Assortment Planning and Inventory Decisions Under a Locational Choice Model

Vishal Gaur
Vishal Gaur
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Department of Information, Operations, and Management Science, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 8-160, 44 West 4th Street, New York, New York 10012
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Dorothée Honhon
Dorothée Honhon
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McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Austin, TX 78712
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Department of Information, Operations, and Management Science, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 8-160, 44 West 4th Street, New York, New York 10012

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Dorothée Honhon

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McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Austin, TX 78712

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Published Online:1 Oct 2006https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1060.0580

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