An analysis of a supply chain with options contracts and service requirements

摘要: This article studies a one-period two-party supply chain with service requirement. At the beginning of single retail season, retailer can obtain goods by either ordering from firm or purchasing and exercising call options. The retailer’s optimal policy supplier’s production are derived in presence options contracts In addition, it is shown that benefit both supplier. Furthermore, expected profit non-increasing requirement non-decreasing requirement, without contracts. A special class distribution-free coordinate derived. as opposed to case non-coordinating contracts, there always Pareto contract. Finally, ...