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Behavioral pricing in the platform economy 平台经济中的行为定价

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DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12608

Subodha Kumar, Yulan Wang, Haipeng (Allan) Chen

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Capacity allocation for producing age-based products 生产基于年龄的产品的产能分配

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DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-06-03 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12599

Hossein Jahandideh, Kevin McCardle, Christopher Tang, Behnam Fahimnia

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Search for the best alternative: An experimental approach 寻找最好的替代方案:实验方法

IF 5.5 4区管理学

DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-05-20 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12598

Gülru F. Özkan-Seely, David C. Hall, Jeremy Hutchison-Krupat

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Resilient product and production adaptation in a large-scale disaster: Does it pay off? 大规模灾难中的弹性产品和生产适应:是否有回报?

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DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-05-16 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12597

Wei Sun, Bin Yang, Maggie Chuoyan Dong, Jack Cadeaux

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The waste management supply chain: A decision framework 废物管理供应链：决策框架

IF 2.8 4区管理学

DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12595

Prashant Chintapalli, Asoo J. Vakharia

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The impact of medical insurance payment systems on patient choice, provider behavior, and out-of-pocket rate: Fee-for-service versus diagnosis-related groups 医疗保险支付系统对患者选择、提供者行为和自付率的影响:按服务收费与诊断相关群体

IF 2.8 4区管理学

DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-03-14 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12593

Wenjuan Fan, Yuanyuan Jiang, Jun Pei, Ping Yan, Liangfei Qiu

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Concealing borrowers’ failure history in online P2P lending: A natural experiment 掩盖借款人在网络P2P借贷中的失败历史：一个自然的实验

IF 2.8 4区管理学

DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12594

Jiaru Bai, Qiang Gao

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The effects of perceived network characteristics on knowledge exchange in virtual communities 感知网络特征对虚拟社区知识交换的影响

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DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-02-23 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12591

Seung Kyoon Shin, Kyungwoo Kang, G. Lawrence Sanders

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Examining network entry decisions in healthcare: Network and organizational characteristics 研究医疗保健中的网络进入决策：网络和组织特征

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DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-02-10 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12590

Zhenzhen Yan, Mei Li, John Z. Ni, Kathleen L. McFadden

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Drivers and implications of combined investment in renewables and energy storage in the residential sector 住宅部门可再生能源和储能联合投资的驱动因素和影响

IF 2.8 4区管理学

DECISION SCIENCES Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.1111/deci.12589

Na Rea Cho, Youngsoo Kim, Karthik Murali, Mesut Yavuz

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