Demand uncertainty and manufacturer returns policies for style-good retailing competition

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 691-700

  Yao, Z ^a   Wu, Y ^b   Lai, K K ^c,d,e  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Faculty of Business   (Australia)

Author keywords

Returns policy; Reverse logistics; Supply chain co ordination

Indexed keywords

NASH EQUILIBRIUM; RETURNS POLICY; REVERSE LOGISTICS; SUPPLY CHAIN CO-ORDINATION;

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; MANUFACTURE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 29644442717     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280500274148     Document Type: Article

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