Transshipment incentive contracts in a multi-level supply chain

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 430-440

  Dong, Yan ^a   Xu, Kefeng ^b   Evers, Philip T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Incentive contracts; Supply chain management; Transshipments

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; COSTS AND BENEFITS; INCENTIVE CONTRACTS; SOFT DRINK INDUSTRY; TRANSSHIPMENTS;

BEVERAGES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864583797     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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