Sourcing for supplier effort and competition: Design of the supply base and pricing mechanism

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1389-1406

  Li, Cuihong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Renegotiation; Sourcing; Supplier competition; Supplier effort; Supply base

Indexed keywords

COMMITMENT; RENEGOTIATION; SOURCING; SUPPLIER EFFORT; SUPPLY BASE;

COST REDUCTION; DESIGN; INVESTMENTS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84878999908     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1649     Document Type: Article

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