How can we improve the performance of supply chain contracts? An experimental study

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-157

  Elahi, Ehsan ^a   Lamba, Narasimha ^a   Ramaswamy, Chinthana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations management; Buyback; Revenue sharing; Supply chain contracts

Indexed keywords

BUYBACK; BUYBACK CONTRACT; CONTRACT TERMS; DECISION ERRORS; DECISION MAKERS; EFFECTIVE ORDER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; OPTIMAL FORMS; OPTIMAL LEVEL; REVENUE-SHARING; SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACTS;

COMMERCE; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84873405996     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.10.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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