Backup agreements in fashion buying - The value of upstream flexibility

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1469-1484

  Eppen, Gary D ^a   Iyer, Ananth V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Backup Agreements; Bayesian Updating; Fashion Buying; Inventory; Lead Time

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; DECISION MAKING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING;

BUYING;

MARKETING;

EID: 0031272776     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.11.1469     Document Type: Article

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