Equilibria and dynamics of supply chain network competition with information asymmetry in quality and minimum quality standards

Computational Management Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-315

  Nagurney, Anna ^a,b   Li, Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Game theory; Information asymmetry; Minimum quality standards; Networks; Projected dynamical systems; Quality competition; Supply chains; Variational inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904460256     PISSN: 1619697X     EISSN: 16196988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10287-014-0216-8     Document Type: Article

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