Contracting with asymmetric demand information in supply chains

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-341

  Babich, Volodymyr ^a   Li, Hantao ^b   Ritchken, Peter ^b   Wang, Yunzeng ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Contracting; Return and buyback policies; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; BUYBACK CONTRACT; CONTINUOUS DEMAND; CONTRACTING; DEMAND DISTRIBUTION; DEMAND INFORMATION; PRIVATE INFORMATION; PROFIT REQUIREMENTS; RETAIL PRICE; RETURN AND BUYBACK POLICIES; STOCHASTICALLY INCREASING; WHOLE SALE PRICES;

PROFITABILITY; SALES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80755153112     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.09.034     Document Type: Article

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