Consider a supply chain consisting of two independent agents, a supplier (eg, a
manufacturer) and its customer (eg, a retailer), the latter in turn serving an uncertain market …

We investigate the role of options (contingent claims) in a buyer-supplier system. Specifically
using a two-period model with correlated demand, we illustrate how options provide …

The Quantity Flexibility (QF) contract is a method for coordinating materials and information
flows in supply chains operating under rolling-horizon planning. It stipulates a maximum …

In this paper, we study the practice of forecast sharing and supply chain coordination with a
game-theoretical model. We find that in a one-shot version of the game, forecasts are not …

Any buyer that depends on suppliers for the delivery of a service or the production of a make-
to-order component should pay close attention to the suppliers' service or delivery lead …

In this article we address an important class of supply contracts called the Rolling Horizon
Flexibility (RHF) contracts. Under such a contract, at the beginning of the horizon a buyer …

We consider a single buyer who wishes to outsource a fixed demand for a manufactured
good or service at a fixed price to a set of potential suppliers. We examine the value of …

This article studies a one-period two-party supply chain with a service requirement. At the
beginning of a single retail season, the retailer can obtain goods by either ordering from a …

We consider how a firm dynamically allocates business among several suppliers to motivate
them in a relational contract. The firm chooses one supplier who exerts private effort. Output …

This paper studies a repeated game between a manufacturer and two competing suppliers
with imperfect monitoring. We present a principal-agent model for managing long-term …