Mean-variance analysis of the newsvendor model with stockout cost

Jun Wu; Jian Li; Shouyang Wang; T. C.E. Cheng

doi:10.1016/j.omega.2008.02.005

Mean-variance analysis of the newsvendor model with stockout cost

Jun Wu, Jian Li, Shouyang Wang, T. C.E. Cheng^*

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Abstract

We study the risk-averse newsvendor model with a mean-variance objective function. We show that stockout cost has a significant impact on the newsvendor's optimal ordering decisions. In particular, with stockout cost, the risk-averse newsvendor does not necessarily order less than the risk-neutral newsvendor. We illustrate this finding analytically for the case where the demand follows the power distribution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	724-730
Number of pages	7
Journal	Omega (United Kingdom)
Volume	37
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2008.02.005
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Mean-variance
Newsvendor problem
Stockout cost
Supply chain

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