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Managing Operational Design Within Innovative Retail Contexts
Managing Operational Design Within Innovative Retail Contexts
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202103139
- ISBN
- 9798286442140
- DDC
- 658.155
- 저자명
- Ding, Yuanyuan.
- 서명/저자
- Managing Operational Design Within Innovative Retail Contexts
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of Minnesota, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 151 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Donohue, Karen;Ertekin, Necati.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Improving operational design decisions has the potential to enhance product valuation, trim operational costs, bolster overall profitability, and prioritize critical social issues such as environmental sustainability. My dissertation examines a variety of operational design decisions that arise within two contemporary contexts: (i) selling returned products as open-box, and (ii) curating products within a new subscription-based e-commerce service. I employ tools from econometrics and behavioral sciences to examine how customers response to different operational design options within these contexts, with the goal of identifying the most appropriate design for a given product type or customer segment. My dissertation is comprised of three main studies, with the first focused on context (i) and the others focused on context (ii).The overarching research question of Study 1 is: How should open-box products be displayed along with corresponding new products to increase overall product valuation? As the value and volume of returned products continue to rise, retailers are actively seeking effective methods to manage the disposition of returned products to reduce environment harm and recover lost revenue. One disposition method adopted in recent years is to sell returns as open-box along with their new product offerings. As more retailers include open-box products within their physical or online stores, a question arises in how to design the display of open-box products along with new products (i.e., what is the appropriate visual merchandising strategy). In practice, there are two dominant visual merchandising strategies. Whereas some retailers position open-box products next to their new counterparts (i.e., side-by-side strategy), other retailers position them separately in a different part of the retail space/website (i.e., separate strategy). In evaluating which strategy to use, an important consideration is how open-box products may influence corresponding new products as new products still account for most of the retail profit. Employing a state-of-the-art, choice-based conjoint design in a controlled lab experiment, I find that participants under the separate (versus side-by-side) strategy have higher valuation for new products, leading to higher sales but also a higher likelihood to return them. This study reveals that choosing the appropriate visual merchandising strategy entails a novel trade-off. The separate strategy yields higher new product sales, while the side-by-side strategy results in lower new product returns.The overarching research question of Study 2 is: How does different designs of product selection process influence customer satisfaction and valuation of the curated subscription service? The context of Study 2 is a new form of subscription-based retailing known as curated subscription services. In these services, customers sign up to receive personalized products delivered on a periodic basis. The product selection process, central to the services, leverages information provided by customers during the sign-up and integrates feedback received after each delivery to curate the box to meet individual preferences. Curated subscription service retailers are experimenting with what designs to employ within the product selection process. The relevant designs for the product selection process revolve around two design features: (i) the level of transparency into the broader product assortment and (ii) the level of customer participation in product selection. In evaluating how these alternative designs influence customer valuation of the service, it is important to consider both the products resulting from the product selection process and the customer experience during the product selection process. Specifically, I examine how each design affects the alignment of the products with customer preferences, which is driven by the outcome of the product selection process, and customer perception of restricted freedom, which emerges from their experience during the product selection process. These perceptions ultimately shape customer satisfaction, and, in turn, customer valuation of the service. Through the results of a controlled experiment, I find that providing transparency into the collection without customer participation does not enhance customer satisfaction of the service. However, satisfaction significantly improves when transparency was combined with customer participation in product selection. Different levels of customer participation do not lead to differing satisfaction of the service. Additionally, the alignment of the outcome with customer preferences and the perception of restricted freedom are two key mechanisms influencing customer satisfaction of the service. Furthermore, elevated customer satisfaction translate into increased customer valuation of the service.The overarching research question of Study 3 is: How can curated subscription service retailers manage recommendation deviation to influence its impact on perceived product fit between recommended products and customer preferences, thereby preserving or potentially improving customer valuation for the service? The primary objective of curated subscription services is to identify and deliver products that align with individual customer preferences. However, achieving perfect alignment is challenging due to various factors, including insufficient customer data or strategic considerations, such as avoiding over-tailoring recommendations that may reinforce the dominance of popular products and limit product diversity. As a result, recommendation deviation becomes inevitable. To better understand how customers respond to this deviation, this research applies regulatory focus theory, which distinguishes customers between two goal orientations: promotion-focused, who seek surprise and exploration, and prevention focused, who value convenience and aim to minimize effort. Regulatory focus theory suggests that individuals tend to evaluate experiences more favorably when those experiences align with their goal orientation, a phenomenon known as regulatory fit. This alignment is crucial in further influencing customer perceived product fit with their preferences, as well as their service valuation. Accordingly, this study explores how recommendation deviation influences perceived product fit, and subsequently, service valuation, across customers with different goal orientations in this context. This forms the basis of the study's overarching question. Building on this foundation, the study further explores how different types of informational nudging, including pressure-oriented nudging and self-assurance nudging, can mitigate the negative effects of recommendation deviation depending on customer goal orientations. Pressure-oriented nudging emphasizes the scarcity and uniqueness of products to signal their value and urgency, and assurance-oriented nudging validates the relevance of recommendations, bolstering customer confidence and justifying purchase decisions. I develop a conceptual framework of propositions that explores how customers with different goal orientations respond to recommendation deviation-both with and without different types of informational nudging-in terms of perceived product fit and service valuation, thus laying the foundation for future empirical research.
- 키워드
- Environment harm
- 기타저자
- University of Minnesota Business Administration
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-12A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
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My dissertation is comprised of three main studies, with the first focused on context (i) and the others focused on context (ii).The overarching research question of Study 1 is: How should open-box products be displayed along with corresponding new products to increase overall product valuation? As the value and volume of returned products continue to rise, retailers are actively seeking effective methods to manage the disposition of returned products to reduce environment harm and recover lost revenue. One disposition method adopted in recent years is to sell returns as open-box along with their new product offerings. As more retailers include open-box products within their physical or online stores, a question arises in how to design the display of open-box products along with new products (i.e., what is the appropriate visual merchandising strategy). In practice, there are two dominant visual merchandising strategies. Whereas some retailers position open-box products next to their new counterparts (i.e., side-by-side strategy), other retailers position them separately in a different part of the retail space/website (i.e., separate strategy). In evaluating which strategy to use, an important consideration is how open-box products may influence corresponding new products as new products still account for most of the retail profit. Employing a state-of-the-art, choice-based conjoint design in a controlled lab experiment, I find that participants under the separate (versus side-by-side) strategy have higher valuation for new products, leading to higher sales but also a higher likelihood to return them. This study reveals that choosing the appropriate visual merchandising strategy entails a novel trade-off. The separate strategy yields higher new product sales, while the side-by-side strategy results in lower new product returns.The overarching research question of Study 2 is: How does different designs of product selection process influence customer satisfaction and valuation of the curated subscription service? The context of Study 2 is a new form of subscription-based retailing known as curated subscription services. In these services, customers sign up to receive personalized products delivered on a periodic basis. The product selection process, central to the services, leverages information provided by customers during the sign-up and integrates feedback received after each delivery to curate the box to meet individual preferences. Curated subscription service retailers are experimenting with what designs to employ within the product selection process. The relevant designs for the product selection process revolve around two design features: (i) the level of transparency into the broader product assortment and (ii) the level of customer participation in product selection. In evaluating how these alternative designs influence customer valuation of the service, it is important to consider both the products resulting from the product selection process and the customer experience during the product selection process. Specifically, I examine how each design affects the alignment of the products with customer preferences, which is driven by the outcome of the product selection process, and customer perception of restricted freedom, which emerges from their experience during the product selection process. These perceptions ultimately shape customer satisfaction, and, in turn, customer valuation of the service. Through the results of a controlled experiment, I find that providing transparency into the collection without customer participation does not enhance customer satisfaction of the service. However, satisfaction significantly improves when transparency was combined with customer participation in product selection. Different levels of customer participation do not lead to differing satisfaction of the service. Additionally, the alignment of the outcome with customer preferences and the perception of restricted freedom are two key mechanisms influencing customer satisfaction of the service. Furthermore, elevated customer satisfaction translate into increased customer valuation of the service.The overarching research question of Study 3 is: How can curated subscription service retailers manage recommendation deviation to influence its impact on perceived product fit between recommended products and customer preferences, thereby preserving or potentially improving customer valuation for the service? The primary objective of curated subscription services is to identify and deliver products that align with individual customer preferences. However, achieving perfect alignment is challenging due to various factors, including insufficient customer data or strategic considerations, such as avoiding over-tailoring recommendations that may reinforce the dominance of popular products and limit product diversity. As a result, recommendation deviation becomes inevitable. To better understand how customers respond to this deviation, this research applies regulatory focus theory, which distinguishes customers between two goal orientations: promotion-focused, who seek surprise and exploration, and prevention focused, who value convenience and aim to minimize effort. Regulatory focus theory suggests that individuals tend to evaluate experiences more favorably when those experiences align with their goal orientation, a phenomenon known as regulatory fit. This alignment is crucial in further influencing customer perceived product fit with their preferences, as well as their service valuation. Accordingly, this study explores how recommendation deviation influences perceived product fit, and subsequently, service valuation, across customers with different goal orientations in this context. This forms the basis of the study's overarching question. Building on this foundation, the study further explores how different types of informational nudging, including pressure-oriented nudging and self-assurance nudging, can mitigate the negative effects of recommendation deviation depending on customer goal orientations. Pressure-oriented nudging emphasizes the scarcity and uniqueness of products to signal their value and urgency, and assurance-oriented nudging validates the relevance of recommendations, bolstering customer confidence and justifying purchase decisions. I develop a conceptual framework of propositions that explores how customers with different goal orientations respond to recommendation deviation-both with and without different types of informational nudging-in terms of perceived product fit and service valuation, thus laying the foundation for future empirical research.
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0130.
■653 ▼aOperational costs
■653 ▼aProduct valuation
■653 ▼aEnvironment harm
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■690 ▼a0454
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■71020▼aUniversity of Minnesota▼bBusiness Administration.
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■790 ▼a0130
■791 ▼aPh.D.
■792 ▼a2025
■793 ▼aEnglish
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