Consumer returns in a decentralized supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 147, Issue PART C, 2014, Pages 573-592

  Ruiz Benitez, Rocio ^a   Muriel, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer returns; Contracts; Decentralized newsvendor; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

BUY-BACK CONTRACTS; COMPUTATIONAL TESTING; CONSUMER RETURNS; DECENTRALIZED SUPPLY CHAINS; NEWSVENDORS; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION; TOTAL LOGISTICS COSTS; WHOLESALE-PRICE CONTRACTS;

CONTRACTS; COSTS; MANUFACTURE; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SALES;

EID: 84889880114     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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