The parametric cost estimation approach has proved to be an efficient method for analyzing complex systems such as spacecraft, missiles, ships, buildings, etc where cost varies according to a number of parameters. The cost to provision a telecom network also depends on a number of parameters; but little research effort has been applied to estimate cost using this approach. In estimating the cos...

In this paper we survey a number of different social software websites and analyze their revenue models. The main revenue models that we analyzed included advertising, premium memberships, affiliate programs, donations and merchandize sale. The survey will categorize different social software based upon the revenue model being adopted. The main aim of this paper is to highlight the need for stu...

In this paper we focus on the coordination of multiagents through a revenue-cost-sharing mechanism. We consider a grand-coalition consisting of finite agents, who undertake part of the costs individually, while the remaining costs C and the total revenues R are shared between them with a revenue-cost-sharing contract. We introduce a novel approach in the form of a cooperative game for a finite ...

This paper investigates the application of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to eliminate the misplacement problems in the supply chain, which consists of a risk-neutral manufacturer and a riskaverse retailer. By considering both fixed cost and tag cost of RFID implementation, we study the agents' incentives to adopt RFID in both uncoordinated and coordinated cases. We focus on a...

In the widely studied ‘revenue sharing’ (hereafter [RS]) contract format, the manufacturer of a product not only charges the retailer a unit wholesale price w, but also requires the retailer to share part of the product’s revenue (ie, the unit retail price p) with him. For a product with price-dependent demand, it is well known that if a dominant manufacturer knows the system parameters determi...

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>This paper describes the construction of a dual-channel electricity supply chain, with an generation enterprise as leader and retail follower, examining sustainability price decision-making, formulates coordination contract to improve chain performance. The main results are follows. Firstly, sensitivity contributes increased sustainability, price, demand, ente...

We investigate the relationship between technology adoption and contractual form in a network industry. We have constructed a novel data set tracking contract forms for outsourcing relationships between major U.S. airlines and their regional airline subcontractors. Beginning in the late 1990s, there is a dramatic change in the nature of contracts in this industry with fixed price contracts repl...

The intelligent transformation of logistics plays a significant role in meeting the diverse needs customers, improving operational efficiency, and reducing carbon emissions activities. Therefore, to achieve sustainable development, enterprises need face decision-making problem transformation. In this paper, we construct Stackelberg game model between financially constrained logistics-service pr...