot afford significant operational downtime due to system disruptions. To minimize the impact of disruptions, a proper incentive mechanism has to be in place so th[...]
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Jun Yang, Auteur
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This paper studies a three-sided moral hazard problem with one agent exerting up-front effort and two agents exerting ongoing effort in a continuous-time model. The agents' efforts jointly affect the probability of survival and thus the expected[...]
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Terry A. Taylor, Auteur ;
Wenqiang Xiao, Auteur
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This paper considers a manufacturer selling to a newsvendor retailer that possesses superior demand-forecast information. We show that the manufacturer's expected profit is convex in the retailer's forecasting accuracy: The manufacturer benefits[...]
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Andrew A. Toole, Auteur ;
Dirk Czarnitzki, Auteur
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When academic researchers participate in commercialization using for-profit firms, there is a potentially costly trade-off—their time and effort are diverted away from academic knowledge production. This is a form of brain drain on the not-for-p[...]
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Lucy Gongtao Chen, Auteur ;
Srinagesh Gavirneni, Auteur
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We study a supply chain with one supplier and many retailers that face exogenous end-customer demands. The supplier and the retailers all try to minimize their own inventory-related costs. In contrast to the retailers' newsvendor-type ordering b[...]
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