Sourcing strategies of manufacturers with customer returns and product design efforts

DOI10.1111/ITOR.13225MaRDI QIDQ6146643zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wei Li, Dongyan Li, Junfeng Tian

Publication date 31 January 2024

Published in International Transactions in Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13225

zbMATH Keywords

customer returnsgame theoryprice competitionproduct design effortssourcing strategy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production models (90B30) Marketing, advertising (90B60) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38)

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