Design of extended warranties in supply chains under additive demand

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 730-746

  Li, Kunpeng ^a   Mallik, Suman ^b   Chhajed, Dilip ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

extended warranty; game theory; supply chain management; warranty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863821650     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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