As an integrated part of a supply contract, trade credit has intrinsic connections with supply
chain coordination and inventory management. Using a model that explicitly captures the …

Retail inventories have been consistently dropping, relative to sales, since the 1990s.
Whether these lean inventory developments translate to better retailer operational …

In this essay, we examine how retailers can use data to make better decisions and hence,
improve their performance. We have been studying retail operations for over two decades …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of demand uncertainty on
inventory turnover performance through empirical modeling. In particular the authors use the …

We study the inefficiencies stemming from a firm's operating flexibility under debt. We find
that flexibility in replenishing or liquidating inventory, by providing risk-shifting incentives …

Sales surprise (SS) is a significant factor in a firm's inventory turnover (ITO). In order to
estimate SS, it is necessary to select an appropriate approach of sales forecasting. The …

Lean is one of the most pervasive and powerful paradigms in Operations and Supply Chain
Management. As a theory, lean has been well tested in manufacturing. Lean in retail has …

Despite the benefits of inventory transshipment, numerous behavioral experiments have
revealed that retailers often deviate from the Nash-equilibrium ordering quantities, which in …

Retail inventory is an important indicator for retailers as well as their shareholders and
suppliers. Inventory enables retailer to sell products to customer but excessive or slow …

While the factors related to the survival of established retail firms are well researched,
current understanding of drivers of new retail venture survival is limited. We assess the …