Guo, Pengfei; Song, Jing-Sheng; Wang, Yulan - In: International Journal of Production Economics 128 (2010) 1, pp. 175-187
(CM) and a supplier. We analyze and compare three outsourcing structures that are currently implemented by top-tier OEMs … information depends on the specific outsourcing structure. Each party's optimal decision is characterized. We then compare each … party's profits across the three outsourcing structures and identify which benefits and when. …