Supply chain contracting with competing suppliers under asymmetric information

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-52

  Lee, Chung Yee ^a   Yang, Ruina ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Competing suppliers; Incentive contract; Information rent

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; COMPETING SUPPLIERS; DEMAND RATES; EXPECTED PROFITS; INCENTIVE CONTRACTS; INFORMATION RENT; MARKET INFORMATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL CONTRACT DESIGN; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; QUANTITY DISCOUNT; QUANTITY-DISCOUNT CONTRACT; SCREENING MODELS; TWO-PART TARIFF; TWO-PART TARIFF CONTRACT; TWO-PRODUCT;

OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SALES;

EID: 84868249864     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.662308     Document Type: Article

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