We develop an integrated/hybrid optimization model for configuring new products’ supply chains while explicitly considering the impact of demand dynamics during new products’ diffusion. The hybrid model simultaneously determines optimal production/sales plan and supply chain configuration. The production and sales plan provides decisions on the optimal timing to launch a new product, as well as...

In recent years, the collaborative demand-to-supply management which strategically supplies products to the market so as to maximize profit is a critical role for establishing a sustainable company. However, sales sector and production sector, respectively, do not always work together for corporate-wide optimization. In the most case, sales sector is responsible for maximizing sales. On the oth...

In this study, the authors examine exhaustive business data on Japanese firms, which cover nearly all companies in the midand large-scale ranges in terms of firm size, to reach several key findings on profits/sales distribution and business growth trends. First, detailed balance is observed not only in profits data but also in sales data. Furthermore, the growth-rate distribution of sales has w...

This study empirically examines whether managers manipulate reported income through the timing of sales of long-lived assets and investments. Several empirical implications of the income-smoothing and debt-equity hypothesis in the context of asset sales were tested. The findings are consistent with the timing of asset sales by managers so that the recognized accounting income from these sales s...