We examine a class of single-machine sequencing problems which originate from scheduling considerations for a single-server queueing system with nonlinear costs of delay. Associated with each request awaiting service (sequencing) are a known service time, a known arrival time, and a...

Platform competition is ubiquitous, yet platform market structure is little understood. Theory models typically suffer from equilibrium multiplicity--platforms might coexist or the market might tip to either platform. We use laboratory experiments to study the outcomes of platform competition....

We model an environment where e-retailers sell similar products and endogenously engage in both brand advertising (to create loyal customers) and price advertising (to attract "shoppers"). In contrast to models where loyalty is exogenous, endogenizing the creation of loyal customers by allowing...