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Equity valuation, production, and financial planning: A stochastic programming approach

  1. Xiaodong Xu1,*,
  2. John R. Birge2,*

Article first published online: 7 AUG 2006

DOI: 10.1002/nav.20182

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Naval Research Logistics (NRL)

Naval Research Logistics (NRL)

Special Issue: Special Issue on Applications of Financial Engineering in Operations, Production, Services, Logistics, and Management

Volume 53, Issue 7, pages 641–655, October 2006

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Xu, X. and Birge, J. R. (2006), Equity valuation, production, and financial planning: A stochastic programming approach. Naval Research Logistics, 53: 641–655. doi: 10.1002/nav.20182

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  1. 1

    Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

  2. 2

    University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois 60637

*Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 AUG 2006
  2. Article first published online: 7 AUG 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 13 DEC 2005
  4. Manuscript Revised: 26 OCT 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 8 OCT 2004

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  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: DMI-0100462
  • University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

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