英文摘要 |
This study considers a decentralized supply chain where a manufacturersupplies a newsvendor-type item to a retailer who sells the item intwo different marketplaces. The manufacturer lowers the two wholesaleprices and offers a buyback commitment to operate the chain as a centralizedone. The buyback contract, however, is assumed to only accept one ofthe two marketplaces’ unsold products, which not only allows the manufacturerto collect the near marketplace’s returns if facing a same demanduncertainty but also determines which marketplace is advantageous to implementthe return practice if facing two different demand uncertainties.The objective is to create a win-win situation via negotiating the two wholesaleprices and the buyback price. The contributions are twofold. If thetwo marketplaces face a same demand uncertainty, our contract includesthe existing complete-return contract as a special case. If the two marketplacesface two different demand uncertainties, our contract will determinewhich one of the two marketplaces should implement the return practice. |