The inventory and supply chain literature barely mentions any use of capital efficiency metrics, such as Return-on-Investment (ROI), and their impact on ordering decisions and inventory investments. Capital efficiency metrics offer a balanced view of profit margins and asset turns. Our work will...

This paper considers a monopolist firm selling two collections of a single product sequentially to satisfy consumers' different social externalities. The first "capsule" collection has a unique design and is sold within a limited time frame. The second "mass" collection has the same functional...