This paper highlights the importance of having a cooperative quality investment (CQI) strategy and proposes a simple proportional investment sharing schedule in the outsourcing of a supply chain, which consists of a contract manufacturer (CM, the supplier) and two competitive original equipment...

Purpose –This paper aims to explore the promotion decisions of heterogeneous sellers on a decentralized platform under competitive conditions and analyzes its impact on platform profit, seller revenue, buyer surplus and social welfare.Design/methodology/approach – This paper considers a...

We investigate whether pledgee competition affects the disclosure choice of firms whose controlling shareholders pledge their shares. We find that pledgee competition is positively related to pledge firms' annual report tone management. This positive relationship is stronger for pledge firms...