Reducing the cost of demand uncertainty through accurate response to early sales

Operations Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-99

  Fisher, Marshall ^a   Raman, Ananth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000913203     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.44.1.87     Document Type: Article

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