Production costs, scope economies, and multi-client outsourcing under quantity competition

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-140

  Ni, Debing ^a   Li, Kevin W ^b   Tang, Xiaowo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Game models; Multi client outsourcing; Scope economies; Subgame perfect equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; COMPARATIVE STATICS; GAME MODELS; IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION; MARKET PRICE; MULTI-CLIENT OUTSOURCING; OUTSOURCE; OUTSOURCERS; OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; PRODUCTION COST; SCOPE ECONOMIES; SUBGAME PERFECT EQUILIBRIUM;

COSTS; GAME THEORY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 69249217715     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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