Author's Department/Program
Business Administration
Language
English (en)
Date of Award
Summer 9-1-2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Chair and Committee
Fuqiang Zhang
Abstract
The dissertation consists of three papers on the upgrading strategy in capacity management. This first paper studies a multiclass, multiperiod capacity allocation problem with general upgrading. We characterize the optimal allocation policy that has a simple two-step structure and can be solved sequentially. Although solving the optimal policy is computationally intensive, we provide an efficient heuristic that perform well under a wide range of practical situations. In the rest of the dissertation, we study the impact of opportunistic behavior on a firm's upgrading strategy. The firm sells two products and uses the high-quality product to upgrade the demand for low-quality product if needed. Customers can be opportunistic in the sense that they purposely choose to buy the low-quality product in anticipation of upgrading. We find that such opportunistic behavior may either hurt or benefit the firm depending on different conditions.
Recommended Citation
Yu, Yueshan, "A Study of Upgrading in Capacity Management" (2014). All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). 1371.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/1371
Comments
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Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K77H1GMT