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Manman Zhang, Juliang Zhang, Yue Sun, T. C. E. Chengb
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OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Yashar Manteghi, Jamal Arkat, Anwar Mahmoodi
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(2022)
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Sarat Kumar Jena, Abhijeet Ghadge
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ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
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Jinglve Wang, Hongping Yuan
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Economics
Yunlong Yu, Tiaojun Xiao
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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
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Yumeng Zhang, Behzad Hezarkhani
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2021)
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2022)
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Management
Debajyoti Biswas, Hamed Jalali, Amir H. Ansaripoor, Pietro De Giovanni
Summary: This research proposes a game theory model to analyze the trade-offs between traceability and sustainability in the adoption of blockchain technology in global supply chains. The study finds that high distrust levels discourage firms from implementing blockchain, while low distrust levels make it an economically suitable technology with minimal environmental damages. The study also highlights the importance of consumer sensitivity to price and quality in determining the adoption of blockchain technology.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2023)
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Shu-Jung 'Sunny' Yang, Kai-Yu Hsieh
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Management
Varun Gupta, Dmitry Ivanov, Tsan-Ming Choi
Summary: This study examines the impact of supply disruption timing on pricing decisions, finding that order quantity is influenced by price leadership, and higher levels of disruption lead to higher market retail prices in the Nash game. The timing of orders plays a critical role in pricing strategy.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Economics
Lei Ding, Gamal Atallah, Guoqiang Sun
Summary: This article examines how vertical global supply chain relationships and horizontal market competition structure affect the innovation of suppliers in developing countries. The study shows that global supply chain relationships have a significant impact on local supplier innovation and profit, while local competition structure indirectly affects cluster innovation through interaction with vertical chain relationships.
TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMY
(2022)
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Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Bin Liu, Lingchen Huang, Rong Zhang, Conglin Hu
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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION
(2023)
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Song Huang, Xianmei Zhang, Xu Guan, Zelong Yi
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COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
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Management
Bin Dai, Yu Nu, Xia Xie, Jianbin Li
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2021)
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Jingxian Chen
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING
(2016)
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Management
Jingxian Chen, Liang Liang, Dong-Qing Yao, Shengnan Sun
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(2017)
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2017)
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Engineering, Industrial
Qingfeng Meng, Zhen Li, Huimin Liu, Jingxian Chen
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2017)
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Engineering, Industrial
Jingxian Chen, Liang Liang, Dong-qing Yao
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2019)
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Engineering, Industrial
Jingxian Chen, Liang Liang, Dong-qing Yao
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2018)
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Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Qingfeng Meng, Jingxian Chen, Kun Qian
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Operations Research & Management Science
An Wang, Yang Cao, Jing-Xian Chen
JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
(2019)
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Engineering, Industrial
Qingfeng Meng, Leilei Chu, Zhen Li, Jingxian Chen, Jianguo Du, Changzhi Wu
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2020)
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Management
Jingxian Chen, Liang Liang, Dong-Qing Yao
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INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2023)
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Management
Jingxian Chen, Liang Liang, Samar Mukhopadhyay, Dong-qing Yao
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JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Jingxian Chen, Liang Liang, Samar Mukhopadhyay, Dong-qing Yao
Summary: Gray markets can be both beneficial and detrimental to multinational firms' profitability, as they can increase sales in low-end markets but cannibalize demand in high-end markets. To counter their adverse effects, firms can strategically adjust pricing and quantity for their products. This paper examines the best strategy for responding to gray markets and uncovers new findings that shed light on the profitability of different strategies. For instance, it suggests that the quantity strategy can effectively eliminate the gray market while also being the most profitable in some cases.
NAVAL RESEARCH LOGISTICS
(2023)
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Engineering, Manufacturing
Liang Liang, Jingxian Chen, Dong-qing Yao
Summary: In practice, manufacturers can encroach on retail markets through various methods, one being through direct online sales to consumers, called encroachment. Current research assumes that downstream retailers continue to procure from the encroaching supplier. However, in reality, retailers have the option to switch suppliers after encroachment. This paper analyzes the effects of the option of switching suppliers on strategic interactions in the supply chain under the threat of supplier encroachment.
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Economics
Jingxian Chen, Kevin Siqueira
Summary: This study explores the possibility of revenge in attacker-defender conflicts and finds that the presence of revenge can influence the amount of effort devoted to the conflict, sometimes exacerbating it. However, under certain conditions, revenge can also deter an attack altogether.
DEFENCE AND PEACE ECONOMICS
(2022)
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ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2017)
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Hiroshi Matsuhisa, Nobuo Matsubayashi
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Lingxuan Kong, Ge Zheng, Alexandra Brintrup
Summary: Supply Chain Financing is used to optimize cash flows in supply networks, but recent scandals have shown inefficiencies in risk evaluation. This paper proposes a Federated Learning framework to address order-level risk evaluation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Engineering, Industrial
Jing Gu, Xinyu Shi, Junyao Wang, Xun Xu
Summary: The asymmetric market power between a firm and its partners negatively affects the firm's financial performance. Building relationships with suppliers or customers that have matched market power is the best approach. The strength of the buyer-supplier relationship amplifies the negative impact of asymmetric market power, while the level of relationship embeddedness reduces its negative effect. Moreover, firm-specific institutional, industry, and regional economic heterogeneities also influence the financial impact of asymmetric market power.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yu Du, Jun-qing Li
Summary: This study investigates the group scheduling of a distributed flexible job shop problem using the concrete precast process. The proposed solution utilizes three coordinated double deep Q-networks (DQN) as a learn-to-improve reinforcement learning approach. The algorithm shows superiority in minimizing costs and energy consumption.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Engineering, Industrial
Xiaoyu Yan, Weihua Liu, Ou Tang, Jiahe Hou
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Illya Kaynov, Marijn van Knippenberg, Vlado Menkovski, Albert van Breemen, Willem van Jaarsveld
Summary: The One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer (OWMR) system is a typical distribution and inventory system. Previous research has focused on heuristic reordering and allocation strategies, which are time-consuming and problem-specific. This paper proposes a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithm for OWMR problems, which infers a multi-discrete action distribution and improves performance with a random rationing policy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yimeng Sun, Ruozhen Qiu, Minghe Sun
Summary: This study considers a multi-period inventory management problem for a retailer offering limited-time discounts and having a joint service-level requirement under demand uncertainty. It proposes a double-layer iterative approach to solve the problem and maximize total profit while balancing the service level using a posteriori method and an affinely adjustable robust chance-constrained model.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Anas Neumann, Adnene Hajji, Monia Rekik, Robert Pellerin
Summary: This paper presents a new mathematical formulation for planning and scheduling activities of Engineer-To-Order (ETO) projects, along with a new ETO strategy to reduce the impacts of design uncertainty. The study proposes a hybrid Layered Genetic Algorithm combined with an adaptive Lamarckian learning process (LLGA) and compares it with the branch-and-cut procedure of CPLEX. The results show good performance of the proposed mathematical model for small and medium-sized instances.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Engineering, Industrial
Thilini Ranasinghe, Chanaka D. Senanayake, Eric H. Grosse
Summary: Production systems are undergoing transformative changes, necessitating adaptability from human workers. This study developed an analytical model to account for stochastic processing times and learning heterogeneity, revealing insights into system performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Engineering, Industrial
Sunil Tiwari, Pankaj Sharma, Ashish Kumar Jha
Summary: Black Swan events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage have a significant impact on firms' technology adoption decisions, especially in terms of disruptions and digitalization in the supply chains. This study investigates the influence of institutional forces and environmental contingencies on supply chain digitalization from an institutional and contingency theory perspective. The findings emphasize the importance of organizational readiness and people readiness, including top management involvement and employee training, in facilitating digitalization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Fabio Neves-Moreira, Pedro Amorim
Summary: Omnichannel retailers are using stores as distribution centers to provide faster online order fulfillment services. However, in-store picking operations can impact the offline customer experience. To address this, we propose a Dynamic In-store Picker Routing Problem (diPRP) that minimizes customer encounters while fulfilling online orders. Our solution approach combines mathematical programming and reinforcement learning to find efficient picking policies that reduce customer encounters.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Richard Kraude, Ram Narasimhan
Summary: In this study, the relationship between Vertical Integration (VI) and Environmental Performance (EP) is examined, revealing that highly integrated firms produce less waste but engage in fewer environmental initiatives. These findings are crucial for understanding the impact of stakeholder exposure on organizational behavior.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Korina Katsaliaki, Sameer Kumar, Vasilis Loulos
Summary: This research conducts a systematic literature review (SLR) and content analysis on Supply Chain Coopetition (SCC) through the PRISMA framework. It examines the theory of coopetition and organizational relationships in intra-firm and inter-firm supply chains, focusing on collaboration between rival manufacturers. The study identifies structures and mechanisms of coopetition, such as buyer-supplier coopetition, supply networks coopetition, and production and distribution/logistics coopetition. It provides a holistic approach to SCC management practices and serves as a guide for future research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)