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JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
卷 66, 期 10, 页码 1624-1634出版社
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2014.110
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start-up firms; inventory; production capacity; stochastic modelling; Markov decision process
We consider the problem of managing inventory and production capacity in a start-up manufacturing firm with the objective of maximising the probability of the firm surviving as well as the more common objective of maximising profit. Using Markov decision process models, we characterise and compare the form of optimal policies under the two objectives. This analysis shows the importance of coordination in the management of inventory and production capacity. The analysis also reveals that a start-up firm seeking to maximise its chance of survival will often choose to keep production capacity significantly below the profit-maximising level for a considerable time. This insight helps us to explain the seemingly cautious policies adopted by a real start-up manufacturing firm.
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