The price of anarchy in supply chains: Quantifying the efficiency of price-only contracts

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1249-1268

  Perakis, Georgia ^a   Roels, Guillaume ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Games group decisions; Inventory production; Policies; Price of anarchy; Price only contracts; Pricing; Supply chain design; Supply chain performance; Supply contracts

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY PRODUCTION; PRICE OF ANARCHY; SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE; SUPPLY CONTRACTS;

CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPERATING COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 38549169565     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0656     Document Type: Article

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