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Environmental implications for online retailing
Carrillo, Janice E.; Vakharia, Asoo J.; Wang, Ruoxuan - In: European Journal of Operational Research 239 (2014) 3, pp. 744-755
Recent press has highlighted the environmental benefits associated with online shopping, such as emissions savings from individual drivers, economies of scale in package delivery, and decreased inventories. We formulate a dual channel model for a retailer who has access to both online and...
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Dual-channel closed-loop supply chain with government consumption-subsidy
Ma, Wei-min; Zhao, Zhang; Ke, Hua - In: European Journal of Operational Research 226 (2013) 2, pp. 221-227
The government has been acting as an important role in the formation and operation of closed-loop supply chain. This paper focuses on how consumption-subsidy influences dual-channel closed-loop supply chain. After introducing government consumption-subsidy program and dual-channel closed-loop...
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On the impact of advertising initiatives in supply chains
Zhang, Wenqing; Li, Shanling; Zhang, Dan; Hou, Wenhua - In: European Journal of Operational Research 234 (2014) 1, pp. 99-107
Advertising plays an important role in affecting consumer demand. Socially responsible firms are expected to use advertising judiciously, limiting advertising of “bad” products. An example is the advertising initiative adopted by several major food manufacturers to limit the advertising of...
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More than a second channel? Supply chain strategies in B2B spot markets
Xing, Wei; Liu, Liming; Wang, Shouyang - In: European Journal of Operational Research 239 (2014) 3, pp. 699-710
this changing environment. In this paper, we study the channel-choice, pricing and ordering/production decisions of the …-choice and pricing strategy. When the supplier adopts a dual-channel strategy, the equilibrium contract price decreases in the …
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Pricing policies for substitutable products in a supply chain with Internet and traditional channels
Chen, Yun Chu; Fang, Shu-Cherng; Wen, Ue-Pyng - In: European Journal of Operational Research 224 (2013) 3, pp. 542-551
This study considers pricing policies in a supply chain with one manufacturer, who sells a product to an independent …
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Product-design and pricing strategies with remanufacturing
Wu, Cheng-Han - In: European Journal of Operational Research 222 (2012) 2, pp. 204-215
’s pricing strategy in an extensive-form game, in which the equilibrium decisions of the resulting scenarios are derived. Next … remanufacturer’s choice of a profitable pricing strategy, and the thresholds for determining the OEM’s product-design strategy …
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Analysis of the effectiveness of manufacturer-sponsored retailer gift cards in supply chains
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...
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Profit criteria involving risk in price setting of virtual products
Chernonog, Tatyana; Avinadav, Tal - In: European Journal of Operational Research 236 (2014) 1, pp. 351-360
This work deals with pricing of “virtual” products, i.e., products that a retailer can supply after demand has been …
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Pricing and assortment decisions for a manufacturer selling through dual channels
Rodríguez, Betzabé; Aydın, Göker - In: European Journal of Operational Research 242 (2015) 3, pp. 901-909
channel. This work studies the pricing and assortment decisions in such a supply chain in the presence of inventory costs. In … manufacturer and the retailer. This model produces several insights into the optimal pricing strategies of the manufacturer. For …
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Pricing and alliance selection for a dominant retailer with an upstream entry
Zhou, Yong-Wu; Cao, Zong-Hong; Zhong, Yuanguang - In: European Journal of Operational Research 243 (2015) 1, pp. 211-223
We consider the problem of pricing and alliance selection that a dominant retailer in a two-echelon supply chain …/her own profit. We also present how all the members make their pricing decisions and analyze the impact of competitive … intensity between two products on their pricing strategies after the entry of the vendor in possible alliance settings. Our …
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