2024
Commitment on Volunteer Crowdsourcing Platforms: Implications for Growth and Engagement
Lo I, Manshadi V, Rodilitz S, Shameli A. Commitment on Volunteer Crowdsourcing Platforms: Implications for Growth and Engagement. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2024, 26: 1787-1805. DOI: 10.1287/msom.2020.0426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFood Rescue U.S.Optimal myopic policyAdoption levelTwo-sided marketsOptimal design cruciallyMyopic policyTwo-sided platformsVolunteer management literatureMarket thicknessMarket participantsLevel of adoptionManagement literatureOnline appendixOptimal policyCrowdsourcing platformsConstant-factor approximationMarketVolunteer characteristicsPolicyFood recovery organizationsTrade-offsAdoptionTaskCommitmentPlatform
2023
Fair Dynamic Rationing
Manshadi V, Niazadeh R, Rodilitz S. Fair Dynamic Rationing. Management Science 2023, 69: 6818-6836. DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2023.4700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinimum fill rateFederal Emergency Management AgencySequence of demandsEmergency Management AgencyDemand-to-supply ratioRevenue managementMarketing analyticsSocial goodCorrelated demandsPolicyOnline appendixOmar BesbesAdaptation policiesSocial plannerManagement agenciesTheoretical guaranteesConditional momentsUpper boundFilling rateCOVID-19 pandemicEfficient rationingAllocation challengesMedical suppliesTheoretical developmentsDesigning Approximately Optimal Search on Matching Platforms
Immorlica N, Lucier B, Manshadi V, Wei A. Designing Approximately Optimal Search on Matching Platforms. Management Science 2023, 69: 4609-4626. DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2022.4601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial welfareTwo-sided matching marketsUnique stationary equilibriumDecentralized two-sided matching marketFirst-best social welfareEquilibrium social welfareImproved approximation factorMeeting rateStationary equilibriumMatching marketsAgents' incentivesOptimal welfareOmar BesbesBipartite graphsIncentive issuesSearch designAgent typesApproximation factorOnline appendixConstant factorWelfareMarketMarketing analyticsSearch problemDesign problem