The bullwhip effect under different information-sharing settings: A perspective on price-sensitive demand that incorporates price dynamics

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3085-3116

  Ma, Yungao ^a,b   Wang, Nengmin ^a,b   Che, Ada ^c   Huang, Yufei ^d   Xu, Jinpeng ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullwhip effect; Information sharing; Minimum mean squared error forecasting technique; Order up to inventory policy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; AUTO REGRESSIVE PROCESS; BULLWHIP EFFECTS; INFORMATION SETTING; INFORMATION SHARING; INVENTORY POLICIES; MINIMUM MEAN SQUARED ERROR; PRICE-SENSITIVE DEMAND;

COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84876311613     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.754551     Document Type: Article

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