Free shipping and purchasing decisions in B2B transactions: A game-theoretic analysis

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1119-1128

  Leng, Mingming ^a   Parlar, Mahmut ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PURCHASING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2B) TRANSACTIONS; FREE SHIPPING; STACKELBERG SOLUTION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 28144437730     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170500288166     Document Type: Article

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