Research Interests

  • Inventory Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Effects of Capacity Limits on Operating Systems
  • Competition in Operations Management
  • Optimal and Competitive Pricing

 

Refereed Publications

1.     Parker, R.P., “Planning for Uncertainty,” Architect Victoria, Spring (2005).

1.     Parker, R.P. and Kapuscinski, R., “Optimal Policies for a Capacitated Two-Echelon Inventory System,” Operations Research, Vol. 52, No. 5, (2004) 739-755.

2.     Stecke, K.E. and Parker, R.P., “Flexible Automation” in Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management, Paul Swamidass (Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, USA (2000), reprinted in Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, (2000).

3.     Parker, R.P. and Wirth, A., “Manufacturing Flexibility: Measures and Relationship,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 118, No. 3, (1999) 429-449.

4.     Stecke, K.E. and Parker, R.P., “Cells and Flexible Automation: History and Synergistic Application” in Group Technology & Cellular Manufacturing: A State-of-the-Art Synthesis of Research and Practice, Nallan Suresh and John Kay (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, (1998).

5.     Samson, D.A. and Parker, R.P., “Service Quality: the Gap in the Australian Consulting Engineering Industry,” Asia Pacific Journal of Quality Management, Vol. 3, No. 1, (1994), pp. 43-59, reprinted in International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 11, No. 7, (1994) 60-76.

6.     Ramsay, E., Samson, D.A., and Parker, R.P., “Quality-based Competitiveness of Service-Sector Organizations: Application to Australian Consulting Engineering Firms,” Service Industries Research Program, Report No. 14, Australian Government Publishing Service, (1993).

 

Working Papers

1.     “Managing a Non-Cooperative Supply Chain with Limited Capacity” (with Roman Kapuscinski)

2.     “Consumer Behavior in Inventory Management” (with Tava Lennon Olsen)

3.     “The Role of Flexible Technology in Entry Deterrence” (with Roman Kapuscinski)

4.     “Excess Capacity in Entry Deterrence” (with Roman Kapuscinski)

5.     “Partial Backlogging in an Inventory Duopoly” (with Tava Lennon Olsen)

6.     “A New Methodology for Predicting Prostate Cancer Severity which distinguishes between Clinically Insignificant and Significant Tumors” (with Arthur Swersey and John Colberg)

7.     “Competing for Shelf Space under Buyback Contracts”

8.     “What’s Mine is Yours: Contracted Sharing of Capacity” (with Roman Kapuscinski)

9.     “On Infinite Horizon Markov Perfect Equilibria: Inventory Applications” (with Tava Lennon Olsen)

 

Work in Progress

1.     “Price Competition in Supply Chains” (with Roman Kapuscinski)

2.     “Non-standard Timing in Supply Chains” (with Roman Kapuscinski)

3.     “Efficiency in Dual Channel Sourcing” (with Lode Li)

4.     “Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Competition in a Capacity Limited Environment”

5.     “Movie Distribution and Exhibition Release Strategies” (with Dina Mayzlin)

 

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