optimal inventory-trading policy of a risk-neutral merchant is characterized by two stage and spot-price dependent basestock … targets. Under some assumptions, these targets are monotone in the spot price and partition the available inventory and spot … prices in general depends on the merchant's inventory availability. This is a consequence of the interplay between the …

This paper considers a firm's price and inventory policy when it faces uncertain demand that depends on both price and … inventory level. The authors extend the classic newsvendor model by assuming that expected utility maximizing consumers choose … more customers, and earns higher profits when it internalizes the effect of its inventory on demand. Second, the authors …

We consider a supply chain in which two suppliers compete for supply to a customer. Pricing and delivery … customer because she can lower her inventory with deliveries from more suppliers. In general, higher delivery frequencies lower …

firms make three decisions: capacity investment, production (inventory) quantity, and price. Typically, investments are made … and production (inventory) decisions relatively insensitive to uncertainty. This suggests that managers can make optimal …-post pricing before production postponement reengineering. While more postponement increases firm value, it is counterintuitive …

This paper examines an integrated decision-making process regarding pricing for uncertain demand and sourcing from … and only if the inventory level is below the reorder point. When this happens, the optimal order and price are coordinated … profit improvement obtained from deploying dynamic pricing, as opposed to static pricing. Our results indicate that either …

This paper develops an order-up-to S inventory model that is designed to handle multiple items, resource constraints … complex, real-world inventory control problems. …

We study a single-product single-location inventory system under periodic review, where excess demand is lost and the …

operational issue of quantity allocation between two uncertain suppliers and its effects on the inventory policies of the buyer …

, flexibility (e.g., inventory substitution), and sharing (commonality). In contrast to single-resource settings, risk … hedge and suggest rules of thumb for strategic placement of safety capacity and inventory in networks: (1) Risk pooling …