Centralization of stocks: Retailers vs. manufacturer

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-191

  Anupindi, Ravi ^a   Bassok, Yehuda ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKETING; OUTSOURCING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VALUE ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARKET SEARCH; RETAILERS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032673721     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.2.178     Document Type: Article

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