Wait or buy? The strategic consumer: Pricing and profit implications

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-306

  Anderson, C K ^a   Wilson, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air transport; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

REVENUE MANAGEMENT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037356441     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601497     Document Type: Article

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