An econometric analysis of inventory turnover performance in retail services

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-194

  Gaur, Vishal ^a   Fisher, Marshall L ^b   Raman, Ananth ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Inventory turnover; Performance measures; Retail operations

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL INTENSITY; INVENTORY TURNOVER; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; RETAIL OPERATIONS;

BENCHMARKING; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; SALES;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 14944343496     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0298     Document Type: Article

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