Competitive and cooperative inventory policies in a two-stage supply chain

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 936-953

  Cachon, Gérard P ^a   Zipkin, Paul H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; PURCHASING;

INCENTIVE CONTRACTS; MULTIECHELON INVENTORY; SUPPLY CHAIN;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0032677415     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.7.936     Document Type: Article

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