Evaluating manufacturer's buyback policies in a single-period two-echelon framework under price-dependent stochastic demand

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 808-824

  Arcelus, F J ^a   Kumar, Satyendra ^a   Srinivasan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buyback policy; Newsvendor problem; Price dependent demand; Secondary market

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649129449     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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