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University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

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1.

Product and Pricing Decisions in Crowdfunding

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2405552
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2014
Ming Hu, Xi Li and Mengze Shi
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 540 (21,803)

Abstract:

crowdfunding; product line design; price discrimination

2.

Simultaneous versus Sequential Group-Buying Mechanisms

Management Science, 59(12), 2805-2822
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2014
Ming Hu, Mengze Shi and Jiahua Wu
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Imperial College Business School
Downloads 535 (38,725)
Citation 2

Abstract:

group buying, assurance contract, mechanism design, Bayesian equilibrium, rational expectations equilibrium

3.

Dynamic Pricing of Perishable Assets under Competition

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2013
Guillermo Gallego and Ming Hu
Columbia University and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 406 (51,676)
Citation 2

Abstract:

oligopoly pricing, dynamic pricing, perishable asset, finite horizon, Nash equilibrium, supermodular game, revenue management

4.

Threshold Effects in Online Group Buying

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2176554
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2013
Jiahua Wu, Mengze Shi and Ming Hu
Imperial College Business School, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 366 (56,229)

Abstract:

Threshold effect, Group buying

5.

Liking and Following and the Newsvendor: Operations and Marketing Policies Under Social Influence

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2292787
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2014
Ming Hu, Joseph Milner and Jiahua Wu
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Imperial College Business School
Downloads 344 (48,401)

Abstract:

Social influence, Newsvendor, influencer, follower, marketing strategy, operations strategy, production postponement

6.

Sequential Multi-Product Price Competition in Supply Chain Networks

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 May 2012 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2015
Awi Federgruen and Ming Hu
Columbia Business School - Decision Risk and Operations and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 318 (59,182)

Abstract:

Stackelberg game, Bertrand competition, sequential oligopoly, multi-echelon, Linear Complementarity Problem

7.

Secrecy versus Transparency in Sales of Network Goods

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2248311
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2016
Ming Hu, Zizhuo Wang and Yinbo Feng
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Minnesota - Industrial & System Engineering and University of Toronto - Operations Management
Downloads 309 (40,379)

Abstract:

pricing, network goods, network externality, demand uncertainty, social learning, network effect

8.

Dynamic Type Matching

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2592622
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 11 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2016
Ming Hu and Yun Zhou
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 211 (14,920)

Abstract:

dynamic matching, two-sided market, sharing economy, match-down-to policy, top-down matching, horizontally differentiated types, vertically differentiated types

9.

Committed versus Contingent Pricing under Competition

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2142725
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2013
Zizhuo Wang and Ming Hu
University of Minnesota - Industrial & System Engineering and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 191 (117,872)

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10.

Newsvendor Selling to Loss-Averse Consumers with Stochastic Reference Points

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2329242
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 22 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2014
Opher Baron, Ming Hu, Sami Najafi Asadolahi and Qu Qian
University of Toronto - Operations Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of International Business Administration
Downloads 179 (111,187)

Abstract:

Newsvendor, Behavioral Operations, Loss Aversion, Contingent Pricing, Marketing Promotion, Stochastic Reference Points

11.

Multi-Product Price and Assortment Competition

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 14-3, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2366487
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2014
Awi Federgruen and Ming Hu
Columbia Business School - Decision Risk and Operations and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 153 (143,643)

Abstract:

Bertrand Competition, Differentiated Products, Linear Complementarity Problem

12.

Price Competition in the Presence of Social Comparison and Demand Uncertainty

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2559498
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2016
Yun Zhou, Ming Hu and Tony Haitao Cui
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Downloads 146 (46,302)

Abstract:

competition, pricing, social comparison, demand uncertainty

13.

The Downside of Reorder Flexibility under Price Competition

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2014
Philipp Afeche, Ming Hu and Yang Li
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School
Downloads 143 (100,347)

Abstract:

Price/inventory competition, quick response, seasonal products, supply chain/marketing interface, volume flexibility

14.

When Gray Markets Have Silver Linings: All-Unit Discounts, Gray Markets and Channel Management

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2013, 15(2), 250–262,
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2013
Ming Hu, Michael Pavlin and Mengze Shi
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Wilfrid Laurier University - School of Business & Economics and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 131 (166,351)
Citation 1

Abstract:

gray markets, channel management, inventory, quantity discounts, supplier pricing

15.

Efficient Ignorance: Information Heterogeneity in a Queue

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2472107
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2016
Ming Hu, Yang Li and Jianfu Wang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Nanyang Business School
Downloads 119 (45,407)

Abstract:

Service Operations; Queueing System; Information Heterogeneity; Non-Monotonic Behavior

16.

No Claim? Your Gain: Design of Residual Value Extended Warranties Under Risk Aversion and Strategic Claim Behavior

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2014
Guillermo Gallego, Ruxian Wang, Ming Hu, Julie Ward and Jose Luis Beltran
Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - Hewlett-Packard Company and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - Hewlett-Packard Company
Downloads 112 (157,183)

Abstract:

Residual Value Warranty; Risk Aversion; Strategic Claim Behavior; Market Segmentation

17.

Modified Echelon (r, Q) Policies with Guaranteed Performance Bounds for Stochastic Serial Inventory Systems

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2014
Ming Hu and Yi Yang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and School of Management, Zhejiang University
Downloads 66 (263,128)

Abstract:

Inventory, Multi-Echelon, Stochastic Demand, Performance Guarantee, Control Policy, (r,Q) Policy

18.

Open or Closed? Technology Sharing, Supplier Investment, and Competition

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2630477
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2016
Bin Hu, Ming Hu and Yi Yang
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and School of Management, Zhejiang University
Downloads 63 (54,935)

Abstract:

Technology Choice, Competitive Strategy, Supplier Investment, Procurement

19.

Up then Down: The Bid-Price Trends in Revenue Management

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2014
Zhan Pang, O. Berman and Ming Hu
Independent, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 52 (253,293)

Abstract:

Bid price, shadow price, dynamic pricing, revenue management, stochastic dynamic programming

20.

Flexible-Duration Extended Warranties with Dynamic Reliability Learning

Production and Operations Management, 23 (4) 645 - 659, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2312746
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2014
Guillermo Gallego, Ruxian Wang, Julie Ward, Ming Hu and Jose Luis Beltran
Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - Hewlett-Packard Company, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - Hewlett-Packard Company
Downloads 44 (296,344)
Citation 1

Abstract:

post-sales service, flexible warranty, reliability learning, threshold policy

21.

Price Competition in Sequential Multi-Product Oligopolies

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 May 2014
Awi Federgruen and Ming Hu
Columbia Business School - Decision Risk and Operations and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 40 (257,144)

Abstract:

22.

Global and Robust Stability in a General Price and Assortment Competition Model

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-78
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2017
Awi Federgruen and Ming Hu
Columbia Business School - Decision Risk and Operations and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 0 (482,577)

Abstract:

equilibrium, price competition, assortment competition, global stability, robust stability, best response, contraction mapping

23.

Competition in Multi-Echelon Systems

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-56
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 May 2017 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2017
Awi Federgruen and Ming Hu
Columbia Business School - Decision Risk and Operations and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 0 (277,900)

Abstract:

Price Competition Models, Nash Equilibria, Unique and Globally Stable Equilibria, Multi-Echelon Supply Chains, Operational Cost Structures, Perfect Coordination Mechanisms

24.

Price, Wage and Fixed Commission in On-Demand Matching

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2017
Ming Hu and Yun Zhou
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 0 (102,928)

Abstract:

Sharing economy, Two-sided pricing, Supply contract, Performance bound, On-demand matching, Crowdsourcing, Surge pricing, Uber

25.

Contingent Stimulus in Crowdfunding

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2925962
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2017
Longyuan Du, Ming Hu and Jiahua Wu
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Imperial College Business School
Downloads 0 (140,075)

Abstract:

crowdfunding, dynamic policy, deterministic heuristic, asymptotic optimality, revenue management

26.

Performance Bounds and Asymptotic Optimality of Modified (r, Q) Policies for Stochastic Distribution Inventory Systems

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2921743
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Feb 2017
Han Zhu, Frank Chen, Ming Hu and Yi Yang
Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, City Univ. of Hong Kong - Dept of Management Scienes, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and School of Management, Zhejiang University
Downloads 0 (293,908)

Abstract:

Multi-echelon, Distribution system, Stochastic demand, Performance evaluation, (r, Q) policy

27.

Simultaneous vs. Sequential Crowdsourcing Contests

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2892683
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Jan 2017
Ming Hu and Lu Wang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 0 (149,002)

Abstract:

crowdsourcing contest, tournament design, multiple attributes, prize allocation

28.

Pricing and Matching with Forward-Looking Buyers and Sellers

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2859864
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 10 May 2017
Yiwei Chen and Ming Hu
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) - Engineering Systems and Design and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 0 (59,182)

Abstract:

Sharing Economy, Two-Sided Market, Forward-Looking Customers, Pricing, Matching, Mechanism Design, Asymptotic Optimality

29.

Altruistic Rationality: The Value of Strategic Farmers, Social Entrepreneurs and For-Profit Firms in Crop Planting Decisions

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2016
Ming Hu, Yan Liu and Wenbin Wang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Tianjin University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Downloads 0 (174,008)

Abstract:

forward-looking farmers, contract farming, poverty reduction, socially responsible operations

30.

The Price and Variety Effects of Vertical Mergers

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 16-63
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2016
Awi Federgruen and Ming Hu
Columbia Business School - Decision Risk and Operations and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 0 (168,241)

Abstract:

Vertical Merger, Oligopoly Pricing, Product Variety, Antitrust Law, Supply Chain Network, Industrial Structure and Structural Change, Linear Complementarity Problem

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