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作者：Chen, Jianqing; Guo, Zhiling
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Singapore Management University
摘要：This study develops an analytical model to evaluate competing retail firms' sourcing strategies in the presence of supply uncertainty. We consider a common supplier that sells its uncertain supply to two downstream retail firms engaging in price competition in a horizontally differentiated product market. The focal firm has a dual-sourcing option, while the rival firm can only source from the common supplier. We assess the system-wide effects of supply uncertainty on the focal firm's incentive...
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作者：Zhao, Xia; Xue, Ling; Zhang, Fuqiang
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Greensboro; Washington University (WUSTL)
摘要：This paper studies an outsourcing problem where two service providers (suppliers) compete for the service contract from a client. The suppliers face uncertain cost for providing the service because they do not have perfect information about the client's type. The suppliers receive differential private signals about the client type and thus compete under asymmetric information. We first characterize the equilibrium of the supplier competition. Then we investigate two of the client's information...
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作者：Gumus, Mehmet
作者单位：McGill University
摘要：Forecast sharing among trading partners lies at the heart of many collaborative and contractual supply chain management efforts. Even though it has been praised in both academic and practitioner circles for its critical role in increasing demand visibility, some concerns remain: The first one is related to the credibility of forecast sharing, and the second is the fear that it may turn into a competitive disadvantage and induce suppliers to increase their price offerings. In this study, we exp...
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作者：Pang, Zhan; Shen, Houcai; Cheng, T. C. E.
