Simple economics of the price-setting newsvendor problem

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1996-1998

  Salinger, Michael ^a   Ampudia, Miguel ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Inventory production; Marketing; Perishable aging items; Pricing; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; ELASTICITY OF DEMAND; INVENTORY/PRODUCTION; MARGINAL COSTS; MULTIPLICATIVE UNCERTAINTY; NEWSVENDOR PROBLEM; NEWSVENDORS; PERISHABLE/AGING ITEMS; PRICE SETTING; UNCERTAINTY;

COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; MARKETING; PROFITABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COSTS;

EID: 81255178456     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1388     Document Type: Article

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