Decision bias in the newsvendor problem with a known demand distribution: experimental evidence

Management Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 404-420

  Schweitzer, Maurice E ^a   Cachon, Gérard P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; DECISION BIAS; MINIMIZING EX POST INVENTORY ERROR; NEWSVENDOR INVENTORY DECISIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0033876686     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.3.404.12070     Document Type: Article

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