The multi-item newsboy problem is used to determine the value of two types of incomplete information, global information and product-mix information. It is shown that this value depends on the number of products, the existence of a budget restriction and the degree of substitutability.

Three variations of the newsboy problem, the newsboy problem with fixed container size, the problem of the just-in-time newsboy and the newsboy problem with demand-dependent pricing are analyzed with respect to the value of information. This is determined by comparing the profit of a blind...