In this paper, we consider multiple manufacturers and a common retailer in a supply chain facing uncertain demand. Each manufacturer produces a different yet substitutable product sold through the common retailer, and a portion of the manufacturers sell their products through the direct channels...

This paper studies coordination mechanisms in a supply chain which consists of two suppliers with capacity uncertainties selling differential yet substitutable products through a common retailer who faces price-sensitive random demand of these two products. We develop in a noncompetitive setting...

This article examines coordinated decisions in a decentralized supply chain that consists of one supplier and one retailer, and faces random demand of a single product with a short life cycle. We consider a setting where the retailer has accurate demand information while the supplier does not....