Emergency events, such as epidemics, typhoons and floods, can lead to increased demand instability, resulting in a higher risk of supply and demand imbalances in supply chains. Companies often face challenges in managing irrational demand and supply disruptions due to their limited experience....

Integrated logistics and financial services have been practiced by third party logistics (3PL)firms for years; however, the literature has been silent on the value of 3PL firms as creditproviders in budget-constrained supply chains. This paper investigates an extended supplychain model with a...

Integrated logistics and financial services have been practiced by third party logistics (3PL) firms for years; however, the literature has been silent on the value of 3PL firms as credit providers in budget-constrained supply chains. This paper investigates an extended supply chain model with a...

This paper evaluates the simultaneous determination of price and inventory replenishment when a firm faces demand from distinct market segments. A firm utilizes fences, such as advance or nonrefundable payment, to maintain separation of its market segments; however, fences are imperfect and...

This paper examines the impact of financing on the performance of a two-level supply chain consisting of a supplier and a budget-constrained retailer. To carry out our study, we set up a three-stage Stackelberg game under a wholesale price contract with a financial market. We show that financing...

Few papers have studied the optimal pricing and ordering with partial lost sales from a two-stage game theoretic perspective. This paper considers a supply chain game with a buyer and a seller through pricing and ordering models with partial lost sales. We evaluate the optimal solutions for the...

In a product market with uncertain demand, we examine a distribution channel consisting of one manufacturer and one capital-constrained retailer. The retailer may fund its business by borrowing credit either from a competitive bank market or from the manufacturer, provided it is also to the...