A dynamic product quality evaluation based pricing model for perishable food supply chains

Omega

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 906-917

  Wang, Xiaojun ^a   Li, Dong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perishable food; Pricing; Product tracing and tracking; Quality deterioration; Shelf life; Waste reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862830113     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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