The effect of delayed incentives on supply chain profits and consumer surplus

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-197

  Khouja, Moutaz ^a   Jing, Zhou ^a  

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

Author keywords

Marketing operations interface; Rebates and promotions; Supply chain incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950955076     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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