The effect of payment schemes on inventory decisions: The role of mental accounting

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 436-451

  Chen, Li ^a   Kök, A Gürhan ^a   Tong, Jordan D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations; Decision under uncertainty; Mental accounting; Newsvendor

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; CONTRACT DESIGN; DECISION UNDER UNCERTAINTY; INVENTORY DECISIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOSS AVERSION; MENTAL ACCOUNTING; NET PROFITS; NEWSVENDOR PROBLEM; NEWSVENDORS; ORDER QUANTITY; PAYMENT SCHEMES; PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS; STRUCTURE CONSTANTS; SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCINGS;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84874182255     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1638     Document Type: Article

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