This book chapter reviews the literature on multichannel supply chain management that uses marketing mixes. A multichannel supply chain includes at least two channels, at least one of which is a supply chain. This survey categorizes existing contributions according to three dimensions: channel...

Negotiation has been widely seen in determining wholesale prices. However, few papers have explored the impact of price matching negotiation (PM), in which a channel matches its price with the resulting wholesale price bargained by the other channel, on firms' performances, consumer welfare, and...

Buyer finance has been practiced by manufacturers/assemblers for years; however, few papers have investigated the efficacy of buyer finance in an assembly system with multiple suppliers. This paper fills the literature gap by comparing buyer finance with bank finance in a supply chain with one...

Due to firms' lack of creditworthiness and collateral, banks have imposed loan limits as a result of risk-control regulations in bank financing. As such, loan insurance has emerged as a useful instrument to lift loan limits. To study the joint value of bank loans and loan insurance, this article...

This paper investigates the influence of channel structures and channel coordination on the supplier, the retailer, and the entire supply chain in the context of two single-channel and two dual-channel supply chains. We extensively study two Pareto zone concepts: channel-adding Pareto zone and...

With the increasingly open global economy and advanced technologies, some third-party-logistics providers (3PLs) have emerged as supply chain orchestrators, linking buying firms' needs with dispersed manufacturers worldwide. In addition to their traditional transportation services, these...

Integrated logistics and financial services have been practiced by third party logistics (3PL) firms for years; however, the literature has been silent on the value of 3PL firms as credit providers in budget-constrained supply chains. This paper investigates an extended supply chain model with a...