Dynamic Assortment Customization with Limited Inventories

Fernando Bernstein
Fernando Bernstein
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Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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A. Gürhan Kök
A. Gürhan Kök
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College of Administrative Sciences and Economics Koç University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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Lei Xie
Lei Xie
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School of International Business Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 200433 Shanghai, China
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Fernando Bernstein

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Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708

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A. Gürhan Kök

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College of Administrative Sciences and Economics Koç University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey

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Lei Xie

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School of International Business Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 200433 Shanghai, China

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Published Online:22 Jul 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2015.0544

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Received:February 12, 2014
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Published Online:July 22, 2015

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