Improving store liquidation

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 89-103

  Craig, Nathan C ^a   Raman, Ananth ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory theory and control; OM practice; OM finance interface; Pricing and revenue management; Retailing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; RETAIL STORES; SALES;

CURRENT PRACTICES; INVENTORY THEORY; OM PRACTICES; PERCENTAGE POINTS; RETAIL INDUSTRY; RETAIL OUTLETS; RETAILING; REVENUE MANAGEMENT;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 84956860648     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.2015.0531     Document Type: Article

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