A two-location inventory model with transshipments in a competitive environment

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-250

  Zou, Li ^a   Dresner, Martin ^b   Windle, Robert ^b  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer's switching rate; Nash equilibrium; Transshipment price; Transshipments

Indexed keywords

COMPETING FIRMS; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; CUSTOMER LOYALTY; CUSTOMER SERVICES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; INVENTORY MODELS; INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MARKET DEMAND; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; RISK-SHARING; STOCK-OUT; SWITCHING RATES;

LOCATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALES; SWITCHING;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 77950628611     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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