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Supply Management In Multiproduct Firms With Fixed Proportions Technology, Onur Boyabatli
Supply Management In Multiproduct Firms With Fixed Proportions Technology, Onur Boyabatli
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
This paper studies the supply management of a primary input, where this input gives rise to multiple products in fixed proportions. My objective is twofold. First, I study fixed proportions technology under demand uncertainty in comparison with flexible and the dedicated technologies. I show that fixed proportions technology has a cost- pooling value over dedicated technology, which is larger than the capacity-pooling value of flexible technology over dedicated technology. I identify the critical role that demand correlation plays with the fixed proportions technology: In contrast to the capacitypooling value which decreases in demand correlation, the cost-pooling value increases in demand …