Dynamic capacity investment with two competing technologies

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 616-629

  Wang, Wenbin ^a   Ferguson, Mark E ^b   Hu, Shanshan ^c   Souza, Gilvan C ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capacity investment; Sustainable operations; Technology choice

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL STRUCTURE; CAPACITY DETERIORATION; COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES; DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY; DYNAMIC CAPACITY; SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY CHOICES;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLEET OPERATIONS; FUELS; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84886014479     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.2013.0438     Document Type: Article

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