Financing the newsvendor: Supplier vs. bank, and the structure of optimal trade credit contracts

Operations Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 566-580

  Kouvelis, Panos ^a   Zhao, Wenhui ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION FRAMEWORK; NEWSVENDORS; PAYMENT DISCOUNTS; RISK-FREE RATE; STACKELBERG GAMES; STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY; TRADE CREDIT; UNCERTAIN DEMAND; WHOLE SALE PRICES; WHOLESALE PRICE CONTRACT; WORKING CAPITALS;

COMMERCE; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

FINANCE;

EID: 84864705395     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1120.1040     Document Type: Article

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