Endogenous information acquisition in supply chain management

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 454-462

  Fu, Qi ^a   Zhu, Kaijie ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Information acquisition; Inventory; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ACQUISITION; INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS; INVENTORY; SUPPLY CONTRACTS;

LOGISTICS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PROFITABILITY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349266025     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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