Competing on Supply Chain Quality A Network Economics Perspective /

• Main Authors: Nagurney, Anna (Author), Li, Dong (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, 2
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Industrial procurement.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Procurement.

This book lays the foundations for quality modeling and analysis in the context of supply chains through a synthesis of the economics, operations management, as well as operations research/management science literature on quality. The reality of today's supply chain networks, given their global...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Quality and Supply Chains
• Introduction
• Methodological Foundations
• Part II Information Asymmetry in Quality
• Information Asymmetry and Minimum Quality Standards in Supply Chain Oligopolies
• Information Asymmetry in Perfectly Competitive Spatial Price Equilibrium Problems
• Part III Quality in Product Differentiation and Outsourcing
• Supply Chain Network Oligopolies with Product Differentiation
• Supply Chain Network Competition with Multiple Freight Options
• Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition - Single Firm Case
• Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition - Multiple Firms
• Part IV Supplier Quality and Freight Quality Chapter
• The General Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model with Performance Indicators
• The General Multitiered Supply Chain Model of Quality Competition with Suppliers
• The Supply Chain Network Model with Freight Service Provider Competition
• Supply Chain Network Competition in Prices and Quality.