Università della Svizzera italiana

Behavioral analyses of retailers’ ordering decisions

Villa, Sebastián ; Gonçalves, Paulo (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2016 ; 2016ECO007.

The main objective I pursue in this thesis is to better understand how different factors may independently and in combination influence retailers' ordering decisions under different supply chain structures (single agent and multi agent), different demand uncertainty (deterministic and stochastic), and different interaction among retailers (no interaction, competition and cooperation). I...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Essays on the collaboration among humanitarian organizations : with special reference to supply chain and operations management issues

Moshtari, Mohammad ; Gonçalves, Paulo (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013ECO013.

The dissertation consists of three papers representing an early attempt to explore conceptually and empirically the collaboration in a humanitarian setting. The contribution of the thesis is threefold: first, it frames the discussion on collaboration in a humanitarian setting, and reviews the collaboration initiatives in practice among international humanitarian actors. Second, it investigates...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Essays on biased newsvendor ordering behavior based on laboratory experiments

Castañeda Acevedo, Jaime Andrés ; Gonçalves, Paulo (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013ECO006.

A behavioral approach studying inventory ordering decisions in Newsvendor settings dates back to the early 2000s. Two systematic biased behavioral patterns have been identified since: a pull-to-center effect, or the tendency to order too many costly (low-safety stock) products and too few cheap (highsafety stock) products relative to the optimal stock level; and a demand chasing bias, or the...