| Title: Using Returns Policies to Improve the Supply Chain Performance under Retailers’ Competition with Price-Dependent Demand |
| Teacher Name: YAO Zhong |
| Abstract: This paper investigates a returns policy for coordinating a supply chain comprising one manufacturer and two competing retailers. The manufacturer, as a Stackelberg leader, offers a returns policy to two competing retailers who face stochastic demand before the selling season. Under the offered contract terms, the competing retailers are to determine the quantities to be ordered from the manufacturer prior to the season and the retail price at which to sell the items during the season. The proce |
| Keywords: Return policy, Retail competition, Supply chain Coordination |
| Authors: Yao Z, Leung CH, Lai KK |
| Publish Time: 2007/5 |
| Publication: Production Planning and Control |
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