Revenue Management vs. Newsvendor Decisions: Does Behavioral Response Mirror Normative Equivalence?


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KOCABIYIKOĞLU A., GÖĞÜŞ C. I., Gonul M. S.

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, cilt.24, sa.5, ss.750-761, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/poms.12297
  • Dergi Adı: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.750-761
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: behavioral operations management, revenue management, newsvendor problem, CONTRACTS, FEEDBACK
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We study and compare decision-making behavior under the newsvendor and the two-class revenue management models, in an experimental setting. We observe that, under both problems, decision makers deviate significantly from normative benchmarks. Furthermore, revenue management decisions are consistently higher compared to the newsvendor order quantities. In the face of increasing demand variability, revenue managers increase allocations; this behavior is consistent with normative patterns when the ratio of the selling prices of the two customer segments is less than 1/2, but is its exact opposite when this ratio is greater than 1/2. Newsvendors' behavior with respect to changing demand variability, on the other hand, is consistent with normative trends. We also observe that losses due to leftovers weigh more in newsvendor decisions compared to the revenue management model; we argue that overage cost is more salient in the newsvendor problem because it is perceived as a direct loss, and propose this as the driver of the differences in behavior observed under the two problems.