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MANSCI
2010
13 years 8 months ago
2010
We study a supply chain with one supplier and many retailers that face exogenous endcustomer demands. The supplier and the retailers all try to minimize their own inventory-relate...
MANSCI
2010
13 years 8 months ago
2010
Firms that rely on functioning mission-critical equipment for their businesses cannot a¤ord signi…cant operational downtime due to system disruptions. To minimize the impact of...
MANSCI
2008
13 years 9 months ago
2008
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are a vital component of the Internet's content delivery value chain, servicing nearly a third of the Internet's most popular content si...
MANSCI
2006
13 years 9 months ago
2006
This paper studies a queuing model in which a buyer sources a good or service from an single supplier chosen from a pool of suppliers. The buyer seeks to minimize the sum of her p...
MANSCI
2006
13 years 9 months ago
2006
Internet companies extensively use the practice of drop-shipping, where the wholesaler stocks and owns the inventory and ships products directly to customers at retailers' re...