Supply chain contracting and the use of information are undoubtedly two critical and
influential areas in modern supply chain management. However, relatively little is known …

Aligning supply chain decisions of separate entities with independent objectives can be
considered to be one of the difficulties of supply chain management. This difficulty becomes …

We consider a two-stage supply chain in which a contract manufacturer (CM) sells products
through a brand name retailer. The contract manufacturer can invest in corporate social …

Large retailers are a source of great stress for suppliers in supply chains: they want better
environmental performance and ever-lower prices without sacrificing product quality …

We consider a supply chain with an upstream supplier who invests in innovation and a
downstream manufacturer who sells to consumers. We study the impact of supply chain …

We analyze contracting behaviors in a two‐tier supply chain system consisting of competing
manufacturers and competing retailers. We contrast the contracting outcome of a …

The growth of digital shopping for fresh products necessitates the provision of cold chain
logistics services. The present study constructs an optimal control model to investigate how …

The quick response (QR) supply chain system has received a great deal of attention in the
recent past because of the advances in many new technologies such as RFID systems and …

Firms along with producing components in-house source some requirements from a supplier
competing in the downstream market (encroachment). However, the supplier may …

Abstract Information has become an extremely important commodity nowadays. The
privatization of corporate social responsibility cost information has a negative impact on the …