A flexible contract strategy in a supply chain with an inflexible production mode

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 228-248

  Wang, Qunzhi ^a   Tang, Ou ^b   Tsao, De Bi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forecast update; Quantity flexibility; Real options; Supply chain management; Supply contract

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646373416     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(06)60043-6     Document Type: Article

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