Service firms periodically face fluctuating demand levels. They incur high costs to handle peak demand and pay for under-utilized capacity during low demand periods. In this paper, we develop a mixed integer programming (MIP) model based on the real life experience of a Brazilian...

In the post war era, much has been said about the role of the foreign trade sector in affecting the rate and the level of domestic economic growth in the group of LDCs. The impact of exports in particular received the lion's share of attention. It has been frequently argued that exports act as...