Managing buyer-seller system cooperation with quantity discount considerations

Managing buyer-seller system cooperation with quantity discount considerations

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Article ID: iaor19961207
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 22
Issue: 9
Start Page Number: 947
End Page Number: 958
Publication Date: Nov 1995
Journal: Computers and Operations Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: game theory, inventory
Abstract:

In this paper the authors explore cooperative relationships between two members in a simple buyer-seller system where the buyer is in a monopolistic position. They begin with a situation where the seller, as the leader, has the power to enforce his strategies on the buyer, but vice versa is not true. The authors then extend our analysis to a situation wherein the buyer can also influence the seller’s decisions and address the issue of system cooperation. They illustrate the mutual incentives for cooperation and individual disincentives for cooperation. A quantity discount scheme is developed to implement a profit sharing mechanism for achieving equal division of additional cooperative system profits.

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