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P2P Marketplaces and Retailing in the Presence of Consumers' Valuation Uncertainty
(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 ... -
Pairing Generation for Airline Crew Scheduling
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Airline planning is a complex and difficult process. The biggest airlines in the world plan for and operate fleets of over 700 aircraft using tens of thousands of crew members. As such, small percentages in savings translate ... -
Patent Technological Diversity and Examination Outcomes in China
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-07)This study examines how the duration of patent examination is affected by technological diversity of patent applications, using a sample of all pharmaceutical patent applications filed between 1985 and 2017 at State ... -
Patterns of Search Result Examination: Query to First Action.
(ACM, 2019-11-03)To determine key factors that affect a user's behavior with search results, we conducted a controlled eye-tracking study of users completing search tasks using both desktop and mobile devices. We focus our investigation ... -
Perishable Inventory Routing Problem under Uncertainty
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-24)In an Inventory Routing Problem (IRP), a decision-maker decides the number of units delivered to each retailer and determines delivery routes, which becomes increasingly challenging as the network expands. Incorporating ... -
Pessimistic Hazmat Network Design Problem with Emergency Team Location Considering Uncertain Response Time
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-24)Focusing on a road network where hazmat shipments need to be transported from the origins to destinations, this thesis proposes a pessimistic approach to mitigate the risk associated with the transportation of hazardous ... -
Plan and Situated Action as a Function of Activity Category
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-26)Plans do not serve the particular circumstances of a given situation, but rather serve as abstract descriptions of some future activities. The relationship between plans, which are abstract, and actions, which are concrete, ... -
The Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-24)There is an increasing interest in sustainability and a growing debate about environmental policy measures aiming at the reduction of green house gas emissions across di erent economic sectors worldwide. The transportation ... -
Positive Affect, Mood Salience, and Intertemporal Decisions
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-12)The focus of this thesis is to explore the impact of positive affective state and mood salience on intertemporal decision making. We found that positive affect significantly influence intertemporal preference. We also ... -
Positive and Negative Analogical Transfer in Problem Solving
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)This thesis has investigated the positive and negative analogical transfer in which we proposed three hypotheses that shed more light on the process of human behaviour in problem solving. We have found that people exhibited ... -
The Positive and Negative Influence of Search Results on People's Decisions about the Efficacy of Medical Treatments
(ACM, 2017-10-01)People regularly use web search engines to investigate the efficacy of medical treatments. Search results can contain documents that present incorrect information that contradicts current established medical understanding ... -
PPE Distribution Planning and Capacity Acquisition During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions to global supply chains and the uncer- tainty surrounding its progression has created challenges in distributing critical supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE). We ... -
Pricing Strategy of eBooks in a Two-Sided Market under the Threat of Piracy
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-07)This thesis analyzes the effect of piracy on the price of eBook when the publisher uses the market platform for the sale of eBook. Under the traditional sales mechanism, called “resale model”, the market platform or an ... -
Pricing Virtual Goods: Using Intervention Analysis and Products’ Usage Data
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-13)The rapid growth of online games enables firms to charge players for virtual goods they sell for use within their online game environments. Determining prices for such virtual goods is inherently challenging due to the ... -
Pricing, greening, and transparency decisions considering the impact of government subsidies and CSR behavior in supply chain decisions
(Elsevier, 2021-05-01)In this paper, we analytically model different government subsidy strategies in a supply chain manufacturing and selling a green product. We model the interaction between greening degree and transparency level set by a ... -
Proactive inventory policy intervention to mitigate supply chain disruptions
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-02)Risk management is one of the critical issues in supply chain management. Supply chain disruptions negatively impact on the performance and the business continuity of a firm, and the disruptions should be managed proactively ... -
The Process of Communication between People with Categorical Knowledge: An Exploratory Study
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)This thesis investigates the process of communication between a person who has in-depth and technical knowledge about certain items and a person who has very broad and non-technical knowledge. For example, a doctor has ... -
Product Differentiation and Operations Strategy for Price and Time Sensitive Markets
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-29)In this dissertation, we study the interplay between a firm’s operations strategy, with regard to its capacity management, and its marketing decision of product differentiation. For this, we study a market comprising ... -
Profit Maximizing Hub Location Problems
(Elsevier, 2019-07-01)In this paper, we study profit maximizing hub location problems. We formulate mathematical models determining the location of hubs, designing the hub networks, and routing the demand in order to maximize profit. The profit ... -
Project Management: A Socio-Technical Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-22)This dissertation presents a study on project management and its effectiveness in a multinational pharmaceutical company (MPC). A mixed qualitative-quantitative method consisting of a case study (33 managers) and a follow-up ...