In many equipment manufacturing industries, firms compete with each other not only on products price, but also on maintenance service. More and more traditional products oriented finns are offering their customers pro...In many equipment manufacturing industries, firms compete with each other not only on products price, but also on maintenance service. More and more traditional products oriented finns are offering their customers products bundled with maintenance service (P&S bundles). In this study, we examine finns' incentive to offer customers products bundling with long-term maintenance or repair support service in a duopoly competitive environment. When providing P&S bundles, a finn need to determine the service level (in terms of average response time guarantee for the service in this paper) to offer and needs to build a service facility to handle the maintenance service requirements. Based on the analysis of three sub-game models, we characterize the market conditions in which only one firm, both finns or neither finn will offer P&S bundles. Finally, we analyze the affects of serval market factors on firms' strategy choices.展开更多
Finite dimensional modules over Weft algebras are investigated and corresponding gauge bundle functors, from the category of vector bundles into the category of fibered manifolds, are determined. The equivalence of th...Finite dimensional modules over Weft algebras are investigated and corresponding gauge bundle functors, from the category of vector bundles into the category of fibered manifolds, are determined. The equivalence of the two definitions of gauge Well functors is proved and a number of geometric examples is presented, including a new description of vertical Well bundles.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61174171)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities+2 种基金the soft science project of Shaanxi ProvinceState-Sponsored Study Abroad Program of China(CSC)the School of Computer Science,University of Nottingham
文摘In many equipment manufacturing industries, firms compete with each other not only on products price, but also on maintenance service. More and more traditional products oriented finns are offering their customers products bundled with maintenance service (P&S bundles). In this study, we examine finns' incentive to offer customers products bundling with long-term maintenance or repair support service in a duopoly competitive environment. When providing P&S bundles, a finn need to determine the service level (in terms of average response time guarantee for the service in this paper) to offer and needs to build a service facility to handle the maintenance service requirements. Based on the analysis of three sub-game models, we characterize the market conditions in which only one firm, both finns or neither finn will offer P&S bundles. Finally, we analyze the affects of serval market factors on firms' strategy choices.
文摘Finite dimensional modules over Weft algebras are investigated and corresponding gauge bundle functors, from the category of vector bundles into the category of fibered manifolds, are determined. The equivalence of the two definitions of gauge Well functors is proved and a number of geometric examples is presented, including a new description of vertical Well bundles.