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INPUTS & PRODUCTION

Estimating Uncertainties Using Judgmental Forecasts with Expert Heterogeneity

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Operations Research

    Abstract
    In this paper, Saurabh Bansal and Genaro J. Gutierrez develop a data-driven approach to aggregate point forecasts provided by multiple experts into probability distributions while accounting for expert heterogeneity. They consider the commonly encountered ...
Socially Beneficial Rationality: The Value of Strategic Farmers, Social Entrepreneurs, and For-Profit Firms in Crop Planting Decisions

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Management Science

    Abstract
    The price fluctuation in agricultural markets is an obstacle to poverty reduction for small-scale farmers in developing countries. We build a microfoundation to study how farmers with heterogeneous production costs, under price fluctuations, make crop-...
Supply Chain Analysis of Contract Farming

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M&SOM

    Abstract
    Contract farming is a growing practice in developing countries and first-world economies alike. It generates necessary guarantees to sustain the continued operations of vulnerable farmers while enabling the manufacturers to manage the aggregate supply and ...
Dynamic Volunteer Staffing in Multicrop Gleaning Operations

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Operations Research

    Abstract
    Although edible and healthy food was left unharvested in farm fields, 14% of U.S. households in 2014 were food insecure. The practice of gleaning combines the dual paradoxical problems of food waste and food insecurity to create an elegant solution for ...
Genetic Gain Performance Metric Accelerates Agricultural Productivity

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Interfaces

    Abstract
    The agricultural seed industry invests billions of dollars each year to improve our understanding of how best to unlock a seed’s full potential. This investment brings a significant benefit to agricultural customers—the farmers who grow commodity crops, ...
Product Portfolio Management with Production Flexibility in Agribusiness

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Operations Research

    Abstract
    The acquisition of production flexibility is a well-documented strategy pursued by many firms to counteract certain operational constraints. However, these flexibilities can increase the complexity of a production system and the difficulties in managing ...

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Agricultural Partnership for Dairy Farming
Vernon N. Hsu, Guoming Lai, and Guitian Liang
Production and Operations Management
Published Online: December 1, 2019

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