Quality risk in logistics outsourcing: A fourth party logistics perspective

M Huang, J Tu, X Chao, D ** - European Journal of Operational Research, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigate an outsourcing logistics risk management problem under a principal-agency
framework. A fourth-party logistics firm (4PL) deputes a third-party logistics firm (3PL) to …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal dynamic incentive mechanism design for construction and demolition waste recycling with Bayesian learning

R Tan, Y Wu, P Su, R Liao, J Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
A lack of a steady supply of high-quality construction and demolition (C&D) waste hinders
the development of the recycling industry, and information asymmetry makes it difficult for a …

Dynamic regulation on innovation and adoption of green technology with information asymmetry

L Rong, J Chen, Z Wen - Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates a regulator's dynamic policy to motivate firms' research on and
adoption of green technology. In the proposed model, a firm makes unobservable efforts and …

Optimal monitoring schedule in dynamic contracts

M Chen, P Sun, Y **ao - Operations Research, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
Consider a setting in which a principal induces effort from an agent to reduce the arrival rate
of a Poisson process of adverse events. The effort is costly to the agent and unobservable to …

Optimal incentive contracts in project management

M Dawande, G Janakiraman, A Qi… - Production and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Motivated by the ever‐growing complexity of projects and the consistent trend of outsourcing
of individual tasks or components, we study the contract‐design problem faced by a firm (or …

Incentive mechanism and subsidy design for construction and demolition waste recycling under information asymmetry with reciprocal behaviors

P Su, Y Peng, Q Hu, R Tan - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
To solve information asymmetry, we adopted the principal-agent framework to design the
incentive mechanisms between the remanufacturer and the collector in the construction and …

Pricing strategy for co-created products in platform-based consumer innovation

S Zhu, S Du, T Nie, Y Zhu - Electronic Commerce Research and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Consumer innovation, which is the participation of consumers (or users) in product research
and development, has become increasingly popular in recent years. Simultaneously, large …

Optimal contract for machine repair and maintenance

F Tian, P Sun, I Duenyas - Operations Research, 2021 - pubsonline.informs.org
A principal hires an agent to repair a machine when it is down and maintain it when it is up
and earns a revenue flow when the machine is up. Both the up-and downtimes follow …

[HTML][HTML] In search of a unicorn: Dynamic agency with endogenous investment opportunities

FZ Feng, RY Luo, B Michaeli - Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
We study the optimal dynamic contract that provides incentives for an agent (eg, SPAC
sponsor, VC general partner, CTO) to exploit investment opportunities/targets that arrive …

The when and how of delegated search

S Zorc, I Tsetlin, S Hasija, SE Chick - Operations Research, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
Firms often outsource search processes, such as the acquisition of real estate, new
technologies, or talent. To ensure the efficacy of such delegated search, firms need to …