Lot-sizing and capacity planning are important supply chain decisions, and competition and cooperation affect the performance of these decisions. In this paper, we look into the dynamic lot sizing and resource competition problem of an industry consisting of multiple firms. A capacity...

To improve the quality of their customers' processes, outsourcing providers need to leverage various measures, including proven process-change methodologies, people skills, and technology. While the impact of process optimization and people skills on quality is generally clear to both BPO...

Evidence is mounting that Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is growing at a very rapid rate, a rate even greater than that given by the most optimistic projections. Technological and communication advances have helped the widespread adoption of BPO because of the resulting quality and cost...

Lot-sizing and capacity planning are important supply chain decisions, and competition and cooperation affect the performance of these decisions. In this paper, we look into the dynamic lot sizing and resource competition problem of an industry consisting of multiple firms. A capacity...

One of the fundamental problems in operations management is determining the optimal investment in capacity. Capacity investment consumes resources and the decision, once made, is often irreversible. Moreover, the available capacity level affects the action space for production and inventory...

After the SEC mandates the disclosure of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)' compensation in 2006, CFO pay increases significantly relative to CEO pay, particularly in firms most affected by the mandate. CFOs (but not CEOs) are more likely to leave their firms following poor performance. Earnings...