Measuring demand uncertainty is a key activity in supply chain planning. Of various methods ofestimating the standard deviation of demand, one that has been employed successfully in therecent literature uses dispersion among expertsacirc; forecasts. However, there has been limitedempirical...

Using a novel data set from 75 stores of a department store retail chain that changed its incentive plan for store managers to spur greater cooperation among them and with the corporate office, we examine how incentives impact operational decisions and, consequently, store outcomes. We measure...

Excess inventory announcement is an important issue as it has a huge negative impact on stock returns of the announcing firm. Many firms claim that they announce the buildup of excess inventory because of external factors such as sluggish sales. In contrast, theoretical literature in operations...