A risk-free perishable item returns policy

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-106

  Webster, Scott ^a   Weng, Z Kevin ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Contacts; Returns Policies; Supply Chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002828661     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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