In this paper, we consider the revenue management problem from the perspective of online algorithms. This approach eliminates the need for both demand forecasts and a risk neutrality assumption. The competitive ratio of a policy relative to a given input sequence is the ratio of the policy's...

We investigate the supply chain design decisions faced by an online retailer that participates in a two-tier supply chain with a single supplier and another, more traditional bricks-and-mortar retailer. The operations literature has traditionally approached supply chain network design with the...