Problem Definition: Quick response is a classic operations strategy, under which a retailer can place a second order for rapid replenishment during the selling season after learning more about market demand. This paper examines the value of quick response when a strategic manufacturer can either...

We test the efficient market hypothesis by using machine learning to forecast future stock returns from historical performance. These forecasts strongly predict the cross section of future stock returns. The predictive power holds in most subperiods, is strong among the largest 500 stocks, and...

In many industries, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) must obtain critical components from a few powerful suppliers. For example, OEMs that produce information technology hardware typically interact with highly concentrated supply industries that are dominated by a few key participants,...

Product design has increasingly been recognized as an important source of competitive advantage. This paper empirically estimates the impact of effective design on the market value of the firm. We use a firm's receipt of a product design award as a proxy for its design effectiveness. Based on...

This paper considers a continuous-review, single-product, production-inventory system with a constant replenishment rate, compound Poisson demands, and lost sales. Two objective functions that represent metrics of operational costs are considered: (1) the sum of the expected discounted inventory...

Uncertainty is essential in collaborative investment in R&D, especially for new production development (NPD). So, commitments (either formal contracts or informal communications) among members in an R&D alliance are often presented to deal with uncertainty. But after uncertainty is realized,...

Supplier development and supplier integration are two deeply interconnected strategic tools that manufacturers often employ to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of their supply chains. This paper studies the interaction of these two strategic decisions in a competitive environment....

When firms outsource production to suppliers, a key concern is how to control product quality and motivate the supplier to invest in quality improvement. In practice, several kinds of quality management contracts are found. We classify and formalize various quality contracts used in practice,...

Newsvendor decision making is ubiquitous in the global economy. Very often, newsvendor decision makers are overworked; thus, making ordering decisions is one of myriad things on their plate. They do not have the energy to focus solely on the newsvendor decisions and yet have to make them under...

How successful are the SEC’s attempts to regulate dynamic risk in financial markets? Using mutual fund disclosure data from two financial shocks—the Puerto Rican debt crisis and COVID-19—we find evidence that SEC open-ended regulations, like the obligation to disclose changing market...