In this paper, we examine which of an agency selling or a wholesale contract offered by an e-
commerce platform competing suppliers with typical dual-channel supply chains should …

We consider a supply chain with a manufacturer selling a product to consumers through a
hybrid online platform. The platform offers the manufacturer (she) two channels (agency and …

A manufacturer selling its products via an offline channel and a capital‐constrained platform
is considered in our work. The agency or reseller mode is operated by the platform. Affected …

This study explores the bundling decisions in a two-tier supply chain with an upstream
supplier and a downstream platform and discusses the consequential implications of …

The retailers' store brands (SBs) are prevalent worldwide and impose substantial
competitive threats against the manufacturers' national brands (NBs). A large number of …

This study discusses the possible benefits of inviting entrants for downstream retailers when
facing the encroachment of their upstream manufacturers. We consider a model comprising …

The fast-developing mobile app industry has brought challenges to service pricing and profit
allocation problems. This study constructs a four-stage game model consisting of a brand …

This paper explores the logistics strategy selection of a manufacturer that uses two sales
channels (resale and agency channels) to sell the same product through an E-commerce …

Abstract We consider a Cournot-Bertrand competition with uncertain demand where firms
receive private information about it. We prove that sharing information is a dominant strategy …

Power relations dominate most social and economic processes. Despite its significance,
however, the concept of structural power relations is often neglected in standard economics …