ABSTRACT

The competitive preference of a retailer is an important factor for closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs), which have not been explicitly investigated by existing studies. This paper specifically considers the retailer’s competitive preference and examines decisions with regard to three CLSC channel structures—the manufacturer recycling channel (M-channel), the retailer recycling channel (R-channel), and the third-party recycling channel (T-channel). To mitigate the negative impact of the retailer’s competitive preference, revenue-cost sharing (RCS) contracts can be developed. An interesting result is that the manufacturer will choose the T-channel when the degree of the retailer’s competitive preference is higher than a specified threshold.

摘要

零售商的竞争偏好是闭环供应链 (CLSC) 的一个重要因素，现有研究尚未对其进行明确调查。本文特别考虑了零售商的竞争偏好，并检验了三种 CLSC 渠道结构的决策——制造商回收渠道（M 渠道）、零售商回收渠道（R 渠道）和第三方回收渠道（T 渠道） ). 为了减轻零售商竞争偏好的负面影响，可以制定收入成本共享 (RCS) 合同。一个有趣的结果是，当零售商的竞争偏好程度高于指定阈值时，制造商会选择T渠道。