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Partner with a Third-Party Delivery Service or Not? -- a Prediction-and-Decision Tool for Restaurants Facing Takeout Demand Surges During a Pandemic 是否与第三方快递服务合作?——大流行期间面临外卖需求激增的餐馆的预测和决策工具

TransportRN: Other Urban Transportation (Topic) Pub Date : 2020-11-18 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3734018

Huiwen Jia, Siqian Shen, Jorge García, Cong Shi

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