An experimental investigation of pull contracts in supply chains

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 325-340

  Davis, Andrew M ^a  

^a SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral operations management; loss aversion and reference dependence; pull contracts; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923040534     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12224     Document Type: Article

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