Similar Search Results

The Predictive Power of Three Prominent Tournament Formats

Ryvkin, Dmitry; Ortmann, Andreas - In: Management Science 54 (2008) 3, pp. 492-504

Tournaments of heterogeneous candidates can be thought of as probabilistic mechanisms that select high-quality agents. We quantify the efficiency of such selection by the likelihood of selecting the best player, here termed the "predictive power." We study three widely used tournament formats:...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009204632

Sequential Testing in Product Development

Thomke, Stefan; Bell, David E. - In: Management Science 47 (2001) 2, pp. 308-323

A fundamental problem in managing product development is the optimal timing, frequency, and fidelity of sequential testing activities that are carried out to evaluate novel product concepts and designs. In this paper, we develop a mathematical model that treats testing as an activity that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009214016

Note---Multi-Activity Facility Design and Location Problems

Akinc, Umit - In: Management Science 31 (1985) 3, pp. 275-283

This paper considers the problem of optimally locating multi-activity facilities whose activity compositions are also to be determined. It is assumed that there are fixed costs associated both with establishing facilities and with including specific activities at the locations. This problem is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009214114

Does the Standardization Process Matter? A Study of Cost Effectiveness in Hospital Drug Formularies

Kwon, Seok-Woo - In: Management Science 54 (2008) 6, pp. 1065-1079

While research on the cost effectiveness of standardization to date has focused on the impact of different degrees of standardization, it has paid insufficient attention to the process an organization uses to formulate and implement standardized procedures. Drawing on the organizational...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009214144

"I Think You Think I Think You're Lying": The Interactive Epistemology of Trust in Social Networks

Moldoveanu, Mihnea C.; Baum, Joel A. C. - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 2, pp. 393-412

We investigate the epistemology of trust in social networks. We posit trust as a special epistemic state that depends on actors' beliefs about each others' beliefs as well as about states of the world. It offers new ideas and tools for representing the core elements of trust both within dyads...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009214258

Product Differentiation and Commonality in Design: Balancing Revenue and Cost Drivers

Desai, Preyas; Kekre, Sunder; Radhakrishnan, Suresh; … - In: Management Science 47 (2001) 1, pp. 37-51

Product design decisions substantially affect the cost and revenue drivers. A design configuration with commonality can … lower manufacturing cost. However, such a design may hinder the ability to extract price premiums through product … design configurations: unique, premium-common, and basic-common. Our model considers two distinct segments of consumers. Some …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009214470

Organizing Contests for Status: The Matthew Effect vs. the Mark Effect

Bothner, Matthew S.; Podolny, Joel M.; Smith, Edward Bishop - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 3, pp. 439-457

What is the best way to design tournaments for status, in which individuals labor primarily for the esteem of their …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009191403

Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code

MacCormack, Alan; Rusnak, John; Baldwin, Carliss Y. - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 7, pp. 1015-1030

This paper reports data from a study that seeks to characterize the differences in design structure between complex … software products. We use design structure matrices (DSMs) to map dependencies between the elements of a design and define … purposeful managerial actions can have a significant impact in adapting a design's structure. This latter result is important …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009191782

Design for Synchronized Flow Manufacturing

Ahmadi, Reza H.; Wurgaft, Herman - In: Management Science 40 (1994) 11, pp. 1469-1483

Firms that build flexibility into their manufacturing system gain a competitive edge from their ability to efficiently produce a mid-variety of products at mid-volumes. In order to realize the competitive edge of flexible systems, manufacturing management has to deal effectively with the greater...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009197879

Consistency Judgments, Embeddedness, and Relationship Outcomes in Interorganizational Networks

Vinhas, Alberto Sa; Heide, Jan B.; Jap, Sandy D. - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 5, pp. 996-1011

Past research has shown how outcomes in interorganizational relationships are influenced by the characteristics of the individual relationship in question. Focusing on relationships between suppliers and their organizational buyers, we augment this perspective by positing that relationship...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990542