Using advance purchase discount contracts under uncertain information acquisition cost

W Tang, K Girotra - Production and Operations Management, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We study the use of advance purchase discount (APD) contracts to incentivize a retailer to
share demand information with a dual‐sourcing wholesaler. We analyze such contracts in …

Synchronizing global supply chains: Advance purchase discounts

W Tang, K Girotra - Available at SSRN 1550891, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
We study the economics of sharing demand information between a dual sourcing firm and its
network of retailers. Our analysis demonstrates that employing Advance Purchase Discount …