The impact of quick response in inventory-based competition

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-429

  Caro, Felipe ^a   Martínez De albéniz, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fast fashion; Game theory; Inventory competition; Operations strategy; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; COMPARATIVE STATICS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DEMAND INFORMATION; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; INVENTORY COMPETITION; INVENTORY LEVELS; MAKE-TO-STOCK; NEWSVENDOR MODELS; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; ORDERING COST; QUICK RESPONSE; STOCK-OUT;

GAME THEORY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 77954573819     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1090.0274     Document Type: Article

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