Work more tomorrow: Resolving present bias in project management

Y Shi, NG Hall, X Cui - Operations Research, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
Project management is responsible for almost 30% of the world's economic activity, with an
annual value of $27 trillion. Traditionally, the frequent late delivery of projects is attributed to …

Design of long‐term conditional cash transfer program to encourage healthy habits

CN Liao, YJ Chen - Production and Operations …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the largest health emergencies nowadays.
Although a large proportion of NCDs can be prevented effectively via good life habits, these …

Scheduling with present bias

NG Hall, Z Liu - Production and Operations Management, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of time‐inconsistent decision‐making, in particular present bias, has greatly
influenced the field of behavioral economics over the last two decades. Moreover, it has …

Dynamic Pricing When Customers Have Time-Inconsistent Preferences

X Gao, X Chen, YJ Chen - HKUST Business School Research …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper examines the dynamic pricing decisions of a monopolist seller when customers
have time-inconsistent preferences, which is modeled by quasi-hyperbolic discounting. By …

[PDF][PDF] Self Control in the Face of Multiple Projects

Q Li, P Yu - 2023 - isom.hkust.edu.hk
We study how people with present bias make choices when they face multiple, multi-stage
projects. Naive people (naifs), who are unaware of their self-control problems, may start a …

Markov Decision Processes: Monotonicity of Optimal Policy in Exponential and Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting Parameters

H Kılıç, PG Canbolat, ED Gunes - Available at SSRN 4479889, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Intertemporal preferences of decision makers, ie, the way they discount delayed utilities,
impact their decisions. Empirical evidence suggests that individuals commonly have …

[图书][B] Behavioral Decision Making and Technology Adoption in Operations Management

H Liu - 2020 - search.proquest.com
In the process of introducing emerging technologies to business and management, the
interplay between these technologies and human beings is critical. The current thesis …