Forward buying of non-commodity consumer goods
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Author(s)
Kight, Jeffrey Wayne
Advisor(s)
Chris Caplice.
Date Issued
2007
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis examines the feasibility of commodity-like forward and futures markets in non-commodity consumer goods. Benefits of information gleaned from the sale of products for future delivery are examined, as well as the market for wine futures, which serves as an example of a non-commodity futures market. Analysis is conducted by controlled experiments in a system dynamics model that simulates the bullwhip effect.
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Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2007.
"June 2007."
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 63).
Subjects
Engineering Systems Division.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
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