Advance Purchase Discounts for Supply Chain Finance System Coordination

The purpose of this paper is to study how advanced information about customer needs obtained through an Advance Purchase Discount (APD) contract can be exploited to coordinate the capital flow and enhance the efficiency of a two-stage supply chain (SC) under decentralized control in cases of stochas...

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Main Authors: Roberta Pellegrino, Nicola Costantino, Danilo Tauro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/23/10156