Purpose Globalization and liberalization of the world economy have leveled the field for all
competitors across the globe. To face global competition successfully, SMEs have to break …

This paper considers a two-echelon supply chain, where a manufacturer sells products
through both her own online channel and a traditional retailer. The retailer provides …

In supply chain (SC) systems, channel coordination can be achieved by incentive alignment
contracts. The contracting mechanisms reported in the literature are usually “short-term …

This paper investigates the coordination problem of a supply chain consisting of a
manufacturer and a retailer who sells products through an offline channel and an online …

In our world, pollution arising from various sources like factories and vehicles, threaten the
very environment we live in. We should become more and more aware of the products that …

This paper investigates the pricing policies for dual-channel supply chain with green
investment and sales effort under uncertain demand. The manufacture produces two kinds …

Globalization of the economy, e-business, and introduction of new technologies pose new
challenges to all organizations especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In this …

This paper investigates the issue of channel coordination for a two-stage supply chain with
one retailer and one manufacturer. The demand is influenced by the retailer's sales effort …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of fairness concern on the
optimal pricing, carbon emission reduction (CER), green marketing efforts (GME) and utility …

Channel competition is the inevitable result when a manufacturer adds a direct channel.
Retailers must provide value-added services to products at cost to alleviate the intensity of …