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Last‐minute coordination: Adapting to demand to support last‐mile operations

open access: yesJournal of Operations Management, Volume 71, Issue 2, Page 176-194, March 2025.
Abstract In the highly competitive e‐commerce industry, customer‐facing warehouses are crucial as the “order penetration points” for e‐commerce last‐mile operations. This research examines how warehouses use last‐minute coordination, an unstructured mechanism, to ensure sufficient inventory at the order penetration points. Previous research has focused
Kedong Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A vague theory of choice over time [PDF]

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We propose a novel approach to modelling time preferences, based on a cognitive shortcoming of human decision makers: the perception of future events becomes increasingly `blurred' as the events are pushed further in time. Our model explains behavioural `
Paola Manzini, Marco Mariotti
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CSR disclosure and investment efficiency in MENA countries: The moderating role of CSR committee

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) is often recognized as a transparency mechanism that allows companies to communicate their commitment to CSR. However, CSRD may also exacerbate agency conflicts. This study addresses these two contrasting perspectives by investigating the impact of CSRD on investment efficiency and exploring ...
Mohamed Malek Belhoula   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Event-Related Potentials Reveal Differential Brain Regions Implicated in Discounting in Two Tasks [PDF]

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The way people make decisions about future benefits termed discounting - has important implications for both financial planning and health behaviour. Several theories assume that, when delaying gratification, the lower weight given to future benefits ...
Richard A.P. Roche   +4 more
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Examining stressful life experiences as risk factors for self‐injurious behaviors as a function of sexual minority status in adults

open access: yesJournal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Self‐injurious behaviors (SIBs) represent a major public health concern in the United States. Although sexual minority individuals experience disproportionately high rates of SIBs, research identifying population‐specific risk factors remains limited. This study examined how stressful experiences common among sexual minority (SM) adults relate
Samantha M. Haas, Naomi Sadeh
wiley   +1 more source

Discounting when income is stochastic and climate change policies

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We introduce stochastic income into the standard exponential discounting model and study dependence of effective discount rates on the type of the underlying stochastic process and agent's current income level. If the income follows a process with i.i.d.
Boyarchenko, Svetlana   +1 more
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Surprise Marketing

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surprise marketing, characterized by unexpected tactics such as blind boxes and spontaneous discounts, captivates consumers by sparking curiosity and participation. Despite increasing industry use, scholarly research remains fragmented and limited.
Xin‐Jean Lim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Effects in Hyperbolic vs. Exponential Models of Consumption and Retirement [PDF]

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This paper constructs a structural retirement model with hyperbolic preferences and uses it to estimate the effect of several potential policy changes.
Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier
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Area‐restricted search under realistic constraints

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Abstract Area‐restricted search (ARS) is one of the most influential and widely used concepts in foraging theory, capturing a simple rule by which animals intensify local search following a resource encounter. Because ARS performs well in many spatially structured environments, it serves as a basic model for interpreting movement patterns across taxa ...
Inon Scharf, Arik Dorfman
wiley   +1 more source

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