Should a retailer support a quality improvements strategy?

Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-148

  De Giovanni, Pietro ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advertising; Coordination; Differential game; Feedback equilibrium; Quality improvements; Supply chain management; Support program

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052386760     PISSN: 24740179     EISSN: 24740187     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02690-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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