Article
Business
Kaiying Cao, Yuqiu Xu, Qiang Wu, Jia Wang, Chunnian Liu
Summary: With the development of e-commerce, offline firms are faced with the challenges of whether to enter e-commerce platforms and which online logistics service to adopt. The optimal strategies of firms are comprehensively affected by the annual service fee and the logistics cost time-sensitivity coefficient. When considering consumer return behavior, an increase in consumer's online satisfaction does not necessarily mean that the firm should enter the platform.
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Peng He, Yong He, Xiaoying Tang, Shigui Ma, Henry Xu
Summary: This paper examines the impacts of manufacturer's channel encroachment and e-commerce platform's logistics integration on the e-commerce platform service supply chain. The study finds that the platform's complete logistics integration benefits the entire supply chain, regardless of whether the manufacturer implements online channel encroachment or not. Surprisingly, a partial logistics integration strategy outperforms the complete strategy for the manufacturer and the supply chain as a whole, but underperforms for the platform. Two coordination mechanisms are proposed to achieve a three-win situation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Jin Zhang, Desheng Wu
Summary: This paper examines the importance of selling to end customers through online channels in the development of e-commerce. It analyzes the strategic interaction between e-tailers and a monopolistic manufacturer, taking into account factors such as cross-channel spillover and competition. The paper shows the equilibrium in dominant e-tailer and dominant manufacturer structures and compares the performance of firms under these different power structures. It also highlights the impact of bargaining power and the positive effect of cross-channel spillover on e-tailers' profits, while peer competition has a negative effect.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Economics
Dipayan Banerjee, Alan L. Erera, Alexander M. Stroh, Alejandro Toriello
Summary: In this study, we examined the design of same-day delivery (SDD) systems with the assumption that service regions can vary throughout the day. Unlike most existing literature, where a fixed service region and time window are assumed, we used continuous approximation techniques to determine optimal service region areas and SDD order cutoff times for maximizing daily order fulfillment. The benefits of allowing service regions to vary were quantified theoretically and through empirical analysis, and equity issues in SDD systems were also discussed. Our findings were validated through a case study in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART B-METHODOLOGICAL
(2023)
Article
Management
Xuelian Qin, Zhixue Liu, Lin Tian
Summary: This study examines the interaction between selling mode choice and logistics service strategy, finding that the supplier's preference aligns with the improvement of the logistics service level. When the cost performance of logistics service is high, the RP scenario will generate the highest logistics service level and profit for the supplier; when the cost performance is low, the MS scenario will yield the highest logistics service level and profit. Furthermore, the platform's preferred scenario shifts from MP to MS and then to RP as the cost performance of logistics service increases.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Heying Sun, Jasmine Siu Lee Lam, Qingcheng Zeng
Summary: The rapid development of shipping e-commerce, driven by the flourishing e-commerce technologies, has huge potential especially with the impact of COVID-19 on the container shipping industry. Shipping e-commerce ensures contracts are completed on time, unlike traditional channels which may face delays due to overselling. Finding a win-win strategy under two sales channels is crucial for fostering cooperation between shippers and liner companies.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Management
Jiaxin Lin, Tsan-Ming Choi, Yong-Hong Kuo
Summary: Dual-channel e-commerce retailers commonly offer return freight insurance (RFI) to resolve disputes regarding product returns, but not all retailers provide it. By building consumer-utility-based analytical models, we find that retailers who purchase RFI for consumers do not necessarily charge higher prices. The study highlights the importance of the RFI premium and its impact on consumer surplus and social welfare.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Juan Pinos, John N. Hahladakis, Hong Chen
Summary: The rapid growth of the express delivery industry has led to a surge in packaging waste, resulting in various direct and indirect environmental consequences. The waste issues in the industry, caused by excessive packaging, lack of recyclability of packaging materials, and consumers' low motivation to recycle, have gained recognition. This article discusses key research, policy, and educational measures to reduce the environmental impacts of the fast-growing express delivery industry.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rafael Villa, Marta Serrano, Tomas Garcia, Gema Gonzalez
Summary: With the rise of e-commerce, the delivery process has become a crucial part of online shopping. Consumers' attitudes and preferences towards environmentally friendly e-commerce delivery practices vary, with price and speed being more important considerations than sustainability factors. This study highlights the need to balance the speed and cost-effectiveness of e-commerce delivery with the urgency of adopting sustainable practices.
Article
Management
Kenji Matsui
Summary: This study examines the choice between agency selling and wholesale contracts for competing suppliers on an e-commerce platform with dual-channel supply chains. The primary finding is that suppliers should opt for wholesale contracts when selling products of the same quality between direct and platform channels in a competitive environment.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Qiang Wang, Jie Wu, Nenggui Zhao
Summary: This study examines the operational strategies in a dual-channel supply chain and finds that optimal decisions regarding delivery distance, allowable return period, and pricing depend on whether the supply chain is centralized or decentralized. The research reveals that the retail price and direct selling price in a centralized supply chain are equal to the wholesale price and direct selling price in a decentralized supply chain. Furthermore, the demand proportion of the retail channel and demand loss significantly impact the equilibrium decisions of supply chain members.
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Wenfang Fan, Bingjia Shao, Xiaohua Dong
Summary: This study empirically evaluates the impact of e-service quality on customer engagement behavior in community e-commerce platforms. The results show that e-service quality positively influences customer engagement behavior, and this relationship is mediated by customer trust and perceived risk.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Mathematics
Vijoleta Vrhovac, Stana Vasic, Stevan Milisavljevic, Branislav Dudic, Peter Starchon, Marina Zizakov
Summary: This research aims to develop and examine a measurement tool for evaluating customers' experiences in the last-mile delivery process, which is crucial for their satisfaction and future purchase intentions. The proposed CMX-LMD scale is a self-report tool with tested psychometric properties. The study involved a total sample of 907 participants (63.4% females) that were randomly divided into two subsamples, followed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, as well as item and correlation analysis. Six factors (Delivery efficiency, Parcel tracking, Smooth delivery, Visual appeal, Joyful anticipation, and Convenience) were identified, explaining about 60% of the total variance. The structure was supported by confirmatory factor analysis with satisfactory fit indices. The relationships of the derived scales with other variables, such as trust in courier services, were also examined. The CDX-LMD offers valuable measurement for researchers and practitioners in the intersection of e-commerce and logistics.
Article
Management
Arianna Seghezzi, Riccardo Mangiaracina, Angela Tumino, Alessandro Perego
Summary: Crowdsourcing logistics is an innovative solution for last-mile delivery in B2C e-commerce that benefits urban society, but it must be economically sustainable for companies to be widely adopted.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Meng Ma, Lu Shen, XuanQing Sun
Summary: This study aims to improve the quality of e-commerce logistics services, focusing on vegetable e-commerce B. Through a questionnaire survey, the study discusses the factors such as commodity quality, accuracy and timeliness of commodity distribution. The research results show that while a majority of customers are satisfied with the logistics service of e-commerce B, there are still areas that need improvement such as personal privacy protection, delay insurance, and real-time logistics updates.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Jiasen Sun, Guo Li
Summary: This study addresses the issue of technology heterogeneity between regions in emission reduction by introducing meta-frontier technique into the DEA model. It proposes an optimization model for emission reduction task sharing by integrating DEA and ECER technology, considering both technology and efficiency factors. The empirical analysis shows low comprehensive efficiency in Chinese cities and highlights the potential for improving environmental performance, with policy recommendations provided.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiang Ji, Guo Li, Suresh P. Sethi
Summary: Social communications in the booming platform economy lead to longer product lines, lower prices and quality. On the platform side, an agency contract may be preferred over a wholesale contract only if the commission rate is sufficiently high or both the commission rate and the product line extension fee are moderate.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Economics
Shanshan Ma, Guo Li, Suresh P. Sethi, Xuan Zhao
Summary: This study examines the strategies of two competing risk-neutral firms in procuring raw materials and analyzes the impact of information transparency on their profits. The findings suggest that Firm A should offer an advance booking discount based on market power and profit margin, while the profit of Firm B is influenced by information transparency.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
Editorial Material
Management
Yigit Kazancoglu, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Malin Song, Guo Li, Flavio Hourneaux Junior
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Na Li, Guo Li
Summary: The energy cost and timely delivery cost are crucial factors in food delivery. To maintain customer satisfaction and reduce costs, food companies often use refrigerated trucks and multiple distribution centers. This study focuses on modeling food delivery as a complex nonlinear optimization problem and proposes an improved algorithm to solve it.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Economics
Abdulrasheed Zakari, Guo Li, Irfan Khan, Abhinav Jindal, Vincent Tawiah, Rafael Alvarado
Summary: Africa has abundant resources, but has failed to use them for environmental prosperity. The study shows a positive relationship between energy resources and environmental degradation, and a negative relationship between Chinese investment, trade, and environmental degradation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abdulrasheed Zakari, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Vincent Tawiah, Rafael Alvarado, Guo Li
Summary: This study found that environmental degradation is positively related to child mortality and life expectancy/longevity in Africa, while clean water sources and sanitation facilities help to reduce child mortality rate and improve life expectancy. Cultural norms also have an impact on child mortality and life expectancy.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Business
Vincent Tawiah, Abdulrasheed Zakari, Guo Li, Anthony Kyiu
Summary: This study examines the relationship between the adoption of blockchain technology and environmental efficiency. The results show a significant positive correlation between the adoption of blockchain technology and environmental efficiency, especially for firms in the financial and technological industries. This research provides important empirical evidence to incentivize business leaders and policymakers to adopt innovative technologies.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Huamin Wu, Guo Li, Mengqi Liu, Meiyu Zhang
Summary: This study examines a dual-channel supply chain, with a manufacturer and a retailer, and investigates the impact of the manufacturer's decision on launching credit payment services. The results show that the retailer benefits from the credit payment services regardless of the power structure. The manufacturer's preference towards credit payment services depends on the discount of cash opportunity cost and increased demand.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Economics
Huamin Wu, Guo Li, Hong Zheng, Xuefeng Zhang
Summary: This study investigates the impact of brand spillover strategies on strong brand manufacturers and weak brand retailers in a cooperative supply chain. The research finds that the choice of channel selling strategies by manufacturers could dominate under certain conditions, regardless of whether the retailer implements brand spillover or not. Brand spillover can enhance manufacturers' motivation to establish direct-selling channels compared to non-brand spillover.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Economics
Guo Li, Jing Xue, Na Li, Dmitry Ivanov
Summary: The study examines the relationship between business model design, supply chain resilience, and firm performance, with a focus on the role of blockchain technology. The findings demonstrate that blockchain can enhance supply chain resilience and firm performance, emphasizing the importance of strategic emphasis on efficiency and novelty in business model design.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Guo Li, Xiaochuan Li, Mengqi Liu
Summary: With the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, global supply chains are facing an increasing risk of supply disruption. Backup production is considered as a potential solution to enhance supply chain resilience, but inducing suppliers to adopt backup production remains a challenge. This study examines a supply chain in a crisis-like new normal situation, where a manufacturer strategically uses private demand information to influence the supplier's decision on backup production. The findings reveal that when demand information is shared, the supplier's decision on backup production follows a cutoff structure. Information sharing has a significant impact on backup decision, promoting it under high demand potential while impeding it under low demand potential. Interestingly, the manufacturer may choose to share demand information with the supplier under certain conditions, resulting in the adoption of backup production and displaying nonmonotonic relations to backup cost.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Zongli Dai, Sandun C. Perera, Jian-Jun Wang, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Guo Li
Summary: Amid epidemic outbreaks like COVID-19, the availability of inpatient and ICU beds becomes uncertain and scarce due to a large number of patients. This creates challenges for elective surgery scheduling in terms of surgery duration, length of stay, and demand for beds. We propose a fuzzy model and an effective algorithm to minimize costs related to overtime, bed shortage, and patient waiting. Experimental results demonstrate the usefulness of the fuzzy model when data is insufficient, as well as the computational efficacy, robustness, and adaptability of the proposed framework compared to existing models and algorithms.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Business
Guo Li, Huamin Wu, Hong Zheng
Summary: Motivated by technology investment practices, this article investigates an outsourcing supply chain in the new energy vehicle manufacturing industry. Results show that the original brand manufacturer consistently profits the most in certain strategies, while the competitive manufacturer's preference strategy is influenced by competition intensity, technology spillover, consumers' product preference, and cost-sharing ratio.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Jing Xue, Guo Li, Na Li
Summary: This study investigates the impact of green logistics practice and cause-related marketing measures on consumers' purchase intention, finding that these measures can promote the establishment of green and public image, ultimately improving consumers' purchase intention. The research also confirms the moderating role of consumers' environmental protection and public welfare concerns, which enhance the positive effect of green and public image on purchase intention.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Review
Management
Vinicius N. Motta, Miguel F. Anjos, Michel Gendreau
Summary: This survey presents a review of optimization approaches for the integration of demand response in power systems planning and highlights important future research directions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Philipp Schulze, Armin Scholl, Rico Walter
Summary: This paper proposes an improved branch-and-bound algorithm, R-SALSA, for solving the simple assembly line balancing problem, which performs well in balancing workloads and providing initial solutions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Roshan Mahes, Michel Mandjes, Marko Boon, Peter Taylor
Summary: This paper discusses appointment scheduling and presents a phase-type-based approach to handle variations in service times. Numerical experiments with dynamic scheduling demonstrate the benefits of rescheduling.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Oleg S. Pianykh, Sebastian Perez, Chengzhao Richard Zhang
Summary: Efficient scheduling is crucial for optimizing resource allocation and system performance. This study focuses on critical utilization and efficient scheduling in discrete scheduling systems, and compares the results with classical queueing theory.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Review
Management
Hamed Jahani, Babak Abbasi, Jiuh-Biing Sheu, Walid Klibi
Summary: Supply chain network design is a large and growing area of research. This study comprehensively surveys and analyzes articles published from 2008 to 2021 to detect and report financial perspectives in SCND models. The study also identifies research gaps and offers future research directions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Patrick Healy, Nicolas Jozefowiez, Pierre Laroche, Franc Marchetti, Sebastien Martin, Zsuzsanna Roka
Summary: The Connected Max-k-Cut Problem is an extension of the well-known Max-Cut Problem, where the objective is to partition a graph into k connected subgraphs by maximizing the cost of inter-partition edges. The researchers propose a new integer linear program and a branch-and-cut algorithm for this problem, and also use graph isomorphism to structure the instances and facilitate their resolution. Extensive computational experiments show that, if k > 2, their approach outperforms existing algorithms in terms of quality.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Victor J. Espana, Juan Aparicio, Xavier Barber, Miriam Esteve
Summary: This paper introduces a new methodology based on the machine learning technique MARS for estimating production functions that satisfy classical production theory axioms. The new approach overcomes the overfitting problem of DEA through generalized cross-validation and demonstrates better performance in reducing mean squared error and bias compared to DEA and C2NLS methods.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Stefano Nasini, Rabia Nessah
Summary: In this paper, the authors investigate the impact of time flexibility in job scheduling, showing that it can significantly affect operators' ability to solve the problem efficiently. They propose a new methodology based on convex quadratic programming approaches that allows for optimal solutions in large-scale instances.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Zhiqiang Liao, Sheng Dai, Timo Kuosmanen
Summary: Nonparametric regression subject to convexity or concavity constraints is gaining popularity in various fields. The conventional convex regression method often suffers from overfitting and outliers. This paper proposes the convex support vector regression method to address these issues and demonstrates its advantages in prediction accuracy and robustness through numerical experiments.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Kuo-Hao Chang, Ying-Zheng Wu, Wen-Ray Su, Lee-Yaw Lin
Summary: The damage and destruction caused by earthquakes necessitates the evacuation of affected populations. Simulation models, such as the Stochastic Pedestrian Cell Transmission Model (SPCTM), can be utilized to enhance disaster and evacuation management. The analysis of SPCTM provides insights for government officials to formulate effective evacuation strategies.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Qinghua Wu, Mu He, Jin-Kao Hao, Yongliang Lu
Summary: This paper studies a variant of the orienteering problem known as the clustered orienteering problem. In this problem, customers are grouped into clusters and a profit is associated with each cluster, collected only when all customers in the cluster are served. The proposed evolutionary algorithm, incorporating a backbone-based crossover operator and a destroy-and-repair mutation operator, outperforms existing algorithms on benchmark instances and sets new records on some instances. It also demonstrates scalability on large instances and has shown superiority over three state-of-the-art COP algorithms. The algorithm is also successfully applied to a dynamic version of the COP considering stochastic travel time.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Bjorn Bokelmann, Stefan Lessmann
Summary: Estimating treatment effects is an important task for data analysts, and uplift models provide support for efficient allocation of treatments. However, evaluating uplift models is challenging due to variance issues. This paper theoretically analyzes the variance of uplift evaluation metrics, proposes variance reduction methods based on statistical adjustment, and demonstrates their benefits on simulated and real-world data.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Congzheng Liu, Wenqi Zhu
Summary: This paper proposes a feature-based non-parametric approach to minimizing the conditional value-at-risk in the newsvendor problem. The method is able to handle both linear and nonlinear profits without prior knowledge of the demand distribution. Results from numerical and real-life experiments demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of the approach.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Laszlo Csato
Summary: This paper compares the performance of the eigenvalue method and the row geometric mean as two weighting procedures. Through numerical experiments, it is found that the priorities derived from the two eigenvectors in the eigenvalue method do not always agree, while the row geometric mean serves as a compromise between them.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Management
Guowei Dou, Tsan-Ming Choi
Summary: This study investigates the impact of channel relationships between manufacturers on government policies and explores the effectiveness of positive incentives versus taxes in increasing social welfare. The findings suggest that competition may be more effective in improving sustainability and social welfare. Additionally, government incentives for green technology may not necessarily enhance sustainability.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2024)