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International Journal of Inventory Research

 

Special Issue on: "Inventory Systems with Consumer Behaviour Considerations"

Guest Editors:
Jenny Chen, Dalhousie University, Canada
Shilei Yang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
Peter Berling, Lund University and Linnaeus University, Sweden

Inventory plays a critical role in balancing supply and demand across different echelons in a supply chain. Inventory management and control systems, however, have been extensively studied with a focus on aggregate level analysis (for example, based on aggregate demand). Today, internet and technology development drive new economies and dramatically reshape the ways customers normally shop and purchase products. Consequently, the demand pattern is fundamentally different from that typically assumed in the literature.

In the past decade, although researchers’ interests have moved to individual customer incentives and behaviour, limited studies have been carried out on inventory systems with consumer behaviour considerations. This suggests a need for a better understanding of the impacts of individual behaviour on inventory systems. This special issue aims to fill this gap by publishing high-quality and timely theoretical/empirical findings on this topic.

The purpose of the issue is to present new findings in inventory systems with consumer behaviour consideration using quantitative models.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Optimisation-based decision models for addressing strategic, tactical and operational inventory problems considering consumer behaviour
• Consumer behaviour analysis in inventory-related decisions
• New role of inventory considering consumer behaviour
• Modelling of consumer behaviour in inventory management
• Inventory systems and customer search behaviour
• Inventory and strategic customer behaviour
• Risk and uncertainty of inventory systems considering consumer behaviour
• Inventory, sales promotion and consumer behaviour
• Using inventory to match customer supply with demand in two-sided markets
• Inventory management in Omni channels with different customer behaviours

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 30 April, 2016