Zhao, Hui; Xiong, Chuanhui; Gavirneni, Srinagesh; Fein, Adam - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 14 (2012) 4, pp. 685-699
Fee-for-service (FFS) contracts, first introduced in 2004, dramatically changed the way the pharmaceutical distribution supply chains are designed, managed, and operated. Investment buying (IB), forward buying in anticipation of drug price increases, used to be the way the distributors made most...