Qiaohai (Joice) Hu; Schwarz, Leroy B.; Uhan, Nelson A. - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 14 (2012) 1, pp. 7-23
This paper examines the impact of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) on healthcare-product supply chains. The supply chain we study consists of a profit-maximizing manufacturer with a quantity-discount schedule that is nonincreasing in quantity and ensures nondecreasing revenue, a...