Khouja, Moutaz; Rajagopalan, Hari K.; Zhou, Jing - In: European Journal of Operational Research 230 (2013) 2, pp. 333-347
Some manufacturers sponsor “free” retailer gift cards to be given to consumers who purchase their products. These gift cards are paid for by the manufacturer and are redeemable on all products at the retailer. We develop a model of such a supply chain. We analyze cases in which the gift...