We explore the manufacturer's incentives to use a dual-channel supply chain rather than only a direct or an indirect channel in simultaneous price competition. We first revisit the demand formulation widely used in the context of channel analysis and introduce a different demand formulation...

This paper focuses on web reservation and on-line ticketing services provided by airlines and travel agents. The impact of the Internet on the air transportation industry in Taiwan, the development of e-commerce and e-business in airline operations, and the conflicts between virtual and physical...