The existing outsourcing literature has generally overlooked the cost differential and contract negotiations between manufacturers and suppliers (by assuming identical cost structures and adopting Stackelberg-game based models). One fundamental question that yet to be addressed is whether...

We analyze a dynamic bargaining game in which a seller and a buyer negotiate over quantity and payment to trade for a product. Both firms are impatient, and they make alternating offers until an agreement is reached. The buyer is privately informed about his type, which can be high or low: the...

In the electronics industry and beyond, original design manufacturers (ODMs) provide a full spectrum of services, ranging from design and development to manufacturing, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Through resource pooling, ODMs benefit from scope economies when designing different...

During the last few decades, the growing demand of electronics and computer products has given rise to a new breed of manufacturing firms in Asia, the so-called original design manufacturers (ODMs), for example, Flextronics, Quanta, and Compal, etc. These companies provide design, manufacturing,...

We analyze contracting behaviors in a two-tier supply chain system consisting of competing manufacturers and competing retailers. We contrast the contracting outcome of a Stackelberg game, in which the manufacturers offer take-it-or-leave-it contracts to the retailers, with that of a bargaining...

We study how rework routing together with wage and piece rate compensation can strengthen incentives for quality. Traditionally, rework is assigned back to the agent who generates the defect (in a self routing scheme) or to another agent dedicated to rework (in a dedicated routing scheme). In...

Today women are still struggling to climb the corporate ladder. While existing gender studies have focused on individual workers or C-suite executives, why men climb the corporate ladder faster than women remains a mystery. To fill this void in the literature, we explore gender differences and...

Problem definition: This paper empirically investigates how customer email engagement affects the profitability of subscription-based service providers. Service providers have been using email engagement to increase customer retention. However, it is unclear whether email engagement improves...

Motivated by bed allocation patterns of U.S. nursing homes, we formulate a queueing network model to study nonprofit and for-profit nursing homes' bed allocation decisions and the resulting access to care for the public. Nursing homes have a fixed number of beds that can be allocated among three...