Sex, risk and the newsvendor

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 86-92

  De Véricourt, Francis ^a   Jain, Kriti ^b   Bearden, J Neil ^b   Filipowicz, Allan ^b,c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

^c Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations; Gender difference; Newsvendor; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; FINANCIAL RISKS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MARGIN SETTING; NEWSVENDOR PROBLEM; NEWSVENDORS; RISK AVERSION; SOCIAL RISKS;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84902359833     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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