Incentives for transshipment in a supply chain with decentralized retailers

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-372

  Shao, Jing ^a   Krishnan, Harish ^a   McCormick, S Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chain store retailer; Decentralized retailers; Supply chain incentives; Transshipment

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED RETAILERS; DECENTRALIZED SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSSHIPMENT; WHOLE SALE PRICES;

COSTS; MANUFACTURE; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SALES;

EID: 79960512028     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1110.0326     Document Type: Article

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