Capacity investment under postponement strategies, market competition, and demand uncertainty

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1876-1890

  Anupindi, Ravi ^a   Jiang, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bertrand competition; Cournot competition; Duopoly; Flexibility; Postponement

Indexed keywords

BERTRAND COMPETITION; COURNOT COMPETITION; DUOPOLY; FLEXIBILITY; POSTPONEMENT;

COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 61849149995     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0940     Document Type: Article

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