Retailer Stackelberg game in a supply chain with pricing and service decisions and simple price discount contract

Autor: Hashem Asadi, Ramin Sadeghian, Seyed Jafar Sadjadi, Hadi Sahebi
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Economics
0211 other engineering and technologies
Social Sciences
lcsh:Medicine
Contracts
02 engineering and technology
Price discount
Physical Chemistry
Profit (economics)
Chemical Equilibrium
Sociology
Advertising
Computer software
Computer Networks
lcsh:Science
Animal Management
Marketing
021103 operations research
Multidisciplinary
Applied Mathematics
05 social sciences
Commerce
Software Engineering
Agriculture
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Costs and Cost Analysis
Engineering and Technology
Private Sector
Game theory
Research Article
Computer and Information Sciences
Science Policy
Supply chain
Decision Making
Microeconomics
Game Theory
Games
Recreational

Computer Systems
0502 economics and business
Stackelberg competition
Humans
Consumer behaviour
Internet
Animal Performance
Software Tools
Retail
lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
Consumer Behavior
Communications
ComputerApplications_GENERAL
lcsh:Q
Business
Equilibrium solution
Mathematics
050203 business & management
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 4, p e0195109 (2018)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195109
Popis: This paper studies the Retailer Stackelberg game in a supply chain consisting of two manufacturers and one retailer where they compete simultaneously under three factors including price, service and simple price discount contract. It is assumed that the second manufacturer provides service directly to his customers, and the retailer provides service for the first product's customers, while the retailer buys the first product under price discount from the first manufacturer. The analysis of the optimal equilibrium solutions and the results of the numerical examples show that if a manufacturer chooses the appropriate range of discount rate, he will gain more profit than when there is no discount given to the retailer. This situation can be considered as an effective tool for the coordination of the first manufacturer and the retailer to offer discount by manufacturer and to provide the service by the retailer. We obtain equilibrium solution of Retailer Stackelberg game and analyze the numerical examples under two cases: a) the manufacturers sell their products to the retailer without price discount contract. b) The first manufacturer sells his products to the retailer with the simple price discount contract. The preliminary results show that the service and the price discount contract can improve the performance of supply chain.
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