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Browsing University of Waterloo by Author "Dimitrov, Stanko"
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Circular economy: Joint dynamic pricing and recycling investments
Schlosser, Rainer; Chenavaz, Regis Y.; Dimitrov, Stanko (Elsevier, 2021-06-01)In a circular economy, the use of recycled resources in production is a key performance indicator for management. Yet, academic studies are still unable to inform managers on appropriate recycling and pricing policies. We ... -
Data Envelopment Analysis may Obfuscate Corporate Financial Data: Using Support Vector Machine and Data Envelopment Analysis to Predict Corporate Failure for Nonmanufacturing Firms
Yang, Xiaopeng; Dimitrov, Stanko (Taylor & Francis, 2017)Corporate failure prediction has drawn numerous scholars’ attention because of its usefulness in corporate risk management, as well as in regulating corporate operational status. Most research on this topic focuses on ... -
Determining the causality between U.S. presidential prediction markets and global financial markets
Abolghasemi, Yaser; Dimitrov, Stanko (Wiley, 2020-08-14)Prediction markets trade securities with final prices contingent on the outcome of future events, for example, who will win the next political election. We show how the outcome of a United States presidential election, ... -
E-banking and consumer debt
Dimitrov, Stanko; Cozzarin, Brian Paul (Inderscience, 2021-01-01)Canadian consumers have a debt problem and averaged a nationwide debt-to-income ratio of 1.654 in 2016. Based on current research, it is unclear whether e-banking has a positive or negative impact on this ratio. This paper ... -
Eco-Innovation with Opportunity of Licensing and Threat of Imitation
Chen, Jen-Yi; Dimitrov, Stanko (Elsevier, 2017-03-20)We consider the product and process innovation effort decisions a sustainable (eco) manufacturer (innovator/leader) makes in the presence of a traditional manufacturer (imitator/follower) who may procure a license or imitate ... -
Ecological Economics and Dynamic Games: A Systematic Literature Review
Chenavaz, Regis Y.; Dimitrov, Stanko; Li, Shoude (World Scientific Publishing, 2024)Ecological and environmental economics are inherently dynamic systems requiring dynamic optimization tools. Understanding the interplay between environmental economics, ecological economics, and dynamic games is crucial. ... -
Environmental taxation: The impact of carbon tax policy commitment on technology choice and social welfare
Rustico, Erica; Dimitrov, Stanko (Elsevier, 2022-01)Motivated by multiple real-world settings, we determine a social welfare-maximizing regulator's tax policies that induce a profit-maximizing polluting firm to make green technology choices. Using a game-theoretic approach ... -
From Waste to Wealth: Policies to Promote the Circular Economy
Chevanaz, Regis Y.; Dimitrov, Stanko (Elsevier, 2024-03-01)The policy article addresses the urgent need for comprehensive policy framework to advance the circular economy, a crucial strategy in mitigating the global waste and pollution crisis. It seeks to bridge the research gap ... -
Green Veblen effect: Sustainability in pollution management
Chenavaz, Regis Y.; Dimitrov, Stanko; Rustico, Erica (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2023-05-01)We know that green products may initially exhibit a Veblen effect–demand increasing with prices–often followed by a decrease in price. The global understanding of these joint phenomena still needs to be improved, impeding ... -
How many crowdsourced workers should a requester hire?
Carvalho, Arthur; Dimitrov, Stanko; Larson, Kate (Springer, 2016-01)Recent years have seen an increased interest in crowdsourcing as a way of obtaining information from a potentially large group of workers at a reduced cost. The crowdsourcing process, as we consider in this paper, is as ... -
The impact of government subsidy on supply chains’ sustainability innovation
Chen (Jay), Jen-Yi; Dimitrov, Stanko; Pun, Hubert (Elsevier, 2019-07-01)Motivated by recently observed industry and government practices, in this paper we endogenize government subsidy in a research joint venture (RJV). In particular, we present a three-player game in which a government ... -
Impact of intellectual capital on small-firm growth: a longitudinal study from Inc. 5000
Dimitrov, Stanko; Cozzarin, Brian Paul (Taylor & Francis, 2021-05-21)We explore whether intellectual capital is a precursor to Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) growth. We use data from Inc. 5000 of fast-growing SMEs in the USA and match companies to patent applications. We use a zero-inflated ... -
Incentive compatibility in prediction markets: Costly actions and external incentives
Di, Chen; Dimitrov, Stanko; He, Qi-Ming (Elsevier, 2019-01)We consider a multi-round prediction market in which two agents, Alice and Bob, are trading on an event on which each may take action to influence its outcome. The existing literature assumes that there is no net difference ... -
Mobile commerce and device specific perceived risk
Cozzarin, Brian Paul; Dimitrov, Stanko (Springer, 2016)This study examines the role of perceived risk and access device type on consumers’ on-line purchase decisions. We use a two-step hurdle approach to estimate consumer behavior. In the first step, the decision of whether ... -
On the Road to Making Science of “Art”: Risk Bias in Market Scoring Rules
Karimi, Majid; Dimitrov, Stanko (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2018-06)We study market scoring rule (MSR) prediction markets in the presence of risk-averse or risk-seeking agents that have unknown yet bounded risk preferences. It is well known that if agents can be prescreened, then MSRs can ... -
Open Shortest Path First Routing Under Random Early Detection
Liu, Jiaxin; Dimitrov, Stanko (Wiley, 2018-03-01)In this article, we consider a variant of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing that accounts for Random Early Detection (RED), an Active Queue Management method for backbone networks. In the version of OSPF we consider ... -
Optimal inventory decisions for a risk-averse retailer when offering layaway
Wang, Daao; Dimitrov, Stanko; Jian, Lirong (Elsevier, 2020-07-01)Layaway allows economically disadvantaged budget-constrained consumers to purchase expensive items through amortized payments and nominal program fees, as opposed to using high-interest financing options such as credit ... -
Optimal inventory decisions when offering layaway
Dimitrov, Stanko; Ceryan, Oben (Taylor & Francis, 2019)This paper presents an inventory management policy for a retailer offering a layaway programme. Layaway is a service provided by retailers that allows budget constrained consumers who have sufficiently high valuations to ... -
ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE IN THE INNOVATING FIRM: SIZE, R&D AND SECTOR EFFECTS
Cozzarin, Brian Paul; Dimitrov, Stanko; Koo, Bonwoo (World Scientific, 2019-08-05)This study investigates whether organisational innovation has positive impacts on small and medium enterprises, using three waves of the South Korean innovation survey. While correcting for endogeneity, we find that the ... -
P2P Marketplaces and Retailing in the Presence of Consumers' Valuation Uncertainty
Jiang, Lifei; Dimitrov, Stanko; Mantin, Benny (Wiley, 2017-03)Can peer‐to‐peer (P2P) marketplaces benefit traditional supply chains when consumers may experience valuation risk? P2P marketplaces can mitigate consumers' risk by allowing them to trade mismatched goods; yet, they also ...