Consumer returns policies and supply chain performance

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-612

  Su, Xuanming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer returns; Newsvendor model; Supply chains; Supply contracts; Valuation uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER RETURNS; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; NEWSVENDOR MODEL; NEWSVENDOR MODELS; RETURNS POLICIES; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE; SUPPLY CONTRACTS; VALUATION UNCERTAINTY;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 70349866039     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1080.0240     Document Type: Article

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