Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1142600 Operations Research Letters 2010 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

We show for products featuring an exponential demand with Gamma prior, if the demand forecast improves over time and the manufacturer sets the wholesale price, the expected order size increases when the order is placed later. Both the manufacturer and the retailer gain when the order is placed later.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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