Are price matching and logistics service enhancement always effective strategies for improving profitability?

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2022.08.025MaRDI QIDQ6106967zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jie Wei, Meijing Chang

Publication date 3 July 2023

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EJOR.2022.08.025

zbMATH Keywords

logistics service enhancementPareto improvementprice matchingretail competitionsupply chain management

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations research and management science (90Bxx)

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