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Platform investment and creators' quality choice Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Limei Chen, Yanru Wang
Creative tools on content platforms significantly increase content quantity by reducing entry barriers. However, tools such as TikTok video templates primarily facilitate the production of relatively lower‐quality content, negatively impacting content quality due to creative limitations and style uniformity. Why do some platforms develop these tools while others do not? We develop a game‐theoretic
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Research on enterprise production decision‐making considering consumer heterogeneity under carbon labeling system Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Shuai Jin, Jiali Shen, Francis Tang Dabuo
The article focuses on consumers with heterogeneous preferences for product carbon footprints under two carbon labeling systems: carbon reduction labels and carbon footprint labels. Using mathematical models, the study explores the optimal decision‐making behavior of enterprises under the carbon labeling system based on consumer utility theory at the enterprise level. It also investigates consumer
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Optimal investment timing and size decision‐making with jump risk and time‐inconsistent preferences Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Hang Wang, Zhijun Hu
This paper analyzes a firm's investment timing and capacity decision by considering the manager's time‐inconsistent preferences and continuous economic depreciation of the capital stock cannot be completely offset. The demand shock of the underlying product evolves according to a double exponential jump‐diffusion process. Within a real options framework, we derive the explicit expressions for the optimal
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CEO turnover, ESG‐washing, and firm value Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Ji Seon Yoo, Won Ja Song, Ja Eun Ku
This study investigates the effects of chief executive officer (CEO) turnover on myopic investment decisions and firm value. A variable for environment, social, and governance (ESG)‐washing is designed and employed as an alternative proxy for myopic investment. We find that firms with more frequent CEO turnover are more likely to engage in ESG‐washing as a form of myopic investment to meet short‐term
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Corporate financialisation, market attention and analyst tracking Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Hongjing Pu, Mengyun Zhang
As an effective external governance factor, the effectiveness of analysts' governance and tracking options has been one of the most important topics of research. In recent years, there has been an influx of capital from real companies into finance, real estate and other industries related to the virtual economy, which has a significant impact on the financial position of companies and can also affect
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Deciphering trust mechanisms in blockchain platforms: A multifaceted experimental exploration Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Cheng Xu, Yanqi Sun
Blockchain technology, celebrated for its transparency and immutability, has emerged as a transformative force across various industries. However, the nuanced mechanisms by which these attributes cultivate user trust remain enigmatic. This study embarks on an empirical odyssey to elucidate the multifaceted relationship between transparency, immutability, and user trust within blockchain platforms,
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Game‐theoretic approaches to product introduction strategies for durable products Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Davood Pirayesh Neghab, Jorge Restrepo Diaz, Mucahit Cevik, M. I. M. Wahab
New product demand continuously fluctuates throughout the life of the product. As a result, markets typically experience high volatility. Most companies operate in highly competitive industries where the product volume supplied by the competitors significantly affects production plans. These conditions necessitate companies to be flexible and rapidly adapt to such volatility. In this study, we investigate
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Issue Information Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-06
No abstract is available for this article.
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Game changers or money pits? Asymmetric impact of sports facilities investment on football revenue Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Wanxia Tang, Xiaolin Zhang
Our investigation explores the asymmetric association between sports facilities investment and football revenue in the top 10 nations with the highest sports facilities investment. This study employs a distinctive methodology, “Quantile‐on‐Quantile,” to probe the interconnectedness of time series within each country. The findings reveal that investments in sports facilities have a predominantly positive
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Strategic analysis of green technology unilateral licensing under carbon cap‐and‐trade policy Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Gui‐Hua Lin, Yang‐Ping Liu, Qi Zhang
We investigate green technology unilateral licensing strategies between two competing manufacturers under carbon cap‐and‐trade policy. We construct Nash game models and compare the optimal strategies in the unilateral licensing situation with the no‐licensing situation. Comprehensive numerical experiments are taken to investigate the influence of some key parameters on optimal decisions. Our findings
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Dynamic game evolution complexity of new energy and fuel vehicle manufacturers under carbon cap‐and‐trade policy Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Junhai Ma, Binshuo Bao, Lixia Liu, Xiaoyan Wang
Considering customers' preferences for low‐carbon products, the paper delves into the short‐run and long‐run repetitive game involving three oligopolistic manufacturers engaged in the production of new energy vehicles (hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] and battery electric vehicles [BEV]) and conventional fuel vehicles (FV) within the framework of a carbon cap‐and‐trade policy (CaT). In the short‐run
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Contract manufacturer encroachment via the customer‐to‐manufacturer strategy under different platform selling modes Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Huaqing Qiu, Xuejie Ren, Lindu Zhao
This paper considers an outsourced supply chain comprising a contract manufacturer (CM), an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and an online platform. In addition to providing contract manufacturing services to the OEM, the CM enters the market using the customer‐to‐manufacturer (C2M) strategy. Two baseline models and four encroachment models with different selling modes are modeled to explore the
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Preemptive patenting, secondary patents, and the persistence of monopoly Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Dragan Miljkovic
We develop a theoretical economic model that establishes the link between fragmented patenting systems in an industry already characterized as a monopoly resulting in continuous/steady monopolistic market structure. We demonstrated that preemptive patenting strategy, by using secondary patenting scheme, may lead to an increase in the number of patents without changing actual number of products on the
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On subjective well‐being and excess strategy to cope with financial‐scarcity problem Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Arie Sherman, Hila Axelrad, Guy Barokas
Modern economic theory asserts that consumers experiencing the scarcity problem should try to enlarge their budget. By contrast, relying on the ancient Greeks' perspective, we present a mathematical model demonstrating that higher investment in reducing material desires is positively associated with higher welfare. We present evidence from 999 participants aged 25–65 survey, showing that adopting the
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Analysis of the spatial influences on innovation efficiency of enterprises with different ownership in China: high‐tech industry as an example Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Suyuan Shao, Xiao Chen, Xijian Hu
Enterprises have different behavioral characteristics depending on their ownership structure and their nature and play different roles in promoting economic development. In order to explore the innovation behavior characteristics of private enterprises, state‐owned enterprises, Hong Kong‐, Macao‐, and Taiwan‐funded enterprises, and foreign‐funded enterprises in China's high‐tech industry, this paper
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A multiagent collaborative development strategy for environmental pollution liability insurance based on an evolutionary game Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Yan Zhao, Ruyan Cheng
To improve the problem of environmental pollution liability insurance, this paper constructs an evolutionary game model based on the government, insurance companies, and polluting enterprises. The findings indicate that in an imperfect market, penalty and subsidy mechanisms boost insurance rates. Reinsurance facilitates insurer underwriting, prompting gradual government withdrawal. Effective pricing
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Timing and green decisions for competitive manufacturers under demand uncertainty and risk aversion Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Hongmei Li, Yingshuang Tan
Leveraging real options theory, we have constructed a utility‐based model to examine the influence of uncertainty, risk aversion, and competition on the optimal entry timing for green manufacturers and traditional manufacturers, as well as the degree of greenness for follower products. Our analysis reveals that increased uncertainty and risk aversion enhance the value of investment opportunities for
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Auto parts quality certification and manufacturer regulation: An evolutionary game theory perspective Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Xin Cai, Dongdong Li, Chaofa Wang
This paper explores a two‐population evolutionary game that models the role of manufacturer regulation as a motivation to auto parts quality certification. In particular, we assume that auto parts suppliers can choose whether or not to obtain the certification, ensuring a relatively high quality of the products, and manufactures can choose whether or not to engage in regulation for certification facilitation
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Mental accounting, heuristics, and the second‐best: Solving the calculator‐jacket puzzle Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Elias L. Khalil
This paper conceives mental accounting along Kahneman's “mental economy,” specifically as a heuristic. This mental‐accounting‐as‐heuristic conception allows us to solve the calculator‐jacket puzzle. The opportunity cost of time is not constant but roughly varies with the variation of the item's value. As the value of the item rises, the decision maker (DM) should be more attentive. However, the measurement
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Do college anti-plagiarism/cheating policies have teeth in the age of AI? Exploratory evidence from the Internet Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Rajeev K. Goel, Michael A. Nelson
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has challenged academic institutions to ensure ethical practices and reward/promote merit. Adding formal insights into the importance of maintaining academic integrity, this paper examines the association of anti-plagiarism/anti-cheating policies with resources that facilitate such behavior. Using unique internet search indices of policies and resources, we
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Digital economy policy and enterprise digital transformation: Evidence from innovation and structural effect Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Deheng Xiao, Can Zhang, Yongjian Huang
Using a sample from 2010 to 2021 of listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen A-shares, we explore the effect of digital economy policy (DEP) at city level on enterprise digital transformation (EDT). We find that DEP can promote EDT. And the outcome remains valid following a sequence of rigorous tests to assess its robustness and account for endogeneity. Further analysis indicates that DEP plays roles
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What motivates independent directors to join or leave boards? The interplay between director incentives, director decisions, and firm outcomes Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Corinna Ewelt-Knauer, Hannes Gerstel, Mohamed A. Khaled, Arnt Wöhrmann
Reputation, monetary, risk, and workload incentives affect independent directors' decisions to join new or leave existing board of directors' seats, impacting their directorship portfolios. Using a director's perspective and relative incentive proxies, we find that directors strategically relinquish less prestigious board seats to increase their reputation. Similarly, we hypothesize and find that accepting
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The communication effect of promotion strategies, altruism, and egoism in the context of omnichannel cause-related marketing: An experimental study Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Hsin-Hui Lin, Jia-Yun Chen, Jih-Hua Yang
This study investigates the effect of promotion strategies, altruism, and egoism on consumers' digital participation, attitudinal loyalty, and behavioral loyalty within the context of omnichannel cause-related marketing. A scenario simulation method with a 3 × 2 × 2 factorial design is used to investigate the impact of the three promotion strategy types (celebrity endorsement, expert endorsement, and
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Quality disclosure strategy in a competitive environment with consumers' homogeneity and heterogeneity Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Yong Tan, Chenyu Wang, Ziwei Zhou, Ruixiao Dong, Xu Guan
This study examines the optimal pricing and disclosure strategies of sellers who possess private quality information. We consider two market structures, namely, monopoly market and duopoly market; under each market structure, we further consider two characteristics of consumer preferences for the same product: homogeneity and heterogeneity. How competition and whether consumers are heterogeneous affects
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Teaching, research, and third mission efficiency of universities: A data envelopment analysis and hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Muammer Maral, Münevver Çetin
Previous studies on the efficiency of higher education institutions have generally approached the functions of higher education from a limited perspective, and the studies have followed traditional methods. The aim of this study is to determine the teaching, research, and third mission technical efficiency of universities, to rank efficient universities, to identify potential areas for improvement
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To collaborate or not? Analysis of competitive manufacturers' green innovation strategy toward sustainability Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Wen Liu, Hongshuai Han, Pengwen Hou, Huimei Li
In response to the demand for carbon emission reduction, enterprises engage in green technology innovation. Technical collaboration between rival companies has emerged as a strategy to lower the costs of green innovation, reduce uncertainties and risks, and meet market demands by accelerating the introduction of new products. This paper establishes three game models based on the different cooperation
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Analyzing the effect of user-generated content on studio performance: A combined approach Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Yang Liu
This research explores how user-generated content (UGC) influences the performance of studios. Our dataset included both structured and unstructured UGC, analyzed through a hybrid of statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms. The findings revealed a positive relationship between UGC and both box office revenues and stock market performance. Additionally, classical machine learning methods
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To merge or not to merge? The impact of mergers and acquisitions on corporate success in the pharmaceutical industry Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Melanie Büssgen, Tom Stargardt
Two of the chief goals of most companies are to secure their own existence and generate above-average returns for their owners. One of the main ways that companies attempt to achieve these goals is to grow, and pharmaceutical companies are no exception in this regard. However, whereas internal growth tends to be organic and slow, external growth can usually be achieved more quickly, for example, through
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Impact of copycatting on the luxury manufacturer's distribution contracts in the e-commerce era Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Yingying Teng, Pengwen Hou, Lei Xie, Qian Zhang
Although many luxury manufacturers have cooperated with e-commerce platforms in reality, few studies have focused on the distribution contract options (retail or agency contracts) of luxury manufacturers in the presence of copycats. This paper demonstrates the effectiveness of different distribution contracts to prevent the entry of copycats and provides decision support for luxury manufacturers' anti-copycat
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Renegotiations after procurement auctions: Coping with supply disruptions due to underestimating costs Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Dong Cai, Chunxiang Guo, Kee-hung Lai
It is common for suppliers to underestimate costs in procurement auctions, thereby decreasing the bid price and profit on completion of the supply, and potentially resulting in supply disruptions. We study the bidding decisions of suppliers that underestimate costs when the buyer uses first-price or second-price sealed-bid procurement auctions. We study the effects of underestimating costs on the bid
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Issue Information Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-06
No abstract is available for this article.
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Two-sided networks coordination for manufacturing technology standards' diffusion from home to host countries: A one-leader and multiple-followers Stackelberg game with multiple objectives Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Qing Zhou, Zhengyi Wu, Wenchong Chen, Wenqing Chen, Yao Liang
An optimization model is necessary to depict and induce the volatility and irregularity of manufacturing technology standard (MTS) diffusion processes to ensure that the standard can be widely adopted by related stakeholders in host countries. This paper clarifies the two-sided network coordination of MTS's transactional diffusion, consisting of new product diffusion among users and new technology
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Manufacturer's channel strategy in live streaming E-commerce supply chain Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Rong Ma, Tianjian Yang
This study investigates the manufacturer's live streaming sales strategy. Considering the vertical differences in products, we build a live streaming sales model for an e-commerce supply chain. We examined different live streaming channel strategies for the manufacturer, with the base strategy being no live streaming sales and the manufacturer only reselling a high-quality product on the e-commerce
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A comparative analysis of channel strategies for refurbished products: The influence of blockchain, brand spillover on co-opetitive supply chain Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Zhou Fang, Yang Bai
Industry insiders and researchers have widely recognized refurbishment as an environmentally friendly activity that reduces raw material waste and energy consumption. Simultaneously, blockchain is increasingly used in the supply chain with its information transparency and traceability. The refurbished product market possesses substantial potential. Nevertheless, refurbished products carry an inherent
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On comparing the profitability of horizontal mergers under Cournot and Bertrand competitions Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Aiyuan Tao, X. Henry Wang
This paper reconsiders the comparison of horizontal two-firm mergers in differentiated oligopolies, originally explored with the assumption that the merged firm produces a single product. By relaxing this assumption, our analysis presents a contrast to previous findings that suggested that a two-firm merger is more likely under the Cournot competition than under the Bertrand competition. We find that
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Measuring of environment efficiency of pharmaceutical companies: Robust game cross-efficiency data envelope analysis model Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Menghan Shi, Shaojian Qu, Ying Ji, Zhisheng Peng
With people's increasing attention to public health issues, biomedical enterprises have ushered in a good development opportunity. However, the rapid expansion of industrial scale makes the contradiction between enterprise development and environmental governance gradually emerge. This requires us to form a set of perfect environmental efficiency evaluation framework to make the evaluation of environmental
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The nonlinear relationship between digital affordances and firm-level export performance: The moderating role of organizational ambidexterity Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 László Erdey, Laisha Liu, Adrián Nagy
A diminished trade cost has been ascribed to the advancement of digital transformation, particularly digital technologies and platforms. Nevertheless, whether this decline in trade costs manifests in the extensive or intensive margin of trade remains an unresolved query. This study conducts a comprehensive analysis of the influence of digital affordances on firm-level export performance. Specifically
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Consumption network externalities, corporate social responsibility, and conflicting interests: Cournot vs. Bertrand competition Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Zhining Zhang, Po-Sheng Ko, Chu-Chuan Hsu, Chien-Shu Tsai
In this paper, we will delineate the nexus of consumption network externalities, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and conflicting interest issues under Cournot and Bertrand competition. We find that a stronger degree of network externalities may bring conflicting interests between firms and the consumers, benefiting firms while hurting consumers. The degree of conflicting interests caused by
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The effect of Environmental, Social, and Governance disclosure on cost of debt: A life-cycle perspective Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Nidhin Mathath, Vinod Kumar, G. Balasubramanian
Drawing on life cycle theory, this paper explores the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure and the cost of debt using 556 Indian-listed firms. The findings show that ESG disclosure is negatively related to the cost of debt; however, the impact of ESG disclosure is more pronounced in the growth and mature stages compared to the introduction, decline, and shakeout
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Research on pricing models for technology-trading platforms with different business models: A two-stage dynamic game model Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Yan Zhao, Yuan Ni
Using the differences in user attribution and profitability among different business models employed by technology-trading platforms, a two-stage dynamic game pricing model was constructed considering three pricing strategies. The research found that (1) in the information-intermediary business model, technology-trading platforms should adopt a two-stage pricing model that first emphasizes transaction
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An introduction of transaction session-induced security scheme using blockchain technology: Understanding the features of Internet of Things–based financial security systems Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Wen Wen, Xiao Han
Internet of Things (IoT)–based financial systems leverage the capabilities of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable seamless transactions and data exchange between devices. IoT-based financial systems involve interconnected devices and services, such as payment terminals, wearables, and smart appliances, which collect, transmit, and process sensitive financial information. The study
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Effect of risk aversion on the performance of supply chain and carbon reducing initiatives under asymmetric information Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Qunli Wu, Xinxin Xu, Ronghao Lin, Ye Tian
This paper considers a supply chain in which the risk-averse manufacturer invests in carbon emission reduction (CER) technology and the risk-averse retailer makes green sales efforts to reduce carbon footprint. The results show that when the information is symmetrical, the two-part tariff contract can eliminate the double-marginalization effect. Moreover, when the information is asymmetric, the manufacturer
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Corruption in Turkey and earthquakes: Policies for tackling corruption in the construction sector Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Javier Cifuentes-Faura
The earthquake in Turkey has resulted in thousands of fatalities and injuries and is considered one of the worst natural disasters in recent history. The disaster has also brought to light another major issue in Turkey, namely, corruption. Failure to comply with building regulations and successive government amnesties for unlicensed construction contributed to the high death toll. This paper aims to
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What drives consumers' intention to purchase self-driving cars Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Yu-Min Wang, Wan-Ching Chiu, Chung-Lun Wei, Hsing-Hsien Wang, Jih-Hua Yang, Yi-Shun Wang
This study endeavors to examine the factors influencing consumers' intentions to purchase self-driving cars. The data collected from 174 respondents underwent analysis using the partial least squares technique. The findings reveal that relative advantage, compatibility, trialability, and observability significantly impact consumer attitudes. Additionally, consumer attitude, subjective norm, and perceived
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The “educational capital” of corporate boards and initial public offering pricing: Evidence from the US initial public offerings Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Shuai Wu, Wei Tang, Qiang Fu, Yu Xu
We unravel the conditions under which the type of education found among board members mitigates the uncertainty in new equity markets. Our results indicate that issuers in low R&D industries—as well as those faced with complex organizational structures—leave less money on the table when their boards are dominated by executives with managerial skills. Conversely, boards with highly specialized members
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The impact of technology transfer on managerial delegation under vertical product differentiation Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Xingtang Wang
This paper analyzes the impact of technology transfer on managerial delegation contracts. Under price competition, if technology transfer occurs, it increases the level of managerial delegation of a firm producing low-quality product. When the degree of technology transfer is relatively high, technology transfer improves the managerial delegation of producing high-quality products. When the degree
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Make-or-buy decisions in vertically differentiated input marketsty Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Duarte Brito, Markos Tselekounis
We study the optimal regulatory policy when two qualitatively differentiated upstream inputs are available. We consider a setting where a vertically integrated incumbent invests in upgrading the quality of the basic upstream input it owns, whereas a rival entrant chooses between making its own upgraded input and buying either input from the incumbent at regulated prices. We show that each of the three
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Advance selling of fresh produce e-tailer with uncertain demand and risk-averse consumers Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Jixin Fan, Xumei Zhang, Bin Dan, Yu Tian, Zhenjiang Chen
Aiming to investigate whether a fresh produce e-tailer should implement the strategy of advance selling considering the behavior of consumers' risk aversion, we build a two-stage newsvendor decision-making model and further explore how the advance selling value is affected by factors, such as the freshness-keeping cost and the effect of demand information updating on reducing demand uncertainty. The
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The role of on-demand delivery platform in competition between manufacturer and retailer Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Yini Cheng, Yongrui Duan, Jiazhen Huo
Traditional retailers can now partner with on-demand delivery platforms to fulfill consumers' online orders to fight against manufacturers' direct channels. However, it is hard to say whether traditional retailers benefit from cooperating with such platforms due to market encroachment and high commission fees. We build a game-theoretic model where the manufacturer could decide whether to introduce
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Investigation of product quality and advertising: Government intervention in advertising Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Soohoon Park, Pyoungsoo Lee, Seung Ho Yoo
We investigate the joint operations and marketing decisions of a manufacturer under government intervention in advertising. We introduce four possible intervention scenarios: no government intervention, proactive intervention to maximize social welfare, proactive intervention to protect consumer rights, and reactive intervention by imposing penalties. We obtain the firm's best joint decision on product
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The yardstick approach in a Tullock contest Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Yizhaq Minchuk
A contest's organizational structure or mechanism is often determined by the organizer's goal. While most contest organizers are interested in maximizing the effort expended by the contestants, some are interested in maximizing social welfare. We examine the corresponding contest mechanisms using a Tullock contest (standard and winner-pay) combined with the yardstick approach, which in some cases can
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Pulling together: Does supplier digital transformation affect customer risk-taking capability? Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Qinghan Liu, Zongqiang Ren, Qiuzi Liu
This study explores the impact of supplier digital transformation on customer risk-taking capability and further explores its impact mechanism in China using A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2020. The empirical results indicate that the supplier digital transformation mechanism test has a significant and positive impact on the risk-taking capability of customers. They reveal that supplier digital
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Bundling and horizontally differentiated innovation Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Hui-Ling Chung, Yan-Shu Lin, Pei-Cyuan Shih
This research builds a three-stage (bundling, horizontally differentiated innovations [HDIs], and outputs) game in which only one multi-product firm undertakes a bundling strategy in order to analyze the impacts of bundling on HDIs and competes with a single-product firm. It is found that no matter what the degree of initial product substitution is, bundling will definitely amplify the degree of horizontal
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Gig work: Does it get you more happiness? Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Galit Klein, Doron Klunover, Tal Shavit
Gig work is one of the fastest-growing trends in the labor market, one that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is therefore important to understand its impact on individual happiness. A simple theoretical framework is constructed to analyze aspects of gig work and their effect on happiness. In particular, we model happiness as being dependent on various characteristics of work, such as income
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Can digital technology remove impediments in the dual circulation?—An enterprise cycle efficiency perspective Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Lijun Ran, Kang Wang, Jiamin Sun, Yahui Qu
Digital technology is an important tool to smooth the dual circulation. This paper empirically examines the impact of digital technology on the enterprise dual circulation and its mechanism based on the data of enterprises in ZGC from 2013 to 2019. It shows that digital technology can significantly promote enterprise dual circulation, and this conclusion still holds after a series of robustness tests
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Analyzing rational decision-making's effect: Empirical evidence from Green supply chain Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Shuang Wang, Xueqing Zhang, Jianwen Peng, Yingshuang Tan
Under the global environmental degradation and intense competition, firms are increasingly resorting to green supply chains to achieve sustainability, and rational decision-making by managers is unprecedented desired in management supply chain operations management. This study investigates the effect of rational decision-making in green supply chains on environment, social welfare, and sustainability
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Fly or fall with the wings of live streamers? Quality signaling and platform governance in live streaming commerce Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Ying Yu, Yuan Liu
Platforms play a regulatory role in governing live streamers. We build an analytical model to study the platform governance and its impacts on the signaling effects of live streamers. Unlike traditional signaling games, we incorporate the interaction between consumers and live streamers, and the signaling costs also relate to platform governance. Results indicate that low marginal costs for governance
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Who will undertake corporate social responsibility in supply chain encroachment? Manufacturer or retailer Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Yonghong Cheng, Jiaxin Pan, Yu Gong
As the sustainable economy has become more of a consensus, supply chain members, both manufacturer (e.g., Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi, Nike, and P&G) and retailer (e.g., Uniqlo, Walmart, and Bravo), are concentrated on corporate social responsibility (CSR). The literature in this area has investigated the role of CSR, but the optimal preference for CSR concern of supply chain members is not well understood
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The competitive balance of UEFA and CONMEBOL football leagues: On managing the number of teams in league design Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Francisco Triguero-Ruiz, Antonio Avila-Cano
This article augments the literature on the analysis of competitive balance, encompassing its measurement, comparisons across leagues and seasons, and ramifications for league management. Central to our examination is the notion of competitive balance, which is intimately tied to the concentration concept. This concept can be depicted as a dual metric—capturing both inequality and the number of competing
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How does cross-platform externality impact pricing strategies? A two-stage discriminatory pricing model analysis Managerial and Decision Economics (IF 1.379) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Yao Can-Zhong, Mo Yi-Na
This study delves into the impact of cross-platform externality on the pricing strategies of platforms, employing a two-stage discriminatory pricing model. The research reveals several significant findings. Initially, cross-platform externality exacerbates the “killing the loyal customers” strategy on the access platform, prompting consumers to favor a “one-time” consumption approach to avoid potential