Price and lead time decisions in dual-channel supply chains

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-126

  Hua, Guowei ^a,c   Wang, Shouyang ^b   Cheng, T C E ^c  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dual channel; E commerce; Game theory; Internet direct marketing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE; CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE; DELIVERY LEAD TIME; DIRECT CHANNEL; DUAL CHANNEL; E-COMMERCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTERNET/DIRECT MARKETING; LEADTIME; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ON-DEMAND; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; PRICING DECISION; PRICING STRATEGY; PRODUCT PRICE; PRODUCT TYPES; RETAIL CHANNEL; SALE PRICE; SERVICE QUALITY; STACKELBERG GAMES; TRANSFER RATIO; TWO CHANNEL; TWO STAGE OPTIMIZATIONS;

COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GAME THEORY; MANUFACTURE; PROFITABILITY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 75849127286     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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