Decentralized pricing and capacity decisions in a multitier system with modular assembly

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1293-1308

  Bernstein, Fernando ^a   DeCroix, Gregory A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly systems; Capacity game; Outsourcing; System design

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; CAPACITY GAME; DECENTRALIZED PRICING; MULTITIER SYSTEM;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COSTS; FUNCTIONS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING; PERSONNEL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; THEOREM PROVING;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 4944259313     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0255     Document Type: Article

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