Manufacturer's often declare recycled content claims that hold for each batch (batch specific claims) or as recycled content averaged across batches (batch average claims). We study how a manufacturer's recycled content claim decision is impacted by demand for recycled content driven by...

With more customers purchasing pre-owned or used products in the apparel industry, firms are increasingly adopting resale based business models generally through either a:(i) trade-in with a resale program, where a firm offers a trade-in discount on a new product and resells the traded-in...

The authors conducted a series of structured interviews with managers of ten supermarket chains in Shanghai to compare supermarket business practices in Shanghai with those in the United States, emphasizing logistics management issues. Shanghai supermarkets tend to be smaller than U.S. stores,...

We model the impact of information visibility in a two-level supply chain consisting of independent retailers who share upstream supply. The manufacturer supplies similar products to the two retailers and each retailer serves its independent end market. Retailers face one period of demand and...