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Pricing and Financing Strategies of Dual-Channel Green Supply Chain with Risk Aversion and Consumer Preferences

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  • Maojun Zhang

    (School of Business, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
    School of Business, Changshu Insitute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China)

  • Jiaqi Li

    (School of Business, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China)

  • Feifei Liu

    (School of Business, Changshu Insitute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China)

  • Jiangxia Nan

    (School of Business, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China)

  • Jiawen Jiang

    (School of Professional Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA)

Abstract

Nowadays, considering the growing tendency of companies toward e-commerce as well as green production, dual-channel green supply chain management has become particularly important. This paper investigates pricing decisions within a dual-channel green supply chain framework while considering the capital constraints faced by risk-averse manufacturers. Simultaneously, the impact of the degree of risk aversion, consumer green preferences, and channel preferences on the optimal decision-making process of green supply chain members is analyzed. We address the issue of financial constraints faced by manufacturers through bank loans and trade credit financing and compare the two cases. Our findings illustrate that trade credit financing outperforms bank loan financing in the dual-channel green supply chain. Moreover, pricing decisions under different models are influenced by consumer preferences and risk aversion. Specifically, the greenness of the product, wholesale price, and sale price exhibit negative correlations with manufacturers’ risk aversion but positive correlations with consumer preferences.

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  • Maojun Zhang & Jiaqi Li & Feifei Liu & Jiangxia Nan & Jiawen Jiang, 2024. "Pricing and Financing Strategies of Dual-Channel Green Supply Chain with Risk Aversion and Consumer Preferences," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-26, June.
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