This Article considers the European Community (“Community” or “EC”) antitrust law rules on the duty to supply competitors with important goods or services. It is convenient to begin, in Part I of this Article, by summarizing the relevant Treaty provisions, and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (the “Court”) and the Commission of the European Communities (the “Comm...

In a decentralized supply chain, with long-term competition between independent retailers facing random demands and buying from a common supplier, how should wholesale and retail prices be specified, in an attempt to maximize supply-chain wide profits? We show what types of coordination mechanisms allow the decentralized supply chain to generate aggregate expected profits equal to the optimal p...

We propose an effective supplier selection method to maintain a continuous supply-relationship with suppliers. Costs have been sharply increasing and profit decreasing as the global competition among companies has increased and customer demands have diversified in the current business environment. Many other functions are now outsourced globally to strengthen competition. As a result, one of th...

Abstract Innovative selling channels have brought about opportunities as well challenges for upstream manufacturers. The past few years witnessed both the success and failure of manufacturers with different channel strategies. To explore rationale strategies in various contexts, we develop a model to analyze manufacturer's selection decision among three strategies, i.e., direct-channel strategy...

abstract export of nonoil goods in economic activities is so important and its effect on economic and comparative growth is undeniable. so, emphasize on agricultural sector and development of export in this sector prepares good conditions, for iran, to be present at international markets relying its advantages. the study tries to recognize necessary policies to enhance agricultural export poten...

We consider competition between two decentralized supply chains network under demand uncertainty. Each chain consists of one risk-averse manufacturer and a group of risk-averse retailers. These two chains present substitutable products to the geographical dispensed markets. The markets’ demands are contingent upon prices, service levels, and advertising efforts of two supply chains. We formulat...