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Mark Ferguson

University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science

United States

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Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

The Car Sharing Economy: Interaction of Business Model Choice and Product Line Design

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 2016-054
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2017
Ioannis Bellos, Mark Ferguson and L. Beril Toktay
Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science and Georgia Institute of Technology - Sustainability
Downloads 836 (72,701)
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car sharing, sustainable transportation, sustainable business models, CAFE standards, fuel efficiency, product line

2.

Is Leasing Greener than Selling?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Jun 2011
Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, Georgia Institute of Technology - Sustainability and Georgia Institute of Technology - The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE)
Downloads 566 (120,556)
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Durable goods, sustainable operations, green marketing, environment

3.

Applying Revenue Management to the Reverse Supply Chain

ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2008-052-LIS
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Sep 2008
Mark Ferguson, Moritz Fleischmann and Gilvan Souza
University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, University of Mannheim, Business School and - Decision and Information Technologies Department
Downloads 551 (124,725)
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remanufacturing, revenue management, spare parts inventory, onderdelen, revenues

4.

Remanufacturing Planning with Different Quality Levels for Product Returns

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-050
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Jan 2007
University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, Pennsylvania State University, - Decision and Information Technologies Department and - Decision and Information Technologies Department
Downloads 551 (125,000)
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remanufacturing , production, planning, convex cost

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Robust Demand Estimation with Customer Choice-Based Models for Sales Transaction Data

Production and Operations Management
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 07 May 2024
Sanghoon Cho, Mark Ferguson, Pelin Pekgun and Jongho Im
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, Wake Forest University - Schools of Business and Yonsei University
Downloads 433 (167,463)
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discrete choice modeling, choice-based revenue management, censored demand

6.

Trade-In Rebates for Price Discrimination and Product Recovery

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 15-11
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2016
Vishal Agrawal, Mark Ferguson and Gilvan Souza
Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science and University of Tennessee
Downloads 426 (171,735)
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remanufacturing, trade-ins, closed-loop supply chains, price discrimination, pricing

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Estimating Personalized Demand with Unobserved No-purchases using a Mixture Model: An Application in the Hotel Industry

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2021
Texas Christian University - M.J. Neeley School of Business, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, Wake Forest University - Schools of Business and Oracle Labs
Downloads 312 (241,719)
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personalized demand, mixture model, soft clustering, censored demand, hotel industry

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Strategic Behavior for Hotel Standby Upgrade Programs: Empirical Evidence and Pricing Implications

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2021
Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, Wake Forest University - Schools of Business and Arizona State University (ASU) - Supply Chain Management
Downloads 295 (257,640)
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hotel revenue management, management of technology, digital upgrades, strategic behavior, loyalty programs

9.

Using Transactions Data to Improve Consumer Returns Forecasting

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Jan 2020
Arizona State University (ASU) - Supply Chain Management, Ohio State University (OSU), University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business
Downloads 272 (280,513)
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Consumer Returns, Closed-Loop Supply Chains, Retail Operations, Forecasting

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Optimizing SKU Selection for Promotional Display Space at Grocery Retailers

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Jan 2020
Olga Pak, Mark Ferguson, Olga Perdikaki and Su-Ming Wu
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business and Oracle
Downloads 253 (302,586)

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promotional display, grocery retailers, SKU-level forecasting

11.

Would You Like to Upgrade to a Premium Room? Evaluating the Benefit of Offering Standby Upgrades

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Jul 2016
Ovunc Yilmaz, Pelin Pekgun and Mark Ferguson
University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, Wake Forest University - Schools of Business and University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science
Downloads 209 (364,680)
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revenue management, pricing, hotel industry, upgrades, strategic consumers

12.

Disclosing Delivery Performance Information when Consumers are Sensitive to Promised Delivery Time, Delivery-Time Conformance, and Prices

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Jun 2022
University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, Lingnan University and McMaster University - Michael G. DeGroote School of Business
Downloads 175 (435,504)

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queuing systems, delivery time, delivery-time conformance, consumer-generated service ratings, pricing, information disclosure

13.

How Much Do Online Consumers Really Value Free Product Returns? Evidence from eBay

Journal of Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Aug 2017
Arizona State University (ASU) - Supply Chain Management, Wake Forest University - Schools of Business, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science and University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business
Downloads 174 (433,279)
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Consumer Returns, Online Retailing, Marketing-Operations Interface, eBay

14.

An Exploration of Exchangeable Ticket Airfare: Advantages and Potential Challenges

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 13 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2019
Mark Ferguson
University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science
Downloads 152 (488,442)

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Airline Revenue Management, Exchange Markets

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Airline Revenue Management around Sporting Mega-Events: An Application Using Data from the Super Bowl XLIX

Forthcoming: Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Mar 2021
Yuqi Peng, Mark Ferguson and Ovunc Yilmaz
Salisbury University - Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science and Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder
Downloads 126 (576,708)

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sporting events, airline pricing, quasi-natural experiment, difference-in-differences

16.

How do Consumers Choose Between Multiple Product Generations and Conditions? An Empirical Study of iPad Sales on eBay

Production and Operations Management, 27(8), 1574-1594
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 May 2020
Ohio State University (OSU), University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business and University of South Carolina
Downloads 118 (604,538)
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closed loop supply chains; remanufacturing; cannibalization; sustainability

17.

Estimating Demand with Constrained Data and Product Substitutions

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Jan 2020
Mark Ferguson
University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science
Downloads 117 (608,822)
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demand estimation, product substitutability, consumer preferences

18.

Direct-to-Worker Tipping in Retail

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Aug 2025 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2026
Loyola Marymount University - Information Systems and Business Analytics, University of Memphis, University of Oxford - Said Business School and University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science
Downloads 112 (630,858)

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Socially responsible operations, Tipping, Worker empowerment, Retail operations

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Measuring the Benefit of Offering Auxiliary Services: Do Bag-Checkers Differ in Their Sensitivities to Airline Itinerary Attributes?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Jan 2016
Mariana Nicolae, Mark Ferguson and Laurie A. Garrow
Eastern Michigan University, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science and Georgia Institute of Technology
Downloads 73 (852,604)
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baggage fees, stated preference, airline passenger preferences, itinerary choice, airline price sensitivities

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The Impact of Remanufacturing on the Component Commonality Decision

Posted: 28 Dec 2008
Ravi Subramanian, Mark Ferguson and L. Beril Toktay
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of South Carolina - Department of Management Science and Georgia Institute of Technology - Sustainability

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Component Commonality, Market Segmentation, Remanufacturing