Competition and Coordination in a Two-Channel Supply Chain

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1358-1370

  David, Amy ^a   Adida, Elodie ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dual channel; game theory; incentives and contracting; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939252430     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12327     Document Type: Article

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