Operational flexibility and financial hedging: Complements or substitutes?

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1030-1045

  Chod, Jiri ^a   Rudi, Nils ^b   Van Mieghem, Jan A ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial hedging; Flexibility; Postponement; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; FINANCIAL HEDGING; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; PRODUCT DEMAND; PRODUCT FLEXIBILITY; RISK MITIGATING;

PROFITABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FINANCE;

EID: 77953483899     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1137     Document Type: Article

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