The impact of pricing policy on sales variability in a supermarket retail context

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 441-455

  Hamister, James W ^a   Suresh, Nallan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Pricing; Retail industry; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFITABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; RETAIL STORES; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BULLWHIP EFFECT; DISCOUNTED PRICING; PRIOR-PERIOD DEMAND; RETAIL INDUSTRY;

COSTS;

EID: 37349114870     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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