Omnichannel strategies may be a creative solution to soften the competition between e-tailers and brick-and-mortar (B&M) retailers. This paper studies the coopetition partnership in omnichannel operations between an e-tailer and multiple B&M retailers under the buy-online-ship-from-store (BOFS)...

In this paper, we develop FinBERT, a state-of-the-art large language model that adapts to the finance domain. Using a sample of researcher-labeled sentences from analyst reports, we document that FinBERT significantly outperforms the Loughran and McDonald dictionary and other machine learning...

We consider the dynamic pricing problem of a monopolist seller who sells a set of mutually substitutable products over a finite time horizon. Customer demand is sensitive to the price of each individual product and the reference price which is formed from a comparison among the prices of all...

As satellite communications emerge, meeting the deadline requirement of data flow concentrates more on the trade-off between the route lengths and capacities, since the propagation delay becomes more outstanding in satellite networks.To deal with the transmission optimization problems of...

Motivated by Fresh Hema, we consider a distribution system in which retailers replenish perishable goods from a warehouse, which, in turn, replenishes from an outside source. Demand at each retailer depends on exogenous features and a random shock, and unfulfilled demand is lost. The objective...

This paper explores how a strategic retailer (e.g., Best Buy) monetizes its showrooming service and its impact on brands' (e-tailers') competition and social welfare. We conduct an equilibrium analysis of duopoly brands in a horizontal market and a vertical market, and compare the results to...