Supplier selection and material procurement planning are the most important issues in supply chain management. This decision is complicated when the buyers face with discount price schemes. In real situation, each supplier may apply different methods such as different types of discount schedules and various types of payment in order to increase market share. In this situation, buyers try to sel...

Based on IFRS laws, British companies have started providing their reporting systems according to International Standards Requirements regarding disclosing their financial derivatives since January 2005. In 2013, Iran revised its Accounting Standard No. 15 to include the derivative instruments. The present study aims at investigating the effect of this revision on financial derivatives and inst...

From fast-food value meals to buy one get one free deals at the grocery store, bundled discounts are in virtually every market. Bundled discounts encompass several different discounts, but the most common understanding of bundled discounts occurs when multiple products are sold together for less than the total price of the products sold individually. Bundled discounts can provide a variety of e...

the study investigates consumers’ preference for cowpea reflected in the nigerian markets through price discounts and premiums that consumers pay for different cowpea characteristics. the price data used for this study were obtained through a market survey. a common data collection protocol was employed. every month, between october 2009 to december 2010, five cowpea samples per seller were bou...

We investigate how a quantity discount schedule can be used to influence stocking decisions and supply chain performance in single-period interactions between a supplier and buyer(s). In contrast to much of the work that has been done on single-period supply contracts, we assume that there are no interactions between the supplier and the buyer(s) after demand information is revealed. Furthermor...

BACKGROUND Recent tax increases in Mexico differed in structure and provided an opportunity to better understand tobacco industry pricing strategies, as well as smokers' responses to any resulting price changes. OBJECTIVES To assess if taxes were passed onto consumers of different cigarette brands, the extent of brand switching and predictors of preference for cheaper national brands. METHO...

In this paper, we concentrate on developing a bi-fuzzy multi objective transportation problem (MOSTP) according to bi-fuzzy expected value method (EVM). In a transportation model, the available discount is normally offered on items/criteria, etc., in the form all unit discount (AUD) or incremental quantity discount (IQD) or combination of these two. Here transportation model is considered with ...

Environmentalists are often upset at the effect of discounting costs of future environmental damage, e.g., due to climate change. An often-overlooked message is that we should discount costs but also take into account the increase in the relative price of the ecosystem service endangered. The effect of discounting would thus be counteracted, and if the rate of price rise of the item was fast en...

Providing a good shopping experience to consumers and implementing attractive price discounts are some of the efforts that often used by business people increase their sales volume. This study aims determine direct indirect influence discount on repurchase intention through orientation. research is an explanatory descriptive quantitative study. GoFood among students became population in this th...