We consider models for duopolistic competitive supply chain network designing with
sequential acting and variable delivered prices. These models design a multi-tier chain
operating in markets under deterministic price-depended demands and with a rival chain
present. The existing rival chain tends to open some new retailers to recapture some income
in a near future. These rival chains' structures are assumed to be set “once and for all” in a
sequential manner but further price adjustments are possible. This problem is modeled for …