多伦多大学副教授胡明：共享经济中的定价与匹配策略研究

【主讲】多伦多大学副教授胡明

【题目】共享经济中的定价与匹配策略研究

【时间】2017年6月12日 (周一)10:30-12:00

【地点】清华经管学院 伟伦楼401

【语言】英文

【主办】管理科学与工程系

【简历】胡明老师的简历

Ming Hu, Associate Professor , University of Toronto：Pricing and Matching in Sharing Economy

【Speaker】Ming Hu, Associate Professor, University of Toronto

【Time】June.12，Monday,10:30-12:00

【Venue】Room 401, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM

【Language 】English

【Organizer】Department of Management Science and Engineering

【Abstract】Motivated by the emerging sharing economy, we study an intermediary such as Uber, who crowdsources goods or services from independent suppliers or agents, and sells them to consumers. First, we focus on the optimality of fixed commission crowdsourcing contracts under market uncertainty. Surprisingly, we show that the commission contract can be optimal or near-optimal for the intermediary (and suppliers). Second, taking into account other factors of suppliers and consumers beyond valuation, such as geographic location or quality, for given prices, we focus on characterizing the optimal matching policy for the intermediary and show when it is optimal to prioritize matching based on distance or quality.

【Bio】Ming Hu is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at Rotman. His research explores the interface between operations management and marketing, with a focus on analyzing strategic interactions among firms and between firms and consumers, in the context of revenue management, supply chain management and service management. His research topics include mechanism design, integration of inventory/capacity and pricing, price competition and modeling of consumer behaviour. Most recently, he studies operations management in the context of social buying, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and two-sided markets.