Sourcing strategies of manufacturers with customer returns and product design efforts

DOI10.1111/itor.13225OpenAlexW4308138762MaRDI QIDQ6146643

Wei Li, Dongyan Li, Junfeng Tian, Unnamed Author

Publication date: 31 January 2024

Published in: International Transactions in Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13225

zbMATH Keywords

game theoryprice competitioncustomer returnssourcing strategyproduct design efforts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production models (90B30) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38) Marketing, advertising (90B60)

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