Return policy model of supply chain management for single-period products

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-308

  He, J ^a   Chin, K S ^a   Yang, J B ^b   Zhu, D L ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision; Operations strategy; Risk; Supply management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALES; SALVAGING;

A-STABLE; DECISION; OPERATION STRATEGY; POLICY MODEL; RETURN POLICY; RISK ATTITUDE; SALE PERIOD; SINGLE-PERIOD PRODUCTS; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAIN MARKETS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845473858     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: 15732878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10957-006-9061-4     Document Type: Article

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