The role of slotting fees in the coordination of assortment decisions

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-652

  Aydin, Göker ^a   Hausman, Warren H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortment planning; Operations marketing interface; Slotting fees; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349135319     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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