Problem Definition: In this paper, we develop a forecast anchoring model that explains and predicts order variability behavior in a multi-period newsvendor problem. Our model assumes that people anchor on random point forecast (hence the name) and insufficiently adjust toward the...

When multiple retailers hold inventory to satisfy random demand, retailer inventory-sharing strategies can potentially reduce the demand-supply mismatch and increase overall supply chain performance. In this paper, we experimentally investigate alternative inventory-sharing strategies in a...

Behavioral inventory-management research leverages ideas and methodologies commonly used in behavioral economics and psychology to advance our understanding of the role of human behavior in inventory management. In this chapter, we first review some of the early papers in this area organized by...

Game theoretic models require strong informational assumptions that may not hold in operations applications. In such settings, how do uninformed players behave? We take a first step towards addressing this question by conducting a controlled human subject experiment. We focus on a simple...