Strategic contracting and hybrid use of agency and wholesale contracts in e-commerce platforms

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2019.08.026zbMath1430.90155OpenAlexW2969678508WikidataQ127372536 ScholiaQ127372536MaRDI QIDQ2329499

Publication date: 17 October 2019

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.08.026

zbMATH Keywords

e-commerce agency contract wholesale contract e-commerce platforms strategic contracting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06) Special types of economic markets (including Cournot, Bertrand) (91B54)

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