By analyzing a two-period dual-channel supply chain composed of a manufacturer who sells a durable directly and an independent reseller channel, we investigate how product durability and the channel structure create strategic issues that are significantly different from those in managing a...

This paper examines coordination problems and corresponding incentive mechanisms between a retailer and a third-party Logistics for jointly investing in an information technology that has the potential to improve the efficiency and security of the supply chain. The conclusion indicates that...

An overwhelming stream of research suggests that online reviews impact firms' profits positively. In this study, we show conditions where this may not hold true. In a vertical market, we identify strategies that a manufacturer can utilize to affect a retailer's attitude towards publicizing...

Recently developed business models in the book publishing industry have led to the emergence of a self-publishing model in which authors publish their works directly through a dominant retailer like Amazon without recourse to traditional publishers, who now feel threatened. In this paper, we...

In a supply chain which contains one manufacturer and one retailer, the paper introduces the amount of emissions per unit of output produced, and analyses the effects of customer and regulatory environmental pressures on the optimal price and carbon emission. The results show that the optimal...

This paper adds to the growing literature of market competition related to remanufacturers by analyzing the model in which the remanufacturer and the manufacturer collaborate with each other in the same channel. We start with a single-period deterministic model to keep the analysis simple and...

This paper reviews the growth and adoption of stablecoins in markets for decentralised finance (“DeFi”), in particular of loans originated and denominated in stablecoins and the applicable collateral taken pursuant to such loans.Collateral structures involving contingent security rights over...

As distributing centres of trade and transportation network, ports play an important role in the development of the national economy. With the changing of the global business environment, the port enterprise operation environment is continuously changing, and growing problems are becoming...

Purpose: To find out ships' optimum operating speed under low-carbon economy. Approach: First, it analyzes the relations between ship's carbon emission and the operating speed, gets the optimum speed under which the entire fleet emit minimum carbon, then establishes the relations between the...