The value of flexible backup suppliers and disruption risk information: Newsvendor analysis with recourse

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 834-867

  Saghafian, Soroush ^a   Van Oyen, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

backup capacity reservation; disruption risk information; disruption risk mitigation; Flexible backup supplier

Indexed keywords

BACK-UP SYSTEMS; BACKUP CAPACITY; CAPACITY INVESTMENT; FLEXIBLE BACKUP SUPPLIER; IMPERFECT INFORMATION; NEWSVENDORS; ORDERING POLICIES; RISK INFORMATION; RISK MITIGATION; RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84864650963     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.654846     Document Type: Article

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