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

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2020.08.044MaRDI QIDQ2029926zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dan Li, Jing Chen, Yi Liao

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

customer returns strategypricingStackelberg gamestrategic inventory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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