Swinney, Robert; Netessine, Serguei - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 11 (2009) 1, pp. 109-127
Contracting with suppliers prone to default is an increasingly common problem in some industries, particularly … automotive manufacturing. We model this phenomenon as a two-period contracting game with two identical suppliers, a single buyer … (representing inherent firm capability). The buyer chooses a supplier and then decides on a single- or two-period contract …