Optimal decisions on prices, order quantities, and returns policies in a supply chain with two-period selling

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2020.08.044zbMath1487.90031OpenAlexW3082312707MaRDI QIDQ2029926

Yi Liao, Dan Li, Jing Chen

Publication date: 4 June 2021

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.08.044

zbMATH Keywords

pricingStackelberg gamestrategic inventorycustomer returns strategy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hierarchical games (including Stackelberg games) (91A65) Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets) (91B24) Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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