In recent years, the management research has increasingly discussed service transition. However, studies have not used sufficiently granular empirical data for valid quantitative evaluation of service-intensive strategies by, for example, examining the possible effects of resource slack on firm...

This study explores the integration of digitalization and circular economy (CE) principles within the maritime industry through a theoretical analysis, proposing a framework that aligns business models with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and net-zero objectives. By investigating how...

We consider a market in which a platform hosts third-party monopolistic complementors. Users are segmented into single-use and multi-use consumers, and services exhibit network externalities. In the agency model, the presence of multi-use consumers leads complementors to set inefficiently high...

Crowdshipping is a new delivery paradigm that exploits the capacity of ordinary people who offer their own vehicles and free time to perform deliveries against compensation. In this work, we consider a peer-to-peer logistic platform where a company receives orders from its customers and assigns...

We evaluate the effects of bundling demand for broadband internet by K-12 schools. In 2014, New Jersey switched from decentralized procurements to a new procurement system that bundled schools into four regional groups. Using an event study approach, we find that, on average, prices for...

We construct an instrumental variable for the Internet penetration rate using China's "8-horizontal-8-longitudinal" optical cable network to identify the impact of the Internet on the agglomeration of producer services in cities. We find that, (i) the Internet promotes the agglomeration of...

Purpose -The purpose of this article is based on the unit patent license fee model in the closed-loop supply chain. Design/methodology/approach - This paper analyzes the impact of the bundling strategy of the retailer selling new products and remanufactured products on the closed-loop supply...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the role of collaboration, knowledge transfer, service partner development, information sharing and logistics integration on supply chain agility. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 405 official motorcycle service partners in Indonesia using...

The rise of private food assistance organizations has coincided with a general decline in public food assistance program participation, yet, rates of reported food insecurity remain unchanged. Two possible explanations for this decline are that fewer people are experiencing food insecurity or...

We model the potential for a company bundling experience goods to obtain an advantage over conventional individual sales. Using the streaming video industry as an example, we consider the unknown attributes of films. Bundling services can be beneficial by guiding consumers' product selections,...

This paper studies when and how intertemporal bundling arises in optimal dynamic selling mechanisms in a two-period setting, in which two objects are available for sale sequentially in different periods. When the buyer’s values of the two objects are independent, in contrast to conventional...

We depart from the classic bundling literature on single-unit purchases and develop a multi-unit demand model in which customers decide both the variety and volume of their purchased products. We integrate product bundling with two commonly used usage-based pricing schemes in the service...

The manufacturing industry has triggered severe environmental pollution problems while promoting urban economic growth. Low-carbon transformation and upgrading the manufacturing industry through manufacturing servitization (MS) are feasible to enhance urban green development efficiency (GDE)....

This paper studies estimation problem of customer preferences from bundle sales data. Product bundling is a common selling mechanism used in retails. To set profitable bundle selection and prices, the seller needs to learn the distribution of consumers' valuations for individual products from...