Supplier development investment strategies: a game theoretic evaluation

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 583-615

  Bai, Chunguang ^a   Sarkis, Joseph ^b  

^a DONGBEI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Cooperation; Game theory; Investment; Supplier development; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911400365     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-014-1737-9     Document Type: Article

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