Inventory management with auctions and other sales channels: Optimality of (s, S) policies

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-150

  Huh, Woonghee Tim ^a   Janakiraman, Ganesh ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(s, S) policies; Auction; Fixed cost; Multiple sales channels; Stochastic inventory systems

Indexed keywords

AUCTION MECHANISMS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE SALES CHANNELS; SALES CHANNELS;

COSTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 38849128191     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0767     Document Type: Article

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