Incentives to reliable order fulfillment for an Internet drop-shipping supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 324-334

  Yao, Dong Qing ^a   Kurata, Hisashi ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Samar K ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop shipping; E business; Information sharing; Stackelberg game

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EARNINGS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DROP SHIPPING; E BUSINESS; INFORMATION SHARING; INTERNET DROP SHIPPING SUPPLY CHAINS; STACKELBERG GAMES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41549105278     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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