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    Wiley ; 2022
    In:  Production and Operations Management Vol. 31, No. 2 ( 2022-02), p. 442-456
    In: Production and Operations Management, Wiley, Vol. 31, No. 2 ( 2022-02), p. 442-456
    Abstract: In this study, we examine how firms can leverage reference‐group effects (RGEs) in sequential introduction of upgraded products. RGEs arise when consumers engage in social comparisons: leaders desire to distinguish themselves from followers and followers desire to mimic leaders. We find that RGEs have a non‐monotonic impact on the profitability of product upgrades: a stronger RGE first increases and then decreases profits. This inverted‐U effect is fundamentally driven by two opposite effects of RGEs: a positive push effect on leaders’ upgrading to a new generation when followers adopt an existing product that leaders possess, and a negative pull effect on followers’ adoption of the existing product when leaders upgrade to the new product. We also offer insights on inter‐generational differentiation in the presence of RGEs. We find that by coordinating product differentiation in two dimensions, functional improvement and exterior form, the firm is able to eliminate the negative pull effect, which occurs when the strength of RGEs is intermediate. In such cases, both functional improvement and exterior differentiation increase with the strength of RGEs. When the strength of RGEs is sufficiently high, however, the firm will focus on exterior differentiation rather than functional improvement. Managerial implications are discussed.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1059-1478 , 1937-5956
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    Language: English
    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2022
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  • 2
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    SAGE Publications ; 2020
    In:  Production and Operations Management Vol. 29, No. 5 ( 2020-05), p. 1325-1353
    In: Production and Operations Management, SAGE Publications, Vol. 29, No. 5 ( 2020-05), p. 1325-1353
    Abstract: We investigate whether labor unionization of customer firms affects the operating performance of their dependent suppliers. Using a sample of U.S. union elections, our regression discontinuity tests show that passing a union election leads to a 6.9 percentage‐point decline in supplier operating margin in the following year. Such negative effects are more pronounced for customers with stronger bargaining power vis‐à‐vis dependent suppliers. Additional tests show that the reduced supplier operating margins are due to weakened top lines and, more specifically, to squeezed selling prices. Finally, consistent with increased labor costs, unionization is shown to significantly increase cost of goods sold and slow labor‐force downsizing among customer firms. Overall, our evidence suggests that increased labor costs and financial inflexibility due to unionization induce customers to price‐squeeze their dependent suppliers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1059-1478 , 1937-5956
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    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2020
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    Hindawi Limited ; 2020
    In:  Mobile Information Systems Vol. 2020 ( 2020-05-20), p. 1-17
    In: Mobile Information Systems, Hindawi Limited, Vol. 2020 ( 2020-05-20), p. 1-17
    Abstract: As real-time and immediate feedback becomes increasingly important in tasks related to mobile information, big data stream processing systems are increasingly applied to process massive amounts of mobile data. However, when processing a drastically fluctuating mobile data stream, the lack of an elastic resource-scheduling strategy limits the elasticity and scalability of data stream processing systems. To address this problem, this paper builds a flow-network model, a resource allocation model, and a data redistribution model as the foundation for proposing Flink with an elastic resource-scheduling strategy (Flink-ER), which consists of a capacity detection algorithm, an elastic resource reallocation algorithm, and a data redistribution algorithm. The strategy improves the performance of the platform by dynamically rescaling the cluster and increasing the parallelism of operators based on the processing load. The experimental results show that the throughput of a cluster was promoted under the premise of meeting latency constraints, which verifies the efficiency of the strategy.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1574-017X , 1875-905X
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    Language: English
    Publisher: Hindawi Limited
    Publication Date: 2020
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    Online Resource
    Informa UK Limited ; 2021
    In:  Journal of the Operational Research Society Vol. 72, No. 9 ( 2021-09-02), p. 2032-2045
    In: Journal of the Operational Research Society, Informa UK Limited, Vol. 72, No. 9 ( 2021-09-02), p. 2032-2045
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0160-5682 , 1476-9360
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    Language: English
    Publisher: Informa UK Limited
    Publication Date: 2021
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