No-wait flow shop production has been widely applied in manufacturing. However, minimization of total completion time for no-wait flow shop production is NP-complete. Consequently, achieving good effectiveness and efficiency is a challenge in no-wait flow shop scheduling, where effectiveness...

A Benders decomposition-based method is developed to simultaneously optimize the upstream and the downstream of a mineral value chain. Mining blocks representing mineral deposits are dynamically aggregated based on the dual solution of the sub-problem to reduce the complexity in the upstream...

Capacity is the maximum short run output with capital in place under normal operations, and capital investment increases capacity. Excess capacity can be used as an economic strategy for entry deterrence by lowering average costs over a greater range of output, and as an operations strategy...

In this paper, we analyze the choice of interoperability approach for the provision of disaster management systems (DMS) when resources are distributed across districts and, in times of disaster, resources can be shared. The degree to which sharing (a spillover) can be coordinated efficiently...

The review systems of online platforms create a stream of online word-of-mouth that allows consumers to learn from others' purchasing experience. However, it is difficult for consumers to discern the authenticity of a review or the reviewer's level of experience with the product. Platforms can...

Evidence suggests that firms which use customer data analytics perform better than those that do not. However, the current policy of voluntary profiling allows firms to collect and use customer information only if customers voluntarily disclose information with them. Further, surveys and...

Large sunk costs of development, negligible costs of reproduction and distribution and substantial economies of scale make information goods distinct from physical goods. Consequently,how to take advantage of the specific characteristics of information goods is an important managerial problem....

We employ the theory of incomplete contracts to examine the relationship between own­ership and investment in electronic networks such as the Internet and interorganiza­tional information systems. Electronic networks represent an institutional structure that has resulted from the introduction...