Competing on Supply Chain Quality : A Network Economics Perspective

Part I Quality and Supply Chains -- Introduction -- Methodological Foundations -- Part II Information Asymmetry in Quality -- Information Asymmetry and Minimum Quality Standards in Supply Chain Oligopolies -- Information Asymmetry in Perfectly Competitive Spatial Price Equilibrium Problems -- Part III Quality in Product Differentiation and Outsourcing -- Supply Chain Network Oligopolies with Product Differentiation -- Supply Chain Network Competition with Multiple Freight Options -- Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition - Single Firm Case -- Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition - Multiple Firms -- Part IV Supplier Quality and Freight Quality Chapter -- The General Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model with Performance Indicators -- The General Multitiered Supply Chain Model of Quality Competition with Suppliers -- The Supply Chain Network Model with Freight Service Provider Competition -- Supply Chain Network Competition in Prices and Quality.