Inventory Decision under Demand Uncertainty: A Contingent Claims Approach
Kee H Chung
The Financial Review, 1990, vol. 25, issue 4, 623-40
Abstract:
This study uses the discrete-time option pricing model for the evaluation of the firm's inventory decision under demand uncertainty. The paper establishes the following optimal inventory decision implications: the optimal order quantity is positively related to the product selling price, product salvage value, interest rate, and the size of the outstanding orders; and negatively related to the product cost. The effect of demand uncertainty on the optimal order quantity is shown to be ambiguous. This study also shows that the maximum present value of profit from the contingent claims approach can be substantially different from that of the modified standard newsboy problem. Copyright 1990 by MIT Press.
Date: 1990
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