In the traditional retail industry, some supermarket chains and department stores have been maintaining strong positions as the market comes to maturity. They can make use of the strong positions to squeeze their suppliers and obtain extra earnings. This situation may be challenged by the rapid development of e-commerce. Consumers’ purchase habits have been changing and many manufacturers are s...

Title of Dissertation: STRATEGIC PRODUCT DESIGN FOR RETAIL CHANNEL ACCEPTANCE UNDER UNCERTAINTY AND COMPETITION Nathan Williams, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Shapour Azarm, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering A. J. Clark School of Engineering P. K. Kannan, Associate Professor Department of Marketing R. H. Smith School of Business Significant recent research ha...

I different industries, such as automobiles, chemicals, or retailing, competitors are joining forces in establishing electronic marketplaces to reduce inefficiencies in the purchasing process and cut costs by combining their buying power. Joining such an alliance leads to reduced costs, including those of possible rivals, because members share the development and operating costs. A company that...

Extended service contracts have been the major profit generator for many consumer electronics retailers as they contribute to half of the retailers' profit. My dissertation studies how consumers make purchase decisions of extended service contracts and how the ESC purchase decisions are related to the product purchase decisions. Essay 1: " Why Do Consumers Buy Extended Service Contracts? " The ...

The outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, which is increasing number victims every day, has created many changes in today’s world. use various masks most important social tool against this virus. Given importance rapid and quality supply current situation, it necessary to study chain particular. In research, design a closed network for different types assessed. studied includes suppliers, manufac...

Markdown as a pricing modality is ubiquitous in retail whereas everyday-low-price (EDLP) remains relatively rare (despite its several advantages, such as simplicity). Using a stylized model, we explore whether and why retailers can use either of these pricing modalities as an effective defense against a competitor entering the market with the alternative pricing modality to sell an identical pr...

The Joint Replenishment Problem (JRP) is a fundamental optimization problem in supplychain management, concerned with optimizing the flow of goods from a supplier to retailers. Over time, in response to demands at the retailers, the supplier ships orders, via a warehouse, to the retailers. The objective is to schedule these orders to minimize the sum of ordering costs and retailers’ waiting cos...

In the past decade, we have seen significant increase in the level of outsourcing in many industries. This increase in the level of outsourcing increases the importance of implementing effective contracts in supply chains. In this thesis, we study several issues in supply chain contracts. In the first part of the thesis, we study the impact of effort in a supply chain with multiple retailers. T...

New energy vehicles have a significant advantage in saving and environmental pollution reduction the transportation industry; however, they are still at disadvantage market competition. The Chinese government has introduced lots of policy measures to promote mass adoption new (NEVs), specifically dual credit policy. Moreover, consumer’s preferences vital factors their purchase decision making. ...

Several authors have suggested that the importance of website content elements in online purchasing varies across different types of products. Our aim is to empirically test this proposition. Here, we focus on goods versus services and hedonic versus utilitarian products. After reviewing the literature on the role of website content, we hypothesize which elements are more important for which ty...