Contracting with asymmetric cost information in a dual-channel supply chain

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 410-414

  Cao, Erbao ^a,b   Ma, Yujie ^a,b   Wan, Can ^c   Lai, Mingyong ^a,b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hunan Province Laboratory of Logistics Information and Simulation Technology   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cost information; Contract; Dual channels; Principal agent; Wholesale price

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COSTS; DUAL CHANNEL; DUAL-CHANNEL SUPPLY CHAINS; EQUILIBRIUM STRATEGY; FULL INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; PRINCIPAL AGENTS; WHOLE SALE PRICES;

CONTRACTS; COSTS; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878155294     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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