Many firms regularly introduce new products. Before the launch of any new product, firms need to make various operational decisions, which are guided by the sales forecast. The new product sales forecasting problem is challenging when compared to forecasting sales of existing products. For...

We study strategic capacity investment problems in joint ventures (JVs) with fixed-rate revenue sharing contracts. We distinguish two types of JVs, depending on how individual resources determine the effective capacity of a JV. Despite its popularity across many industries, JVs tend to suffer...

We consider the dynamic pricing problem of a retailer who does not have any information on the underlying demand for a product. The retailer aims to maximize cumulative revenue collected over a finite time horizon by balancing two objectives: \textit{learning} demand and \textit{maximizing}...

Problem definition: We study personalized product recommendations on platforms when customers have unknown preferences. Importantly, customers may disengage when offered poor recommendations.Academic / Practical Relevance: Online platforms often personalize product recommendations using bandit...