Country: United States

Found 17049 papers in total
An econometric analysis of inventory turnover performance in retail services
2005,
Inventory turnover varies widely across retailers and over time. This variation...
Decentralized supply chains with competing retailers under demand uncertainty
2005,
In this paper, we investigate the equilibrium behavior of decentralized supply chains...
Advance booking discount programs under retail competition
2004,
We model a situation in which two retailers consider launching an ‘Advance...
Product variety under brand influence: an empirical investigation of personal computer demand
2004,
Prior research suggests that brand may influence consumer preference for...
The benefits of advance booking discount programs: model and analysis
2004,
Consider a retailer who sells perishable seasonal products with uncertain demand. Due...
Retailer- vs. vendor-managed inventory and brand competition
2004,
Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is emerging as a significant development in the recent...
Reducing the out-of-stock costs in a developing retailer sector
2004,
Because of the unavailability of sufficient distribution systems and technology in...
A structural equation modelling approach for assessing the dimensions of the optimum stimulation level
2000,
The current scales for assessing the exploratory tendency of consumers are mainly...
Forecasting home appliances sales incorporating adoption and replacement
2000,
Empirical research on diffusion of consumer durable goods has mostly focused on...
Concurrent crashing and overlapping in product development
2004,
This research addresses two common tools for reducing product development lead times:...
Optimal allocation of proposals to reviewers to facilitate effective ranking
2005,
Peer review of research proposals and articles is an essential element in research and...
Do scientists pay to be scientists?
2004,
This paper explores the relationship between wages and the scientific orientation of...
Scheduling flexible servers with convex delay costs: heavy-traffic optimality of the generalized cμ-rule
2004,
We consider a queueing system with multitype customers and flexible (multiskilled)...
Contact centers with a call-back option and real-time delay information
2004,
Motivated by practices in customer contact centers, we consider a system that ofters...
Priority auctions and queue disciplines that depend on processing time
2005,
We analyze the allocation of priority in queues via simple bidding mechanisms. In our...
Engineering solution of a basic call-center model
2005,
An algorithm is developed to rapidly compute approximations for all the standard...
Jobshop-like queueing systems (James R. Jackson) with comments
2004,
This paper is taken from a special supplement to the journal Management Science at the...
Self-interested routing in queueing networks
2004,
We study self-interested routing in stochastic networks, taking into account the...
Modeling daily arrivals to a telephone call center
2004,
We develop stochastic models of time-dependent arrivals, with focus on the application...
Pricing and priority auctions in queueing systems with a generalized delay cost structure
2004,
This paper studies alternative price–service mechanisms for a provider that...
Analysis and optimization of a multistage inventory-queue system
2004,
An important issue in the management of supply chains and manufacturing systems is to...
The financial impact of ISO 9000 certification in the United States: An empirical analysis
2005,
The ISO 9000 series of quality management systems standards, introduced in 1986, has...
Selectionism and learning in projects with complexity and unforeseeable uncertainty
2004,
Companies innovating in dynamic environments face the combined challenge of...
Throughput in serial lines with state-dependent behavior
2004,
Experimental evidence suggests that production-line workers adjust their work rates in...
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