Do Random Errors Explain Newsvendor Behavior?

Mirko Kremer
Mirko Kremer
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Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Stefan Minner
Stefan Minner
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Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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Luk N. Van Wassenhove
Luk N. Van Wassenhove
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Technology and Operations Management, INSEAD, 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France
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Mirko Kremer

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Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

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Stefan Minner

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Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria

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Luk N. Van Wassenhove

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Technology and Operations Management, INSEAD, 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France

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Published Online:9 Apr 2010https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1100.0294

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