Competition, cooperation, and information sharing in a two-echelon assembly system

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-291

  Zhang, Fuqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly system; Decentralization; Information sharing; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; DECENTRALIZATION; INFORMATION SHARING; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION;

COMPETITION; CONTRACTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33747177064     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1060.0108     Document Type: Article

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