Management science : a journal of the institute for operations research and the management sciences, Vol. 58 N° 4. Management science: a Journal of the institute for operations research and the management sciences - Avril 2012
| Titre : | Management science : a journal of the institute for operations research and the management sciences, Vol. 58 N° 4. Management science: a Journal of the institute for operations research and the management sciences - Avril 2012 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 11/06/2012 |
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Brian Rubineau, Auteur ;
Yoon Kang, Auteur
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Many professions are plagued by disparities in service delivery. Racial disparities in policing, mortgage lending, and healthcare are some notable examples. Because disparities can result from a myriad of mechanisms, crafting effective disparity[...]
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Prasanna Tambe, Auteur ;
Lorin M. Hitt, Auteur
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We combine new information technology (IT) offshoring and IT workforce microdata to investigate how the use of IT offshore captive centers is affecting the skill composition of the U.S. onshore IT workforce. The analysis is based on the theory t[...]
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Monic Sun, Auteur
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This paper examines the informational role of product ratings. We build a theoretical model in which ratings can help consumers figure out how much they would enjoy the product. In our model, a high average rating indicates a high product qualit[...]
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Jonathan R. Clark, Auteur ;
Robert S. Huckman, Auteur
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The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertaint[...]
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Sanjiv Erat, Auteur ;
Uri Gneezy, Auteur
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In this paper we distinguish between two types of white lies: those that help others at the expense of the person telling the lie, which we term altruistic white lies, and those that help both others and the liar, which we term Pareto white lies[...]
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Juan Alcácer, Auteur ;
Minyuan Zhao, Auteur
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This study looks at the role of internal linkages in highly competitive clusters. We argue that, in addition to serving as a mechanism for sourcing knowledge, strong internal linkages help firms increase internalization and create higher levels [...]
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Jeonghye Choi, Auteur ;
David R. Bell, Auteur ;
Leonard M. Lodish, Auteur
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Geographic variation in consumer use of Internet retailers is partly explained by variation in offline shopping costs. Explanations for geographic variation in the efficacy of different customer acquisition methods including traditional methods [...]
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Long Gao, Auteur ;
Susan H. Xu, Auteur ;
Michael O. Ball, Auteur
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We study an order promising problem in a multiclass, available-to-promise (ATP) assembly system in the presence of pseudo orders. A pseudo order refers to a tentative customer order whose attributes, such as the likelihood of an actual order, or[...]
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David Gaddis Ross, Auteur
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This paper uses a formal model to study how evaluation costs affect competition for resources in strategic factor markets. It finds that relative scarcity may not always benefit resource sellers. Rather, when competition among resource investors[...]
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P. J. Lamberson, Auteur ;
Scott E. Page, Auteur
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This paper characterizes the optimal composition of a group for making a combined forecast. In the model, individual forecasters have types defined according to a statistical criterion we call type coherence. Members of the same type have identi[...]
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Gediminas Adomavicius, Auteur ;
Shawn P. Clark, Auteur ;
Alok Gupta, Auteur
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Combinatorial auctions—in which bidders can bid on combinations of goods—can increase the economic efficiency of a trade when goods have complementarities. Recent theoretical developments have lessened the computational complexity of these aucti[...]
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Manel Baucells, Auteur ;
Franz H. Heukamp, Auteur
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Probability and time are integral dimensions of virtually any decision. To treat them together, we consider the prospect of receiving outcome x with a probability p at time t. We define risk and time distance, and show that if these two distance[...]
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