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 …

Japanese industrial management in the 1980s; covers cultural factors, labour relations, production control, procurement …

specialization of contracting authorities affects the efficiency of CH conservation works. A two-stage analysis is carried out. At a …

We study procurement auctions in which, as is common in practice, a group of sellers (incumbents, qualified bidders) is … previous result for the case of an auction with one insider and one outsider (Mares and Swinkels in J Econ Theory, <CitationRef …

We study procurement procedures that simultaneously determine the specification and price of a good. Suppliers can … inefficient specification, this procurement mechanism involves lower information rents than efficient mechanisms, suggesting that …