Consignment contracting: Who should control inventory in the supply chain?

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 760-769

  Ru, Jun ^a   Wang, Yunzeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Games; Price and inventory decisions; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTING; GAMES; INVENTORY DECISIONS; MARKET DEMAND; PRICE AND INVENTORY DECISIONS; RETAIL PRICE; SHEDDING LIGHT; SINGLE PERIOD; SUPPLIER CONTRACT; SUPPLY CHAIN MODELS;

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; PROFITABILITY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349448346     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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