Recent work on SMEs and networks has emphasised the importance of external co-operative ties in enhancing firms’ innovative performance. These external ties provide resource constrained SMEs with access to a wider set of technological opportunities through information sharing and resource...

This paper studies co-operation and competition issues in a closed-loop supply chain. The supply chain comprises of two manufacturers who compete for selling their new product as well as for collection of the used-products for remanufacturing through a common retailer. To analyze the situation,...