Transshipment of inventories among retailers: Myopic vs. farsighted stability

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1493-1508

  Sošić, Greys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Cooperation and competition; Farsighted stability; Inventory sharing

Indexed keywords

COALITIONS; COOPERATION AND COMPETITION; FARSIGHTED STABILITY; INVENTORY SHARING;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 33749671334     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0558     Document Type: Article

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