Dynamic Type Matching

Ming Hu
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Ming Hu
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Operations Management and Statistics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6, Canada;
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Yun Zhou
Yun Zhou
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DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada
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Ming Hu

Operations Management and Statistics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6, Canada;

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Yun Zhou

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5905-5995

DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada

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Published Online:18 Mar 2021https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2020.0952

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