This paper investigates supply chain coordination with side-payment contracts. We …rst summarize speci…c side-payment contracts and present our review on the literature that developed general sidepayment schemes to coordinate supply chains. Following our review, we discuss two criteria that a proper side-payment contract must satisfy, and accordingly introduce a decision-dependent transfer paym...

An electricity supply smart contract was developed and demonstrated to perform pre-time-of-use price negotiation between demand and generation and posttime-of-use settlement and payment. The smart contract was demonstrated with 1000 loads/generators with usages simulated using lognormal probability distributions. It combines payment of deposit, negotiation of price based on estimates, settlemen...

In January 2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts launched a new payment arrangement called the Alternative Quality Contract. The contract stipulates a modified global payment (fixed payments for the care of a patient during a specified time period) arrangement. The model differs from past models of fixed payments or capitation because it explicitly connects payments to achieving quality ...

BACKGROUND General practices in the UK contract with the government to receive additional payments for high-quality primary care. Little is known about the resulting impact on population health. AIM To estimate the potential reduction in population mortality from implementation of the pay-for-performance contract in England. DESIGN OF STUDY Cross-sectional and modelling study. SETTING Pri...

in business format franchising agreements, franchisee, while dependent to other party of the contract (franchisor), follows the method of business belonging to franchisor. franchisee use of the system leads to many obligations such as payment of franchise fees, secrecy of know how, non competition and making available all necessary factors to use the system. irrespective of the law which govern...

I this paper we propose an incentive payment contract for stochastic projects defined by a series of stages or tasks that are outsourced to independent subcontractors. Projects defined by sequentially completed independent stages are common in new product development and other high-risk projects. Our goal is to maximize the client’s expected discounted profit. Our proposed contract reflects the...

in the supplier selection problem considering both parties benefits including the buyer and the supplier, is one of the key factors to enhance the supply chain management performance as well as sustaining a long term relationship with the suppliers. in fact, the integrated supplier selection models have been discussed in order to confirm the aforementioned subject. in this research, an integrat...

Some manufacturers impose a time-based contract on their suppliers under which each supplier is paid only when all of the suppliers have completed their tasks. We investigate whether or not the manufacturer ought to demand such a delayed payment contract. In our model with one manufacturer and two suppliers, we compare the impact of both a delayed payment regime and a no delayed payment regime ...

The 1993 production sharing contract (PSC) in Nigeria specifies different royalty rates for oil and gas investment. were fixed. This makes the fiscal arrangement to be regressive nature. Royalty rate of 20% is paid onshore investment using PSC. Hence, there a need make progressive. delayed framework was incorporated into the1993 PSC as progressive measure it dynamic. Two economic models develop...

An electricity supply smart contract was developed and demonstrated to perform pre-time-of-use price negotiation between demand and generation and post-time-of-use settlement and payment. The smart contract was demonstrated with 1000 loads/generators with usages simulated using lognormal probability distributions. It combines payment of deposit, negotiation of price based on estimates, settleme...