Many resource-allocation problems in manufacturing and service operations require selecting integer-valued levels for various activities that consume "nondecreasing amounts" of limited resources. System productivity, to be maximized, is limited by the least productive (bottleneck) activity. We...

We consider two independently managed parties, a retailer and a supplier, that are considering either a wholesale or a consignment contract to produce and market a single good. Both parties have an interest in reaching an agreement, but their first choice of contract type are generally not the...