We investigate the operational and economic ramifications of a Venture Capitalist (VC) funding a technology superstar (abbr. techstar) who manages a startup. The VC, who can be a generalist or a Supply Chain (SC) specialist, receives equity from the techstar in return for the funding and market...

This study focuses on retail promotion planning problem in a multi-objective, multimarket and multi-period framework and concomitantly addresses the following questions: What are the conditions for a retailer to offer an online promotion to all or a select set of the markets it is operating in?...

In complex-negative services such as healthcare, service providers often confront ethical dilemmas, which are often resolved through the use of an ethics committee (EC). These dilemmas commonly surround difficult issues such as end-of-life care and conflict among caregivers of a disabled...

We investigate the operational and economic ramifications of a Venture Capitalist (VC) funding a technology superstar (abbr. techstar) who manages a startup. The VC, who can be a generalist or a specialist, receives the techstar’s equity in return for the funding and market expansion advice to...

Motivated by the need of small and medium-sized hospitals to improve their platelet inventory management, we develop a finite-horizon dynamic programming model to optimize inventory control for perishable product (e.g., platelet) with 3-period shelf-life. In addition to identifying the best...

Firms increasingly invest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a competitive strategy. Cause Marketing (CM) is a type of CSR where a firm donates to a cause to attract prosocial customers. Empirical evidence has established that firms linked with a cause add value to customers, charge...

We investigate the operational and economic ramifications of a Venture Capitalist (VC) funding a technology superstar (abbr. techstar) who manages a startup. The VC, who can be a generalist or a Supply Chain (SC) specialist, receives equity from the techstar in return for the funding and market...