A review of trade credit literature: Opportunities for research in operations

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-256

  Seifert, Daniel ^a   Seifert, Ralf W ^a,b   Protopappa Sieke, Margarita ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interface operations and finance; Permissible delay in payment; Trade credit

Indexed keywords

CREDIT TERM; INTERFACE OPERATIONS; ORDER QUANTITY; PERMISSIBLE DELAY IN PAYMENTS; SETTLEMENT PERIOD; TRADE CREDIT;

RESEARCH;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84880572147     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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