The relationship between project governance and project success

R Joslin, R Müller - International journal of project management, 2016 - Elsevier
This study looks at the relationship between project governance and project success from an
agency theory and stewardship theory perspective. For that project governance was …

Enabling joint distribution with blockchain technology in last-mile logistics

X Chu, R Wang, L Ren, Y Li, S Zhang - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Joint distribution is a crucial business model employed to improve courier delivery
performance in last-mile logistics (LML). However, the moral hazard of the shared agent …

How patents provide the foundation of the market for inventions

DF Spulber - Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The article develops a comprehensive framework demonstrating how patents provide the
foundation of the market for inventions. Patents support the establishment of the market in …

Optimal sales force compensation in dynamic settings: Commissions vs. bonuses

A Schöttner - Management Science, 2017 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper studies optimal sales force compensation plans in a multiperiod moral-hazard
model when the firm wants to implement high effort in every period but only obtains …

Financing capacity investment under demand uncertainty: An optimal contracting approach

F de Véricourt, D Gromb - Manufacturing & Service …, 2018 - pubsonline.informs.org
We study the capacity choice problem of a firm whose access to capital is hampered by
financial frictions (ie, moral hazard). The firm optimizes both its capacity investment under …

Design of incentive programs for optimal medication adherence in the presence of observable consumption

S Suen, D Negoescu, J Goh - Operations Research, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
Premature cessation of antibiotic therapy (nonadherence) is common in long treatment
regimens and can severely compromise health outcomes. In this work, we investigate the …

The strategic role of business insurance

JC Serpa, H Krishnan - Management Science, 2017 - pubsonline.informs.org
The use of business insurance has been traditionally studied in a single-firm setting, but in
reality preventing operational accidents involves the (unobservable) efforts of multiple firms …

Optimal contracts with a risk‐taking agent

D Barron, G Georgiadis, J Swinkels - Theoretical Economics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Consider an agent who can costlessly add mean‐preserving noise to his output. To deter
such risk‐taking, the principal optimally offers a contract that makes the agent's utility …

Salesforce contracting under demand censorship

LY Chu, G Lai - Manufacturing & Service Operations …, 2013 - pubsonline.informs.org
We study salesforce contracting in an environment where excess demand results in lost
sales and the demand information is censored by the inventory level. In our model, a firm …

Struggling with agency problems in open innovation ecosystem: corporate policies in innovation hub

MC Longo, SC Giaccone - The TQM Journal, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the topic of agency problems in service
ecosystem for innovation. It specifically explores the corporate policies aimed at …