Risk tolerance and a retailer's pricing and ordering policies within a newsvendor framework

Omega

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-198

  Arcelus, F J ^a,b   Kumar, Satyendra ^c   Srinivasan, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c JDA SOFTWARE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternate optimization objectives; Degree of risk tolerance; Inventory management; Newsvendor problem; Price dependent demand; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROFITABILITY; SALES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATE OPTIMIZATION; ALTERNATE OPTIMIZATION OBJECTIVE; DEGREE OF RISK TOLERANCE; DEGREE OF RISKS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; NEWSVENDOR PROBLEM; ORDERING POLICIES; PRICE DEPENDENT DEMAND; PRICING POLICY; RISK TOLERANCE;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79960630574     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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