We consider an e-tailer's upstream supplier who wants to encroach into retailing to earn additional revenue. The supplier needs to decide whether or not to enter the retail market by either selling to consumers on an e-tailer's platform by paying commission fees (agency encroachment) or opening...

Remanufacturing is a sustainable practice as it can save resources and alleviate environmental pollution. However, the process of remanufacturing can be subject to yield uncertainty if the manufacturer is not sufficiently professional. In this paper, we consider a retailer selling both new and...

We begin with a supplier (she) who wholesales to a retailer (he), and is considering to encroach into the retail market by opening an independent online/offline store to sell directly to consumers (a direct channel encroachment) or by selling directly to consumers through the online platform of...