Multinational firms (MNFs) that outsource production in the developing countries have been identified as the main contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These MNFs are therefore required to uphold sustainability goals, which propels the manufacturers in developing countries to make...

This paper considers horizontal merging decision under price and quality competition and examines whether two competing firms should merge and which merging strategy (i.e., centralized or decentralized merger) is optimal. Although horizontal mergers are prevalent in practice and have been...

Problem Description: A price match guarantee (PMG) is a retail offer to match a rival's retail price on the same product. We ask whether or not a brick-and-mortar retailer should offer a PMG, knowing that a consumer can buy the same product either from her or a competing, manufacturer-owned...

In a multi-stage model of a bilateral supply chain, we study two postponement strategies that the downstream retailer may deploy to mitigate the supply yield risk originated from the upstream production process. The retailer could either postpone the procurement payment until after the yield is...

Problem Description: In many markets with demand uncertainties, competing retailers may share inventories for common products that they offer consumers. This paper examines how the competitors’ product sharing affects their inventory and service-quality decisions. The existing literature has...

This paper studies the interaction between a firm and its consumers under the consideration of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The firm can choose to be either socially responsible or irresponsible; however, the consumers cannot observe the firm's exact CSR type. The firm can signal its...

Information disclosure in crowdfunding is a double-edged sword: On the one hand, releasing more information can induce more contributors to pledge; on the other hand, more public information lowers the barrier to entry and attracts opportunistic copycats. This paper investigates how the startup...

Multi-channel retailing is appealing as it offers an opportunity to reach more consumers, yet retailers need to take caution when determining the selling prices for the same product sold across different channels, especially when the market is filled with some consumers who exhibit inequity...

In numerous economic scenarios, contracting parties may not have a clear picture of all the relevant aspects. A contracting party may be unaware of what she and/or others are entitled to determine. Therefore, she may reject a contract that is too good to be true. Further, a contracting party may...