Browsing Colleges and Schools by Department "Information and Operations Management"
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(2016-06-10)This dissertation is constituted of three essays addressing operational issues be- longing to two research domains including (i) Logistics and Supply Chain Management for Currency Supply Network and (ii) Facility Location ...
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(2014-08-08)Supply chain integration (SCI) among customers and suppliers is widely touted as a panacea that can resolve a variety of supply chain challenges and create new opportunities. Yet, there is little understanding about SCI. ...
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(2013-07-24)Supply chain security has become relevant to both practitioners and academics for years, yet the understanding of this topic is still incomplete. The literature produces relatively few explanatory and confirmatory studies, ...
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(2009-06-02)This research concentrates on the visual aesthetics of a website, investigating the web user's affective/emotional reactions to different designs of web homepage aesthetics and their influence on subsequent behaviors of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Business-to-business (B2B) electronic marketplaces (e-marketplaces) are one of the most heralded developments in recent years. These marketplaces bring together businesses buying and selling goods and services in an online ...
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(2016-02-04)In this dissertation, I develop econometric and optimization models to help retailers better manage their consumer returns. I shed light on some prevalent industry practices and beliefs relevant to consumer returns management ...
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(2016-05-02)This dissertation includes three essays, which address significant issues that healthcare practitioners throughout the world face today. The fundamental research that I first address is a research agenda for reimbursement ...
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(2016-06-28)I present three essays pertaining to the management of supply chain risks in this dissertation. The first essay and the second essay analyze supply chain risks from a financial perspective, while the third essay analyzes ...
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(2022-03-15)This dissertation presents three essays that investigate how managers leverage heuristics in a complex and dynamic business environment, focusing on retail as the primary business context. I provide insights on how managers ...
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(2023-05-15)Facing increasing competition from the global market and the pressure to reduce ecological footprints, firms struggle to decouple their growth from increased environmental impact. The three essays in this dissertation seek ...
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(2023-05-15)Facing increasing competition from the global market and the pressure to reduce ecological footprints, firms struggle to decouple their growth from increased environmental impact. The three essays in this dissertation seek ...
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(2023-05-15)Facing increasing competition from the global market and the pressure to reduce ecological footprints, firms struggle to decouple their growth from increased environmental impact. The three essays in this dissertation seek ...
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(2022-03-09)Due to the ongoing and dramatic growth in the volume of consumer returns, retailers struggle with the trade-off in returns service strategies between implementing stricter return policies to lower operational costs and ...
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(2017-05-02)This dissertation offers two essays that together represent a deep investigation into consumer returns, channel integration via ship-to-store service, and omnichannel retailing practices. The results provide strong managerial ...
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(2023-05-22)This dissertation uses empirical and analytical methodologies to analyze firms’ environmental efforts driven by regulatory, societal, and operational water risks. The first essay empirically evaluates the effect of water ...
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(2023-05-22)This dissertation uses empirical and analytical methodologies to analyze firms’ environmental efforts driven by regulatory, societal, and operational water risks. The first essay empirically evaluates the effect of water ...
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(2022-04-11)The global energy landscape is going through major shifts triggered by consumer preferences, regulations, and technological development. My dissertation develops optimization models to de-rive insights into strategic ...
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(2019-03-13)Ethical concerns in business practice have received considerable attention in recent years. However, limited research has examined the role of ethical decision-making in supply chain management. My first essay examines the ...
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(2019-03-01)In this dissertation, I investigate operational issues in the context of online social networks and digital economy. The first essay analyzes the phenomenon of open technology in the context of resource allocation. In this ...
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(2019-03-11)My dissertation is inspired by challenging yet encouraging payment policies and operational issues in the U.S. healthcare system. Two of the three essays deliver policy implications for bundled payment reform models that ...