Pricing and volume discounting for a dominant retailer with uncertain manufacturing cost information

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 848-870

  Lau, Amy Hing Ling ^a   Lau, Hon Shiang ^b   Wang, Jian Cai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Game theoretic models; Pricing; Supply chain contracts; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GAME THEORY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

GAME THEORETIC MODELS; SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACTS; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 34249977539     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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