selling through a common retailer, we find - in contrast to the conventional understanding of tacit collusion that firms act … appropriate from the retailer. Comparing common distribution with independent (exclusive) distribution, we show that the latter … facilitates collusion. Despite this result, common retailing leads to lower welfare because a common retailer monopolizes the …

. Furthermore, the paper examines the moderating role of contract management difficulty on the relationship between supplier … this aspect, the influence of supplier development on procurement performance is negatively affected by contract management … difficulties. The study contributes to the supplier management, procurement performance, and contract management literature by …

dual-purpose retailer reduces the effectiveness of using the wholesale price as a lever by the supplier. Therefore …, encroaching upon a dual-purpose retailer can hurt the supplier. We examine whether a retailer can benefit from being a dual … commitment to be a dual-purpose retailer reduces supplier encroachment and thus reduces the total quantity sold to consumers …

This paper investigates the relationship between different types of transparency information (supplier versus … firm with additional business). In our research, supplier transparency consists of the disclosure of a supplier’s name …, location, and number of workers whereas sustainability transparency consists of the disclosure of a supplier’s payment of …

retailer performance management. This necessitates heightened qualifications and competence from suppliers. This study examines … the relationship between the perception of supplier firms' status, evaluation performance, and overall satisfaction of … experience with the retailer were significantly and positively related to buyer satisfaction. Likewise, among evaluation factors …

selling a homogeneous product to n price-setting competing retailers. Each retailer has access to private information about …

supplier, suppliers set wholesale price contracts which deviate from profit-maximization in ways that are either generous or … the wholesale price to maximize supplier profits. However, these deviations from optimal have rarely been examined at an … individual level. In this study, presented with scenarios that differ in terms of how profit is shared between retailer and …