Encouraging suppliers to process innovations: a game theory approach

International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-423

  Jarimo, Toni ^a   Pulkkinen, Urho ^a   Salo, Ahti ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

demand supply chain management; game theory; incentive; innovation; network; profit sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849137862     PISSN: 17402832     EISSN: 17402840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTIP.2005.008590     Document Type: Article

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