Information sharing within a supply chain has numerous bene ts. However, in the past decade, several works have pointed out using game-theoretic models that: (i) a supply chain entity may not have an incentive to share information for fear of exploitation by the party (e.g. manufacturer) with whom they share information as well as leakage of information to their competitors, (ii) the negative e...

Title of dissertation: The Effect of Behavioral Biases on Supply Chain Decisions Anna Gloria Devlin, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Dissertation directed by: Wedad Elmaghraby Robert H. Smith School of Business Traditional work in operations management has focused on topics such as supply chain contracts and pricing, studying design of efficient contracts and optimal pricing policies. After these op...

Blockchain technologies can support traceability, transparency and trust among participants. This has primarily been explored in established supply chains not the growing use of business networks or ecosystems, which is a notable limitation since typically are organised with dominant actor that ensures common information systems standards negate blockchain benefits. Hence, this study explores d...

From the perspectives of the operational objectives of the green supply chain management and in consideration of its economic efficiency, social and environmental impact as well as its unique characteristics, this paper examines the pricing issues of the green supply chain for home appliances industry by using game theory and contract coordination theory. Considering the influences of the effec...

This paper develops a multi-attribute competition model for procurement of short life cycle products. In such an environment, the buyer installs dedicated production capacity at the suppliers before demand is realized. Final production orders are decided after demand materializes. Of course, the buyer is reluctant to bear all the capacity and inventory risk, and thus signs flexible contracts wi...

After entering into supply contracts, ...rms often later renegotiate the terms of those contracts. For example, ...rms that obtain market demand information after signing supply contracts may bene...t by renegotiating the contracts to allow buyers facing poor market conditions to purchase less than their contractual commitment and allowing buyers facing favorable conditions to purchase more. Co...