Sales forecasting updates: How good are they in practice?

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-382

  Lawrence, Michael ^a   O'Connor, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fixed event forecasts; Forecast updates; Sales forecasting accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012890616     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(00)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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