Commitment-penalty contracts in drop-shipping supply chains with asymmetric demand information

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 449-462

  Gan, Xianghua ^a,b,c   Sethi, Suresh P ^a,b,c   Zhou, Jing ^a,b,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Commitment penalty contract; Drop shipping; Multi agent systems; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; COMMITMENT-PENALTY CONTRACT; CUSTOMER ACQUISITION; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; DEMAND FORECAST; DEMAND INFORMATION; EXPECTED PROFITS;

COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROFITABILITY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 75149161750     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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