This study examines the impact of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) on the performance of mobile network operators (MNOs) in the presence of overlapping generations of wireless mobile technologies (2G and 3G). MVNOs distribute MNOs’ mobile services to customers without owning any...

In managing service failures such as stockouts, most research has emphasized preventive mechanisms, whereas stockout recovery mechanisms have been largely ignored. We propose and examine a failure-recovery mechanism (i.e., contractual stockout recovery) in the presence of demand uncertainty and...

Financially constrained firms hold more inventory than do financially unconstrained firms and also show more volatility in inventory holdings. To understand why, we model the interaction of financial constraints, capacity constraints, and the response of production and inventory to cost and...

Using a dataset on mobile technologies and mobile money services in the emerging markets from 2000 to 2014, we examine the demand patterns of mobile technologies and mobile money when multiple generations of mobile technologies co-exist in the market and each of the technology may be bundled...

This paper discusses both the potential contribution that trade policy initiatives can make towards the achievement of significant global carbon emissions reduction and the potential impacts of proposals now circulating for carbon reduction motivated geographical trade arrangements, including...

This paper discusses the size of impact of carbon motivated border tax adjustments on world trade. We report numerical simulation results which suggest that impacts on welfare, trade, and emissions will likely be small. This is because proposed measures use carbon emissions in the importing...

Innovation can be obtained internally by investing in research and development (R&D) and externally by merger and acquisition (M&A). A fundamental question is whether the relationship between R&D investment and M&A is substitutable or complimentary, and the opinions and evidences are mixed. In...

This research finds that firm-specific experience significantly reduces analyst forecast accuracy, indicating the existence of “catering” behavior by which analysts issue favorable forecasts for the listed companies they have long-time relationships. Heterogeneity analysis finds out that the...