This study investigates the manufacturer's contract choice (drop-shipping or batch ordering) and retailer's information sharing strategy in the presence of product quality decisions. The equilibrium outcomes give strategic choices for both the manufacturer and retailer. Specifically, the...

Many everyday activities are habitual. Among the most common human activities is communication. If people primarily communicate in a common-interests environment, they may form habits of truth-telling and believing messages. If they primarily communicate in a conflicting-interests environment,...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to integrate the empirical and game theoretical approaches to address the strategic interactions among countries in choosing their optimal levels of intellectual property rights (IPRs), and to identify how these countries can reach an efficient and...