This paper studies the role of the yield-dependent trading cost structure influencing the optimal choice of the selling price and production quantity for a firm that operates under supply uncertainty in the agricultural industry. The firm initially leases farm space, but its realized amount of...

This paper investigates the relationship between market conditions and the value and use of sourcing flexibility for service processes. We develop and analyze a series of models, and we derive expressions for the optimal switching decision, the value of the option to outsource, the value of the...

To meet consumer needs, global firms typically manufacture based on their aggregate production plan after receiving demand projections from all markets. One of the consequences of matching demand with manufacturing is that these plans generally ignore the impact of exchange rate fluctuations....

The three essays in this dissertation study issues related to technology-intensive product pricing, Information Technologies (IT) workforce utilization through an emerging online channel, and IT vendor selection in online markets, respectively. The first essay considers pricing issues of...

In this thesis, we investigate the effects of Information Technology (IT) and the Internet on business environments from three perspectives: the catalyst function of IT and the Internet in developing new business models, the enabler role of these technologies for emerging digital marketplaces,...

In this thesis we identify and obtain structural results from two different issues that are motivated by new electronic commerce services and technologies. We study all problems from the consumer switching cost perspective. Analyzing protection strategies for online software distribution is the...

This research was undertaken to study two different topics: Explore the need for moving beyond BPR to an integrated process management approach to change, as suggested in the literature; and if there is such a need to move beyond BPR, then explore the need for 'retooling' the computer based tools...