Sourcing from multiple suppliers for price-dependent demands

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 547-563

  Feng, Qi ^a   Shi, Ruixia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic pricing; procurement policies; supplier diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860859034     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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