affect private sector inventory levels? I develop as a baseline a substitution hypothesis, which predicts that infrastructure … reduces inventory. I also consider competing hypotheses that can explain negative correlation between infrastructure and … inventory. To empirically distinguish these hypotheses, I use data on public firms from 60 countries. The econometric challenge …

the market? I consider the example of inventory and fill rates. When the market sees a high-inventory firm, it cannot tell … whether the inventory is due to incompetence or a strategy to enhance fill rate. Firms might decide to signal their competence … to the market by carrying less inventory. I show conditions for separating and pooling perfect Bayesian equilibria. I …

About inventory models, a concern is 'often made [that] any resemblances between the models constructed and reality are … purely coincidental.' One set of factors not usually considered in textbook models of inventory decisions is suggested by … affect inventory decisions, and how? I study four hypotheses. The first is that the market could be a side-show, with no …

Among practitioners, inventory is often thought to be the root of all evil in operations management. The stock market … hates it, the media abhors it, and managers have come to fear it. But high inventory levels can also be the result of … strategic buying and high-availability strategies. The problem is that when the market sees lots of inventory, it cannot tell …

How different are retailers' inventory levels around the world? Specifically, are retailers' inventories constant … contingency - in which country effects can explain inventory differences around the world. I also show that this conclusion is …

The inventory represents an essential component for the assets of the enterprise and the economic analysis gives them … results. The efficient management of inventory requires ensuring an optimum level for them, which will guarantee the normal … functioning of the activity with minimum inventory expenses and funds which are immobilised. The paper presents an analysis model …

How does the stock market affect inventory decisions? The efficient markets view is that low stock price means poor … fundamentals, a higher cost of capital, and lower inventory. Normatively, firms should obtain their cost of capital from an …' inventory as much as its fundamentals component. I further test three possibilities for how the behavioral component works. The …