Capacity allocation using past sales: when to turn-and-earn

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 685-703

  Cachon, Gérard P ^a   Lariviere, Martin A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SALES;

BULLWHIP EFFECT; CAPACITY ALLOCATION; PRICE; RETAILERS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032682439     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.5.685     Document Type: Article

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