This paper studies revenue-sharing contracts in distribution chains in the presence of win-win conditions. Revenue-sharing contracts are a mechanism to coordinate the firms in a distribution chain. Under these contracts the retailer shares its revenue with the supplier in exchange for a lower wholesale price. The win-win conditions are natural conditions requiring that the profit of any firm ma...

OBJECTIVE This study modeled win and lose trials in a simple gambling task to examine the effect of entire win-lose situations (WIN, LOSS, or TIE) on single win/lose trials and related neural underpinnings. METHODS The behavior responses and brain activities of 17 participants were recorded by an MRI scanner while they performed a gambling task. Different conditions were compared to determine...

We outline a benchmark carbon dioxide (CO2) intensity system with tradable permits for the aviation industry that will incent in-sector emission abatement opportunities that cost less than the social cost of carbon (SCC). The system sets benchmark emission intensities (CO2 emissions per revenue ton kilometer) by route group and facilitates flexibility in meeting the benchmarks by allowing airli...

Barry Boehm a, Alexander Egyed a, Dan Port a, Archita Shah a, Julie Kwan b and Ray Madachy c a Center for Software Engineering, Henry Salvatori Computer Science 300, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, USA E-mail: {boehm,aegyed,dport,ashah}@sunset.usc.edu b USC University Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1421, USA E-mail: jkwan@calvi...

Spend your few moment to read a book even only few pages. Reading book is not obligation and force for everybody. When you don't want to read, you can get punishment from the publisher. Read a book becomes a choice of your different characteristics. Many people with reading habit will always be enjoyable to read, or on the contrary. For some reasons, this win win solution guaranteeing fair shar...