Coordination and flexibility in supply contracts with options

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-207

  Barnes Schuster, Dawn ^a   Bassok, Yehuda ^a   Anupindi, Ravi ^a  

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coordination; Flexibility; Real Options; Supply Contracts

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PURCHASING; SALES;

BUYER-SUPPLIER SYSTEMS;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 0036623055     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.4.3.171.7754     Document Type: Article

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