Control of dividends, capital subscriptions, and physical inventories

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1107-1124

  Li, Lode ^a,b   Shubik, Martin ^b   Sobel, Matthew J ^c  

^a Center for AI and Institutions at CKGSB   (China)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Corporate finance; Dynamic programming; Finance; Inventory; Production; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE FINANCE; EXPECTED PRESENT VALUES; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; FINANCIAL DECISIONS; INVENTORY; NON-DECREASING FUNCTIONS; PHYSICAL INVENTORIES; STOCHASTIC;

APPLICATIONS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PRODUCTION;

FINANCE;

EID: 84878074676     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1629     Document Type: Article

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