Decentralized supply chains subject to information delays

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1076-1090

  Chen, Fangruo ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SCHEDULING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

COST CENTERS; INCENTIVE COMPATIBILITY; INFORMATION DELAYS; IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TEAMS; THE BEER GAME;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033285798     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.8.1076     Document Type: Article

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