Manufacturer’s R&D Investment Strategy and Pricing Decisions in a Decentralized Supply Chain
Consider that a manufacturer Stackelberg supply chain consists of an upstream supplier and a downstream manufacturer. The manufacturer purchases a component from the supplier and then transforms it into a final product which is sold in a price and quality sensitive market. The manufacturer considers...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9879874 |
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| Summary: | Consider that a manufacturer Stackelberg supply chain consists of an upstream supplier and a downstream manufacturer. The manufacturer purchases a component from the supplier and then transforms it into a final product which is sold in a price and quality sensitive market. The manufacturer considers to make R&D investment to improve the product quality and reduce the production cost. We first investigate and derive the optimal investment strategy and pricing decisions by establishing a three-stage game model. We show that the optimal investment strategy and pricing decisions in the decentralized model may deviate from those in the centralized model. We then propose a mechanism to coordinate the decentralized supply chain, by introducing a profit sharing policy, a production cost sharing policy, and an investment cost sharing policy. Finally, we show that both the supplier and the manufacturer can benefit from participating in the proposed coordination mechanism. |
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| ISSN: | 1026-0226 1607-887X |