To control severe air pollution, multiple policies have been adopted in China. However, it remains unclear which policies actually mitigate air pollution when multiple policies are adopted together. This paper aims to systemically quantify the effectiveness of fifteen air-related policies and...

Mobile Payment, fast becoming a competitive alternative to existing payment channels, raises opportunities and challenges for public policies and corporate strategies. Our research aims to identify the distinct impact of Mobile Payment on the payment market by studying consumers' adoption...

We present an approach to forecast customer orders of ready-to-launch new products that are similar to past products. The approach fits product life cycle (PLC) curves to historical customer order data, clusters the curves of similar products, and uses the representative curve of the new...

This paper investigates how tightening standards can result in greater non-compliance, especially when market and regulatory interests are misaligned. We confirm a causal relationship that explains the highly publicized auto industry non-compliance phenomenon where on-road NOx emissions exceeded...

While innovation is generally thought to provide value to society, the organization literature is beginning to examine this issue more closely by noting that innovation may also lead to negative social outcomes - oftentimes unintended consequences of policies or market incentives to innovate. In...

Our research investigates how preference satisfaction, particularly intrinsic values such as psychological comfort, can improve a worker's service efficiency and quality. Examining a comprehensive dataset linking surgeons' performances to their preferences for operating rooms, we not only...

In this paper, we examine older adult care services after a global pandemic and identify new opportunities for care in a post-pandemic world, while recognizing the existing models that will continue successfully. Primary survey data was collected from both the supply side (n=29) and demand side...

We provide and describe a data set of N=8935 weekly, normalized customer orders over the entire product life cycle for 170 Dell computer products sold in North America over a three and a half year period, from 2013-2016. Total orders for these products exceeded 4 million units and well over a...

Problem definition: Supply chain complexity from multiple sources inhibits the accuracy of inventory recording that is critical for maintaining and improving operational efficiency. Using a proprietary panel data set comprising inventory, sales, and product attribute information, we explore how...