Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of collaboration between supply chain entities in a dyadic setting where the manufacturer invests in greening and technology adoption effort leading to a price premium effect for the supply chain players. Design/methodology/approach: The...

This paper studies a two-sided matching market with intermediation where an incumbent match-maker faces the threat of entry from a potential entrant. When the payoff from matching is complementary in the types of the agents there exists a weak sequential equilibrium, either with entry and market...