Coordinating Contracts in SCM: A Review of Methods and Literature
Journal Title: Decision Making in Manufacturing and Services - Year 2010, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Supply chain coordination through contracts has been a burgeoning area of re- search in recent years. In spite of rapid development of research, there are only a few structured analyses of assumptions, methods, and applicability of insights in this field. The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic overview of coordinating contracts in supply chain through highlighting the main concepts, assumptions, methods, and present the state-of-the- art research in this field.
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Wiesław Kubiak, Behzad Hezarkhani
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- EP ID EP168766
- DOI 10.7494/dmms.2010.4.2.5
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