Revenue management: A real options approach

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 686-703

  Anderson, C K ^a   Davison, M ^b   Rasmussen, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airlines; Car rentals; Operations management; Securities and real options

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

CAR RENTALS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; REVENUE MANAGEMENT; SECURITIES AND REAL OPTIONS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 3843143925     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20026     Document Type: Article

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