An optimal credit policy to increase supplier’s profits with price-dependent demand functions

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 45-50

  Kim, Junsik ^a   Hwang, Hark ^a   Shinn, Seongwhan ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Credit period; Demand function; EOQ; Price elasticity

Indexed keywords

COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; PURCHASING;

CREDIT PERIOD; DEMAND FUNCTION; ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY (EOQ);

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0029219203     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537289508930252     Document Type: Article

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