This paper studies revenue-sharing contracts in distribution chains in the presence of win-win conditions. Revenue-sharing contracts are a mechanism to coordinate the firms in a distribution chain. Under these contracts the retailer shares its revenue with the supplier in exchange for a lower wholesale price. The win-win conditions are natural conditions requiring that the profit of any firm ma...

Quality-tiered private labels have become a main strategy for grocery retailers. However, impacts of label development on wholesale prices and their effects retail price rigidity remain unanswered as appropriate data scarce. This paper fills this research gap by analyzing retail-pricing behavior passthrough categories with quality-tier differentiated labels. We find the speed to differ across c...

Suppliers are often reluctant to invest in capacity if they feel that they will be unable to recover their initial investment costs in subsequent negotiations with buyers. In theory, a number of different coordinating contracts can solve this issue and induce first best investment levels by the supplier. In this study, we experimentally evaluate the performance of these contracts in a twostage ...

The purpose of this research was identifying socio-economic characteristics affected on respondents’ participation in contract farming. The survey was conducted using structured questionnaire in populous states namely Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Johor in Peninsular Malaysia. A total of one-hundred and sixty seven FFV farmers were randomly selected and personally int...

the purpose of this research was identifying socio-economic characteristics affected on respondents’ participation in contract farming. the survey was conducted using structured questionnaire in populous states namely kedah, kelantan, terengganu, pahang, perak, selangor and johor in peninsular malaysia. a total of one-hundred and sixty seven ffv farmers were randomly selected and personally int...

While previous studies did not consider that buyback contracts in collusive research of supply chains and the contract particularly strengthens collusion between retailers chain, we address a new question: What is effect different retailer patterns information sharing mechanisms on benefits each member with contracts? To answer this question, develop four two-echelon chain models. The model con...

Antitrust regulations are meant to promote fair competition in the market, but balancing administrative and legal costs with enforcement can be difficult when multilayered supply chains involved. The canonical example of this challenge is landmark Illinois Brick ruling, which limits antitrust damages only direct purchasers a product; for instance, consumers file claims against colluding retaile...

With the sustainable development of global economy, environmental problems and green economy are increasingly becoming points concern for community. However, large amount capital invested in technology high price products have become key hindering a risk-averse supply chain. In order to promote chain increase investment level, improve degree products, reduce impact risk aversion on investment, ...

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>Advertising has a crucial impact on product's goodwill. To further improve goodwill and make more profit, member firms in the supply chain use various contracts to coordinate channel. Considering dynamic effect of advertising, this paper studies two-level consisting one manufacturer retailer. The two members focus maximizing their profits through advertising p...