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Supply Chain Competition and Collaboration Models

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In this chapter, we analyze decentralized supply chain systems with independent retailers, each of which—facing uncertain demand—needs to decide its stock level and selling price in a single period. In Sect. 11.1, the retailers compete on prices for which noncooperative game theory is appropriate.

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Simchi-Levi, D., Chen, X., Bramel, J. (2014). Supply Chain Competition and Collaboration Models. In: The Logic of Logistics. Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9149-1_11

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