Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University ›› 2014, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (02): 312-316.

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Revenue-Sharing Contract Design in a Supply Chain Based on Capacity Investments
 

ZHU Chenhuia,DONG Mingb,LIU Shaoxuanb
  

  1. (a.SinoUS Global Logistics Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China; b.Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200052, China)
  • Received:2012-10-15

Abstract:

Companies often face significant technical and financial risks when building new factories to expand capacity. Coordination of supply chain members in capacity investments can reduce risk. This paper considered a supply chain which consisted of one supplier and two manufacturers. One of the manufacturers provided capacity investment for the upstream supplier. In return, the supplier shared some portion of its revenue with the manufacturer. This paper studied the optimal contract designs under different modes of collaboration between the manufacturer and the supplier. It analyzed the effect of optimal contracts on optimal decisions of supply chain members and on their respective profits. It obtained several insights through numerical simulations which were useful in actual negotiation.

Key words:  capacity investment, revenue sharing, contract design, supply chain collaboration

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