Optimal pricing and production planning for subscription-based products

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-39

  Huh, Woonghee Tim ^a   Kachani, Soulaymane ^a   Sadighian, Ali ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Dynamic programming; Magazine subscriptions; Pricing; Production planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649129337     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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