The setting of profit targets for target oriented divisions

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-92

  Shi, Chunming Victor ^a   Zhao, Xuan ^a   Xia, Yu ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Newsvendor; Pricing; Risk aversion; Target setting

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SCENARIO; BUSINESS SURVIVAL; DEMAND DISTRIBUTION; IN-CONTROL; INCREASING FAILURE RATE; LITTLE RESEARCH; NEWSVENDORS; OPTIMAL ORDER QUANTITY; OPTIMAL RETAIL PRICE; PRICE ELASTICITY; PRICE SETTING; PRODUCTION COST; PROFIT TARGETS; RISK AVERSION; TARGET SETTING;

COSTS; EARNINGS; ELASTICITY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROFITABILITY;

TARGETS;

EID: 77950022723     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.01.047     Document Type: Article

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