Wholesale pricing under mild and privately known concerns for fairness

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-302

  Katok, Elena ^a   Olsen, Tava ^b   Pavlov, Valery ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

behavioral operations; fairness; preferences heterogeneity; supply chain coordination; wholesale pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894488143     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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