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Opaque Selling with Dynamic Pricing and Demand Learning
- Laura Sprenkels
  Laura Sprenkels
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  Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Zümbül Atan
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  Zümbül Atan
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1328-1756
  Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE&IS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands
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- Ivo Adan
  Ivo Adan
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  Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IE&IS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands
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- Arnoud den Boer
  Arnoud den Boer
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  Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Published Online:November 12, 2026
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We study a seller managing a finite inventory of two substitutable products over a finite time horizon. To better align demand with available supply, the seller implements a novel selling mechanism: a dynamic opaque product. An opaque product is an ...
Cash Hedging under Partial Vertical Ownership: A Mean-Variance Analysis
- Pin Zhou
  Pin Zhou
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  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6534-7780
  Wuhan, China
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- Jingyi Ren
  Jingyi Ren
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  College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Xianpei Hong
  Xianpei Hong
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  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2344-239X
  Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Tingliang Huang
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  Tingliang Huang
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  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1482-5348
  The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Published Online:November 2, 2026
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Existing research has separately explored cash hedging and partial vertical ownership (PVO), yet their joint impact on supply chain operations—especially under overlapping external risks and internal ownership structures—remains underexplored. This study ...
Introduction to the Service Science Special Issue on the Impact of AI on Service Design and Delivery
- Maxime C. Cohen
  Maxime C. Cohen
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0888-9030
  McGill Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G5, Canada
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- Tinglong Dai
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  Tinglong Dai
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  Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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- Beibei Li
  Beibei Li
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5466-7925
  Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Published Online:September 14, 2026
From Clicks to Care: How Digital Leadership Shapes Service Employee Well-Being
- Gao Qiang
  Gao Qiang
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  Guizhou Vocational College of Agriculture, Guizhou Province, PR China
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- Ali Nawaz Khan
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  Ali Nawaz Khan
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0191-6198
  Department of Smart Tourism, Macau Millennium College, Macao, China
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- Zhang Hui
  Zhang Hui
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  School of Economics and Management, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan 432100, PR China
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Published Online:September 2, 2026
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This study explores how digital leadership shapes psychological well-being among service employees in China, focusing on the mediating role of digital communication quality and the moderating influence of knowledge sharing willingness. Drawing on Social ...
Is Information Transparency a Blessing or a Curse Under Trade Credit in Competing Supply Chains?
- Hao Huang
  Hao Huang
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2504-6470
  College of Economics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Zelong Yi
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  Zelong Yi
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8420-7145
  College of Economics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Zhen Tan
  Zhen Tan
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  Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China
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- Ying-Ju Chen
  Ying-Ju Chen
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  School of Business and Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon 999077‌, Hong Kong
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Published Online:August 5, 2026
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Numerous information-sharing practices are implemented to mitigate information asymmetry between retailers and manufacturers. However, it remains unclear how information transparency affects supply chain participants in the presence of trade credit in ...

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