摘要
ThisstudyfocusesoninventorystrategiesofInternetretailers(etailers).Theetailerfacesoptionsofholdingherowninventoryoroutsourcingthroughthethirdparty(ies).Weassessetailerinventorystrategiesthroughmathematicalmodelingandnumericalexperiments.Whenorderingandholdingherownstock,theetailerhasfullcontroloftheorderfulfillmentprocessbutbearstheinventory-relatedrisk.Whenoutsourcingstock,etailer'sordersmaynotgetanequalpriorityasforthoseofthethirdparty'sown.Builtuponsimpleoperationsresearchmodels,thenumericalexperimentssuggestthattheetailerisbetteroffrelyingonotherstofulfillordersifherdemand(profitmargin)islow,butshouldreverttothestrategyofmaintainingherowninventoryifhersalesvolume(profitmargin)isrelativelyhigh.Otherfactorsarealsoinvestigated.Thesefindingsseemtoconfirmwhatarebeingpracticedintheindustry.
出版日期
2005年01月11日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
