Operations management in the age of the sharing economy: What is old and what is new?
S Benjaafar, M Hu - Manufacturing & Service Operations …, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
The sharing economy, a term we use to refer to business models built around on-demand
access to products and services mediated by online platforms that match many small …
access to products and services mediated by online platforms that match many small …
Ride-hailing networks with strategic drivers: The impact of platform control capabilities on performance
Abstract Problem Definition: Motivated by ride-hailing platforms such as Uber, Lyft and Didi,
we study the problem of matching riders with self-interested drivers over a spatial network …
we study the problem of matching riders with self-interested drivers over a spatial network …
To pool or not to pool: Equilibrium, pricing and regulation
We study a transportation network company (TNC) that offers on-demand solo and pooling e-
hail services in an aggregate mobility service market, while competing with transit for …
hail services in an aggregate mobility service market, while competing with transit for …
Driver surge pricing
N Garg, H Nazerzadeh - Management Science, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
Ride-hailing marketplaces like Uber and Lyft use dynamic pricing, often called surge, to
balance the supply of available drivers with the demand for rides. We study driver-side …
balance the supply of available drivers with the demand for rides. We study driver-side …
Inter-platform competition in a regulated ride-hail market with pooling
This paper studies an aggregate ride-hail market in which two platforms compete with each
other, as well as with transit, under different supply and regulatory conditions. The duopoly is …
other, as well as with transit, under different supply and regulatory conditions. The duopoly is …
Pricing and matching with forward-looking buyers and sellers
Y Chen, M Hu - Manufacturing & Service Operations …, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
Problem definition: We study a dynamic market over a finite horizon for a single product or
service in which buyers with private valuations and sellers with private supply costs arrive …
service in which buyers with private valuations and sellers with private supply costs arrive …
Dynamic pricing of relocating resources in large networks
We study dynamic pricing of resources that are distributed over a network of locations (eg,
shared vehicle systems and logistics networks). Customers with private willingness-to-pay …
shared vehicle systems and logistics networks). Customers with private willingness-to-pay …
From the classics to new tunes: A neoclassical view on sharing economy and innovative marketplaces
M Hu - Production and Operations Management, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Operations management has the tradition of coming from and going back to real‐life
applications. It deals with the management of the process of matching supply with demand …
applications. It deals with the management of the process of matching supply with demand …
Competition between manufacturers and sharing economy platforms: An owner base and sharing utility perspective
F Ye, D Ni, KW Li - International Journal of Production Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
We develop a two-period, five-stage game model with sharing utility to analyze how a
manufacturer competes with a sharing economy platform that facilitates sharing of the …
manufacturer competes with a sharing economy platform that facilitates sharing of the …
Dimensioning on-demand vehicle sharing systems
S Benjaafar, S Wu, H Liu… - Management …, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
We consider the problem of optimal fleet sizing in a vehicle sharing system. Vehicles are
available for short-term rental and are accessible from multiple locations. A vehicle rented at …
available for short-term rental and are accessible from multiple locations. A vehicle rented at …