The impact of demand uncertainty on consumer subsidies for green technology adoption

Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1235-1258

  Cohen, Maxime C ^a   Lobel, Ruben ^b   Perakis, Georgia ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of uncertainty; Government subsidies; Green technology adoption; Newsvendor; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FUNCTIONS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COORDINATION MECHANISMS; EXTERNAL INFLUENCES; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; NEWSVENDORS; PRODUCTION QUANTITY; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION;

COSTS;

EID: 84968884472     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2015.2173     Document Type: Article

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