Purchasing, pricing, and quick response in the presence of strategic consumers

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-511

  Cachon, Gérard P ^a   Swinney, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; Game theory; Quick response; Strategic consumer behavior

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; DEMAND INFORMATION; DISCOUNTED PRICE; DYNAMIC PRICING; IF THERE ARE; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; PRICE DISCOUNT; QUICK RESPONSE; RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS; STRATEGIC CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAIN DEMAND; UNIT COST;

COMPETITION; COSTS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GAME THEORY;

SALES;

EID: 67649922243     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0948     Document Type: Article

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