he fears revealing his proprietary cost information. We investigate how information asymmetry and procurement contracting … strategies interact to influence the supply chain parties' incentives to collaborate. We consider a number of procurement … contracting strategies, and identify a simple strategy, expected margin commitment (EMC), that effectively promotes collaboration …

We study the fuel procurement problem for electrical utilities under uncertain demand and market price. Long … procurement planner can use fuel from these contracts or purchase fuel at the current market price. Motivated by practical … insights from this market, we propose a two-phase dynamic procedure to determine a procurement plan. In the first phase, the …

The Swiss approach to defence procurement has a number of distinct features. With modest levels of defence-related R … as plenty of scope for future upgrades and adaptations. Long term cost-effectiveness is the key driver of the procurement … GDP. The Defence Procurement Agency acts as 'the-cradle-to-the-grave' system manager (i.e. it manages both the acquisition …

Contracting arrangements in agribusiness procurement practices in South Africa …