Inventory sharing and rationing in decentralized dealer networks

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 531-547

  Zhao, Hui ^a   Deshpande, Vinayak ^a   Ryan, Jennifer K ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralized supply chains; Inventory competition; Inventory sharing and rationing; Noncooperative games

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED SUPPLY CHAINS; INVENTORY COMPETITION; INVENTORY SHARING AND RATIONING; NONCOOPERATIVE GAMES;

COMPETITION; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LOGISTICS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 22544465268     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0321     Document Type: Article

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