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We address the simultaneous determination of pricing and capacity investment strategies in a multi-period setting under demand uncertainty. In our model a monopolistic firm makes three decisions: capacity investment (or disinvestment), production (inventory), and price, all of which can be specified dynamically as a function of the state of the system. We analyze the optimal joint strategy and ...

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We address the simultaneous determination of pricing and capacity investment strategies in a multi-period setting under demand uncertainty. In our model a monopolistic firm makes three decisions: capacity investment (or disinvestment), production (inventory), and price, all of which can be specified dynamically as a function of the state of the system. We analyze the optimal joint strategy and ...

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