Optimal contract design for outsourcing: Pricing and quality decisions

International Journal of Revenue Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-217

  Zhu, Xiaowei ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Samar K ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contract; Game theory; Outsourcing; Quality; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049090797     PISSN: 14747332     EISSN: 17418186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRM.2009.024164     Document Type: Article

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