This study illustrates how a manufacturer can use leadtime differentiation- selling the same product to different customers at different prices based on delivery leadtime- to simultaneously increase revenue and reduce capacity requirements. The manufacturer's production facility is modeled by...

Many technologies in energy, transportation, and telecommunications require large infrastructure systems to deliver benefits to adopters and society. Policymakers seeking to promote the diffusion of infrastructure-dependent technologies are often confronted with the ``chicken-and-egg" problem:...