This is an online supplement containing proofs of key lemmas and theorems for "An Analysis of Voluntary Recycled Content Claims Under Demand Benefit and Uncertain Recycled Input Supply", where we focus on the problem of choosing the optimal recycled content claim under stochastic local recycled...

For a new product to become successful, it needs a foothold in the market to establish itself. Investment decisions on a new product often depend on whether there is a sufficiently large market. It is known that customers frustrated with low performance form a potential market for products with...

Firms that consider designing environmentally sustainable products face technical and market constraints that are not always easy to negotiate. Our goal in this paper is to identify approaches and policies that promote sustainable innovation, under which the design decisions of a firm both...

The authors conducted a series of structured interviews with managers of ten supermarket chains in Shanghai to compare supermarket business practices in Shanghai with those in the United States, emphasizing logistics management issues. Shanghai supermarkets tend to be smaller than U.S. stores,...

In this dissertation, we study multiproduct supply chain management problems with two supply paths in the context of a leading wine bottle manufacturer. The company seeks to provide a high level of customization and service for its customers (vineyards or bottlers). It operates under the...

The interaction between two demand-streams sharing a common manufacturing capacity is a commonly observed phenomenon in the business-world. This study aims to analyze the business situations where the two demand-streams differ in their variability. A prime motivation for this study comes from...

In this work, we study contingency related issues arising from both the demand side and the supply side. On the demand side, we model demand surges as the primary source of contingency. We analyze demand postponement as a strategy to handle potential demand surges. Under demand postponement, a...

We model the impact of information visibility in a two-level supply chain consisting of independent retailers who share upstream supply. The manufacturer supplies similar products to the two retailers and each retailer serves its independent end market. Retailers face one period of stochastic...

India is attracting significant attention as an attractive location for manufacturing industries in recent times. There have been many studies that demonstrate the rapid productivity and technological growth of Indian manufacturing industries post‐ industrial liberalization. We focus on the...

We study the linkages between firm level quality initiatives such as Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Total Quality Management (TQM) and output productivity in the Indian auto component industry. We use externally validated quality certification and quality awards as proxies for QMS and TQM...