Bracing for demand shocks: An experimental investigation

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 205-216

  Tokar, Travis ^a   Aloysius, John ^b   Williams, Brent ^b   Waller, Matthew ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipated feedback; Behavioral experiment; Bracing; Demand shock; Inventory control; Judgment bias

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAINS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENT; BRACING; DECISION ENVIRONMENT; DEMAND SHOCKS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INFORMATION CONCERNING; JUDGMENT BIAS; SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84899959726     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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