Push, pull, or both? A behavioral study of how the allocation of inventory risk affects channel efficiency

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2666-2683

  Davis, Andrew M ^a   Katok, Elena ^b   Santamaría, Natalia ^a  

^a SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations management; Inventory risk allocation; Supply chain contracts

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; BEHAVIORAL STUDIES; CHANNEL EFFICIENCY; PROFIT DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ALLOCATION; SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACTS; TWO-STAGE SUPPLY CHAINS; WHOLESALE PRICE CONTRACT;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84908594059     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.1940     Document Type: Article

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