An empirical study of the bullwhip effect in China

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 537-551

  Shan, Jun ^a   Yang, Shitao ^b   Yang, Shilei ^c   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

bullwhip effect; China; empirical study; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899078582     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12034     Document Type: Article

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