Managing Perishables with Substitution: Inventory Issuance and Replenishment Heuristics

Borga Deniz
Borga Deniz
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Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606
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Itir Karaesmen
Itir Karaesmen
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R. H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Alan Scheller-Wolf
Alan Scheller-Wolf
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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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Borga Deniz

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Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606

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Itir Karaesmen

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R. H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

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Alan Scheller-Wolf

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Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

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Published Online:2 Oct 2009https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1090.0276

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