Zhang, Jianxiong; Tang, Wansheng; Hu, Mingmao - In: International Journal of Production Economics 161 (2015) C, pp. 96-104
To reduce costs, a buyer would seek a more affordable price for products from alternative suppliers. For the buyer, there is asymmetric information about the alternative supplier׳s cost. A supplier switching model is constructed based on principal-agent theory to minimize the buyer׳s cost...