The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the relationships between the structural and managerial characteristics of corporate venture capital (CVC) programs and the consequences of their CVC activities, and reveal the mechanisms that lead to enhanced CVC performance. It consists of three...

We consider the classic continuous-review N-stage serial inventory system with a homogeneous Poisson demand arrival process at the most downstream stage (Stage 1). Any shipment to each stage, regardless of its size, incurs a positive fixed setup cost and takes a positive constant leadtime. The...

Competing technologies in emerging industries create uncertainties that can discourage supplier investments. Open technology may induce supplier investments, but may also lead to intensified future competition. In this paper, we study competing manufacturers' open-technology strategies. We show...

We consider a periodic-review perishable inventory system with multiple demand classes, each characterized by a different lost-sales cost and a least freshness requirement. Demands of different classes in the same period can be correlated, while demands across periods are independent but not...

Many traditional retailers and e-tailers like Walmart and Amazon have been implementing omnichannel strategies, such as buy-online pickup-at-store (BOPS), buy-online ship-to-store (BOSS), and buy-online ship-from-store (BOFS). We build a stylized model to investigate the impacts of these...

There are numerous evidence showing that consumers usually experience emotional dissonance (e.g. purchase regret) and anticipate it in consideration set formation process. Our paper investigates how anticipated regret affects consumers' consideration set formation and the relevant implications...

Problem Definition: Many digital platforms provide a search environment for consumers to evaluate sellers' products. We investigate a strategic platform's preference in search pattern (parallel pattern or sequential pattern) to keep in check consumers' search behavior and sellers' price and...