Pricing Decision for a Closed-Loop Supply Chain with Technology Licensing under Collection and Remanufacturing Cost Disruptions

Closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) management faces collection and remanufacturing cost disruption challenges. This study explores a CLSC system wherein original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) license the third-party remanufacturer (TPR) to bear activities investigate pricing decisions in CLSC, while considering disruptions. To obtain optimal strategy, we develop game theory models under disruptions of both centralized decentralized CLSCs. Based on theoretical numerical analyses, following results: (1) Whether or not events occur, can better encourage consumers participate used products than chain; (2) when large positive region negative occurs, OEM TPR profits will greatly increase, raise licensing fee extract more profit from activity; (3) certain robust exists for retail price wholesale increase; (4) disruptions, it has great influence OEM’s but little TPR’s acquisition price. The main contributions include: We considered impacts technology disruption; developed determine manufacturing quantities, strategy disruptions; based presented some interesting important insights. results this paper could provide useful guidelines members how effectively control costs by adjusting prices selecting operation mode closed-loop chain.