No refund or full refund: When should a fashion brand offer full refund consumer return service for mass customization products?

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Choi, Tsan Ming ^a   Liu, Na ^a   Ren, Shuyun ^a   Hui, Chi Leung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CONDITIONS; CONSUMER RETURN POLICIES; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MEAN-VARIANCE APPROACH; NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY; OPTIMAL RETAIL PRICE; SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENT;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84877267293     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/561846     Document Type: Article

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