In this paper we explore the effect of environmental regulations and costs of greening on firms. Our problem deals with the case of a single firm, a duopoly and the case of cooperation between them. We use these market settings to study the pricing and greening decision of players under...

We model a supply chain scenario in which the genuine manufacturer is uncertain whether a retailer sells counterfeits alongside authentic products. We evaluate the optimal strategies for players under wholesale price contracts and two-part tariff contracts and analyse the impact of the...

Counterfeiting is a widespread phenomenon across various sectors ranging from aerospace components to software products. Retailers often cite manufacturer taking exorbitant margins as a reason for indulging in counterfeiting. In this problem, we attempt to understand retailer counterfeiting...

Managing variability in both arrival and production processes has been a central challenge for both manufacturing and service industries. Models have been proposed to study the negative impact of higher process variability on operational performance. In the make to order context, the variability...

The software industry in India has witnessed tremendous growth in the past few years and is poised to become the industry of the new millennium for the country. With manpower or intellectual capital being the main driver of this industry, it is imperative that the companies take proactive...

Supply chain contracting has been discussed usually under the two compliance regimes, forced and voluntary. Various contracts show different coordination characteristics in the two regimes. However, in practice, the enforcement of quantities in case of forced compliance is always an issue of...

A firm that deals with a short life-cycle product needs to make strategic supply chain decisions such as capacity planning and initial marketing decisions such as advertising well in advance under uncertain future demand. The firm initially can only generate a set of demand scenarios and provide...