Implications of renegotiation for optimal contract flexibility and investment

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1872-1886

  Plambeck, Erica L ^a   Taylor, Terry A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Biform games; Capacity pooling and allocation; Contract manufacturing; Quantity flexibility contracts; Renegotiation

Indexed keywords

BIFORM GAMES; CAPACITY POOLING; CONTRACT MANUFACTURING; QUANTITY FLEXIBILITY CONTRACTS; RENEGOTIATION;

GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 38549148859     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0731     Document Type: Article

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