An analytical comparison of long and short term contracts

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 783-796

  Cohen, Morris A ^a   Agrawal, Narendra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MANUFACTURE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PURCHASING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

LONG TERM CONTRACTS; SHORT TERM CONTRACTS;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 0033365670     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179908969877     Document Type: Article

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