The optimal quantity discount that a supplier should offer

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-367

  Ke, G Y ^a   Bookbinder, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

coordination; game theory; multiobjective decision making; price elasticity of demand; quantity discount

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ELASTICITY; PARETO PRINCIPLE; SALES;

ALL-UNIT QUANTITY DISCOUNTS; COORDINATION; MULTI OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRICE-ELASTICITY OF DEMAND; QUANTITY DISCOUNT; STACKELBERG EQUILIBRIUM; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 84856686360     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2011.35     Document Type: Article

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