Coordination between two different business entities is an important way to gain competitive
advantage as it lowers supply chain cost. This paper reviews literature dealing with buyer …

We examine a decentralized supply chain in which a single assembler buys complementary
components from n suppliers and assembles the final product in anticipation of demand …

In this paper, we quantify the efficiency of decentralized supply chains that use price-only
contracts. With a price-only contract, a buyer and a seller agree only on a constant …

Collaborative practices among partners of manufacturing networks require the support of
models (M), guidelines (G) and tools (T) which should take into account the network …

Recent studies in marketing and distribution channels have shown that the balance of power
between manufacturers and retailers is shifting. Based on this observation, we investigate a …

We first consider a supply chain with one manufacturer and one retailer where there is only
one product with stochastic demand. The retailer is risk averse with Conditional Value-at …

This paper proposes two hybrid contract-bargaining processes-backward and forward,
aiming at channel coordination and benefit sharing in a manufacturer-multiple distributers …

This chapter explores the theory of supply chain intermediation. Using a bargaining theoretic
framework, we set out to examine why intermediaries exist, different forms they operate, and …

We consider a firm that designs a new product and wishes to bring it to market but does not
have ownership or control over all of the resources required to make that happen. The firm …

This paper investigates the bargaining equilibrium behavior of an industry with two
competing supply chains. The demand in each supply chain is modeled using the …