Facilitating the Search for Partners on Matching Platforms

Yash Kanoria
Yash Kanoria
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-357X
Decision, Risk and Operations Division, Columbia Business School, New York, New York 10027;
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Daniela Saban
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Daniela Saban
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5217-4112
Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California 94305
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Decision, Risk and Operations Division, Columbia Business School, New York, New York 10027;

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Daniela Saban

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Daniela Saban

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5217-4112

Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California 94305

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Published Online:19 May 2021https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3794

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Received:August 30, 2018
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