Purpose - This study aims to focus on the optimal green R&D of a capital-constrained supply chain under different channel power structures as well as the impact of capital constraint, financing cost, channel power structure and cost-reducing efficiency on green R&D and supply chain...

This paper considers a modified principal-agent environment, where principals have options to either incentivize agents, or trigger agents' reciprocity. Because the production is uncertain, principals' fixed rate transfer can be easily interpreted as good intention. Theory suggests that...