Product Returns (PR) are an inevitable yet costly process in business, especially in the
online marketplace. How to deal with the conundrums has attracted a great deal of attention …

The adoption of blockchain technology helps to track and trace products in supply chains
and enhance consumer trust. This paper considers a three-tier supply chain consisting of a …

Motivated by the industrial practice that the giant E-commerce platforms are well motivated
to engage in offering the extended warranty service, this paper investigates the optimal …

Carbon tax represents governments' approach to steering the economy towards a greener
future. Our research question focuses on the impact of carbon tax policy on a firm's …

This paper studies wholesale price contracts with risk constraints in a supply chain
consisting of a supplier and a capital-constrained retailer. A newsvendor-like retailer may …

With the implementation of carbon regulations, firmes are facing pressure on emission
reduction and need to consider investing in clean equipment and technology to reduce …

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which can help supply chains improve operational
efficiency and reduce production costs, has gradually been adopted by many enterprises in …

Diversified sourcing has traditionally been a popular approach for managing supply risk
compared to disruption prevention. However, the recent COVID-19 crisis has emphasized …

This paper studies contract strategy for two competing supply chains selling a substitutable
product under demand uncertainty. Each supply chain consists of a risk neutral …

Consider a production supply chain system, in which a small-and medium-sized enterprise
(SME) supplies products to and has accounts receivable (AR) from a core enterprise (CE) …