@phdthesis{Defregger2009, author = {Defregger, Florian}, title = {Revenue management for manufacturing companies}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:824-opus-559}, school = {Katholische Universit{\"a}t Eichst{\"a}tt-Ingolstadt}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Revenue management has proven successful in service industries. This dissertation tries to answer the question if revenue management can also be applied successfully to manufacturing companies. For this purpose, a survey was conducted which showed that there is significant potential for revenue management in the steel, aluminium and paper industries. Furthermore, a number of mathematical decision models were developed and solved by heuristic procedures which showed that revenue management can improve profits for manufacturing companies substantially.}, subject = {Revenue Management ; Stochastisches Entscheidungsmodell ; Industriebetrieb}, language = {en} }