Flexible contracts for competitive supply chain under market dynamics.

• Other Authors: Wong, Chun Hung Eliphas.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Business logistics > Management; Decentralization in management; Contracts; Inventory control
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893510; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-326167

Wong, Chun Hung Eliphas. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-78). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Abstract --- p.i === Acknowledgement --- p.v === Thesis/Assessement Committee --- p.vi === List of Figures --- p.xi === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Literature Review --- p.13 === Chapter 1.2 --- K-Convexity --- p.16 === Chapter 1.2.1 --- "The (s, S)policy and cardinal optimality equation form" --- p.17 === Chapter 2 --- Inventory Problem --- p.25 === Chapter 2.1 --- Two-channel Inventory Model --- p.26 === Chapter 2.1.1 --- Model Formulation --- p.27 === Chapter 2.2 --- The total expected cost and constraints --- p.34 === Chapter 2.3 --- The optimality equation --- p.37 === Chapter 3 --- The two phase optimal policy --- p.40 === Chapter 3.1 --- Deviation of two phase optimal policy --- p.41 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- "First phase optimization - The (s, S, s') policy" --- p.42 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- Second phase optimization --- p.46 === Chapter 3.2 --- More about the optimal policy --- p.60 === Chapter 4 --- Further discussion and conclusion --- p.64 === Chapter 4.1 --- Multi-period problem --- p.65 === Chapter 4.1.1 --- Model formulation --- p.65 === Chapter 4.1.2 --- The challenges in extending the optimal policy --- p.67 === Chapter 4.2 --- Conclusion --- p.69 === Bibliography --- p.74