We develop a model of multi-product consumer return policy for firms selling multiple products to customers with uncertain valuations. Customers observe their valuations of the products upon purchase, and depending on the return policy, they can return one or many products for a refund. The firm...

Prior studies on decentralized supply chains have identified the downstream retailer’s strategic incentive of holding inventory in successive periods to bring down the upstream supplier’s wholesale price. This creates an opportunity to mitigate double marginalization and improve the overall...

We study the impact of counterfeiting on a brand-name supply chain’s strategic choice of channel structures and how these structures in turn affect the counterfeiting market. In our model, the supplier can practice costly encroachment by launching a direct channel to sell brand-name products,...

In this article, we study the cautions needed when applying the Disruptive Innovation Theory, a framework formulated in the developed world, to innovation management in developing countries. We discuss four perspectives: Terminology, Asian Context, Aspect of the Logic of "Sufficient But Not...

Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Part I Introduction to innovation and innovation management; 1 Innovation and innovation management; 2 Deliberate and spontaneous: the impact of cognitive disinhibition on people...