Supply chain contracting and the use of information are undoubtedly two critical and
influential areas in modern supply chain management. However, relatively little is known …

Aligning supply chain decisions of separate entities with independent objectives can be
considered to be one of the difficulties of supply chain management. This difficulty becomes …

In this paper, a manufacturer is considered who is regulated by the cap-and-trade scheme
and sells products on an e-business (EB) platform. When this manufacturer is capital …

This study examines various factors associated with the adoption of e-procurement. A survey
questionnaire was administered to collect data from 141 companies in Singapore. Using …

We consider a two-stage supply chain in which a contract manufacturer (CM) sells products
through a brand name retailer. The contract manufacturer can invest in corporate social …

Under the block chain technology introduction, a supply chain consisting of a retailer and
two competing manufacturers is studied, in which the retailer realizes the vertical information …

This paper investigates the value of advance payment financing to carbon emission
reduction and production in a supply chain. We discuss two models, namely,(1) a supply …

We study the pricing and service strategies with retailers' competition and cooperation in a
dual-channel supply chain system consisting of one manufacturer and two retailers, in which …

A supply chain may operate under either preorder mode, consignment mode or the
combination of these two modes. Under preorder, the retailer procures before the sale and …

Channel competition is the inevitable result when a manufacturer adds a direct channel.
Retailers must provide value-added services to products at cost to alleviate the intensity of …