Learning by doing in the newsvendor problem: A laboratory investigation of the role of experience and feedback

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 519-538

  Bolton, Gary E ^a   Katok, Elena ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations management; Experimental economics; Feedback; Newsvendor problem; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; BEHAVIORAL THEORIES; DECISION MAKERS; EXPECTED PROFITS; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVENTORY PROBLEMS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LEARNING BY DOINGS; NEWSVENDOR; NEWSVENDOR PROBLEM;

DECISION THEORY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 61349192578     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1060.0190     Document Type: Article

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