Optimal pricing and return policies for perishable commodities

Marketing Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-132

  Pasternack, Barry Alan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel coordination; Newsboy problem; Perishable commodities; Revenue sharing; Single period inventory model; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749137065     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: 1526548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1070.0347     Document Type: Review

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