Problem definition: We study firms' reliability and extended warranty (EW) pricing decisions in different supply chain structures. We also consider the product reliability information may or may not be observable by the consumers. Academic/Practical Relevance: This paper contributes to the...

This paper studies contract design between a retailer and two or more competing manufacturers who supply substitutable products to the retailer for sales in a consumer market. We consider a setting in which the same contracts are used in each period of a planning horizon. We first show that it...

In a typical retailer-manufacturer outsourcing relationship, retailers are gaining greater control over strategic activities and locus of power, which were formerly the remit of manufacturers. The objectives of this research are: (1) to test the relationship between the level of power of a...

The U.S. economy has been going through a striking structural transformation — the secular reallocation of employment across sectors — over the past several decades. We propose a decomposition framework to assess the contributions of various margins of firm dynamics to this shift. Using...

This paper analyses the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies by small and medium manufacturers which are involved in supplying relationships with large retailers. The purpose of the paper is to examine CSR drivers within large retailers' supply chains. A quantitative...