The impacts of the full returns policy on a supply chain with information asymmetry

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 630-647

  Yue, Xiaohang ^a   Raghunathan, Srinivasan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decisions under uncertainty; Information asymmetry; Information sharing; Returns policy; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY;

DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INFORMATION SHARING; RETURNS POLICY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846686374     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.04.032     Document Type: Article

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