Many sharing platforms facilitate on-demand service to their guests and allow guests to reserve assets ahead of service. On such platforms, ''hosts''- asset owners who rent their assets- inform the platform beforehand about their asset's availability by creating a ''listing." By doing so, the...

In a shared economy, users list their assets on the platform for extra earnings. However, in emerging markets, there may not be enough individuals who are willing to share assets. Some platforms nowadays offer asset financing options to ensure enough supply, wherein individuals can own the asset...

Lean global supply chains have exhibited considerable improvements in inventory levels, lead times, and service levels in recent decades. Still, global disruptions such as pandemics have exposed the hidden vulnerabilities of these supply chains. This study extends the previous literature by...

Payment for results (PfR) funding approach, where donors reimburse the non-profit organization (NPO) based on outcomes, is being increasingly adopted in the non-profit sector. However, there is also concern expressed by many voluntary organizations that such a funding approach puts undue...

"Evergreening" is a strategy wherein an innovative pharmaceutical fi rm introduces an upgrade of its current product when the patent on this product expires. The upgrade is introduced with a new patent and is designed to counter competition from generic manufacturers that seek to imitate the...

Airlines showcase their on-time performance (OTP), a globally accepted operational performance metric, to demonstrate punctuality, service reliability, and attract air travelers. Airlines adopt passive strategies, such as \schedule padding" and active processes, such as making operational...

We study a resource allocation problem for a resource-constrained non-profit organization (NPO) that implements social development projects for public good. In addition to raising funds from donors who contribute prior to project implementation ("traditional donors"), the NPO uses a novel...

In many industries, future demand is driven by past sales, and the inability to sell today can decrease future market size. While the dependence of demand on sales has been addressed in several streams of Operations literature, such a setting has not been studied in the disruptions literature....

We offer the notion of ‘commons’ at different levels — within company, private across company, and gov- ernment sponsored across industry sectors — and discuss how the creation of such commons enabled firms to be both efficient during normal times and resilient against the disruptions...