The Value of Commitments When Selling to Strategic Consumers: A Supply Chain Perspective
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2018.3183
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Yiangos Papanastasiou & Nicos Savva, 2017. "Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Social Learning and Strategic Consumers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 63(4), pages 919-939, April.
- Qian Liu & Garrett J. van Ryzin, 2008. "Strategic Capacity Rationing to Induce Early Purchases," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 54(6), pages 1115-1131, June.
- Alexei Alexandrov & Martin A. Lariviere, 2012. "Are Reservations Recommended?," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 14(2), pages 218-230, April.
- Robert Swinney, 2011. "Selling to Strategic Consumers When Product Value Is Uncertain: The Value of Matching Supply and Demand," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 57(10), pages 1737-1751, October.
- David Besanko & Wayne L. Winston, 1990. "Optimal Price Skimming by a Monopolist Facing Rational Consumers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 36(5), pages 555-567, May.
- Yossi Aviv & Amit Pazgal, 2008. "Optimal Pricing of Seasonal Products in the Presence of Forward-Looking Consumers," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 10(3), pages 339-359, December.
- Wedad Elmaghraby & Altan Gülcü & P{i}nar Keskinocak, 2008. "Designing Optimal Preannounced Markdowns in the Presence of Rational Customers with Multiunit Demands," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 10(1), pages 126-148, June.
- Butz, David A, 1990. "Durable-Good Monopoly and Best-Price Provisions," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 80(5), pages 1062-1076, December.
- Jean Tirole, 1988. "The Theory of Industrial Organization," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262200716, December.
- Gérard P. Cachon & Pnina Feldman, 2015. "Price Commitments with Strategic Consumers: Why It Can Be Optimal to Discount More Frequently … Than Optimal," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 17(3), pages 399-410, July.
- Rui Yin & Yossi Aviv & Amit Pazgal & Christopher S. Tang, 2009. "Optimal Markdown Pricing: Implications of Inventory Display Formats in the Presence of Strategic Customers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 55(8), pages 1391-1408, August.
- Xuanming Su & Fuqiang Zhang, 2008. "Strategic Customer Behavior, Commitment, and Supply Chain Performance," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 54(10), pages 1759-1773, October.
- Gérard P. Cachon & Robert Swinney, 2009. "Purchasing, Pricing, and Quick Response in the Presence of Strategic Consumers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 55(3), pages 497-511, March.
- Anil Arya & Hans Frimor & Brian Mittendorf, 2015. "Decentralized Procurement in Light of Strategic Inventories," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 61(3), pages 578-585, March.
- Preyas Desai & Oded Koenigsberg & Devavrat Purohit, 2004. "Strategic Decentralization and Channel Coordination," Quantitative Marketing and Economics (QME), Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 5-22, March.
- Xuanming Su, 2010. "Optimal Pricing with Speculators and Strategic Consumers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 56(1), pages 25-40, January.
- René Caldentey & Ying Liu & Ilan Lobel, 2017. "Intertemporal Pricing Under Minimax Regret," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 65(1), pages 104-129, February.
- Xuanming Su, 2007. "Intertemporal Pricing with Strategic Customer Behavior," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 53(5), pages 726-741, May.
- Abhishek Roy & Stephen M. Gilbert & Guoming Lai, 2019. "The Implications of Visibility on the Use of Strategic Inventory in a Supply Chain," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 65(4), pages 1752-1767, April.
- Krishnan Anand & Ravi Anupindi & Yehuda Bassok, 2008. "Strategic Inventories in Vertical Contracts," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 54(10), pages 1792-1804, October.
- Dasu, Sriram & Tong, Chunyang, 2010. "Dynamic pricing when consumers are strategic: Analysis of posted and contingent pricing schemes," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 204(3), pages 662-671, August.
- Anil Arya & Brian Mittendorf, 2013. "Managing Strategic Inventories via Manufacturer-to-Consumer Rebates," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 59(4), pages 813-818, April.
- Martin A. Lariviere & Evan L. Porteus, 2001. "Selling to the Newsvendor: An Analysis of Price-Only Contracts," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 3(4), pages 293-305, May.
- Cuihong Li & Fuqiang Zhang, 2013. "Advance Demand Information, Price Discrimination, and Preorder Strategies," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 15(1), pages 57-71, September.
- Bulow, Jeremy I, 1982. "Durable-Goods Monopolists," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 90(2), pages 314-332, April.
- Eren B. Çil & Martin A. Lariviere, 2013. "Saving Seats for Strategic Customers," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 61(6), pages 1321-1332, December.
- Anil Arya & Brian Mittendorf, 2006. "Benefits of Channel Discord in the Sale of Durable Goods," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 25(1), pages 91-96, 01-02.
- Qian Liu & Dan Zhang, 2013. "Dynamic Pricing Competition with Strategic Customers Under Vertical Product Differentiation," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 59(1), pages 84-101, August.
- Xuanming Su & Fuqiang Zhang, 2009. "On the Value of Commitment and Availability Guarantees When Selling to Strategic Consumers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 55(5), pages 713-726, May.
- Coase, Ronald H, 1972. "Durability and Monopoly," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 15(1), pages 143-149, April.
- Fernando Bernstein & Victor Martínez-de-Albéniz, 2017. "Dynamic Product Rotation in the Presence of Strategic Customers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 63(7), pages 2092-2107, July.
- Nancy L. Stokey, 1979. "Intertemporal Price Discrimination," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 93(3), pages 355-371.
- René Caldentey & Ying Liu & Ilan Lobel, 2017. "Intertemporal Pricing Under Minimax Regret," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 65(1), pages 104-129, February.
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Chang Dong & Yong Lei & Qian Liu, 2023. "(Un)conditional collection policies on used products with strategic customers," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 32(1), pages 82-97, January.
- Lezhen Wu & Xiaole Wu & Yu Zhou, 2023. "Commitment strategies and inventory decisions under supply disruption risk," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 32(8), pages 2619-2637, August.
- Xuemei Zhang & Jiawei Hu & Suqin Sun & Guohu Qi, 2022. "Extended Warranty Strategy and Its Environment Impact of Remanufactured Supply Chain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-25, January.
- Gu, Wei & Luan, Xiaoting & Song, Yanan & Shang, Jennifer, 2022. "Impact of loyalty program investment on firm performance: Seasonal products with strategic customers," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 299(2), pages 621-630.
- Hou, Lihua & Nie, Tengfei & Zhang, Jianghua, 2024. "Pricing and inventory strategies for perishable products in a competitive market considering strategic consumers," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
- Wang, Hua & Dong, Dayong & Guan, Zhenzhong & Bai, Chunguang, 2021. "The impact of quantity commitment with disappointment-averse and elation-seeking consumers," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 584(C).
- Dongdong Yu & Miyu Wan & Chunlin Luo, 2022. "Dynamic pricing and dual‐channel choice in the presence of strategic consumers," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(6), pages 2392-2408, September.
- Hiroshi Kitamura & Noriaki Matsushima & Misato Sato, 2023.
"Which is better for durable goods producers, exclusive or open supply chain?,"
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(1), pages 158-176, January.
- Hiroshi Kitamura & Noriaki Matsushima & Misato Sato, 2021. "Which is better for durable goods producers, exclusive or open supply chain?," ISER Discussion Paper 1115, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
- Wang, Xinyu & Sethi, Suresh P. & Chang, Shuhua, 2022. "Pollution abatement using cap-and-trade in a dynamic supply chain and its coordination," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
- Qiaoke Zhang & Hongzhuan Chen & Liangqi Wan, 2022. "Reselling or agency model under markdown pricing policy in the presence of strategic customers," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(7), pages 2911-2923, October.
- Li, Zhong-Ping & Wang, Jian-Jun & Perera, Sandun & Shi, Jim (Junmin), 2022. "Coordination of a supply chain with Nash bargaining fairness concerns," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
- Xiaodong Zhu & Wei Li, 2020. "Research on the Pricing Strategy of “Internet +” Recycling Platforms in a Two-Sided Network Environment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-19, January.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Ken Moon & Kostas Bimpikis & Haim Mendelson, 2018. "Randomized Markdowns and Online Monitoring," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 64(3), pages 1271-1290, March.
- Wu, Meng & Ran, Yun & Zhu, Stuart X., 2022. "Optimal pricing strategy: How to sell to strategic consumers?," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 244(C).
- Yen-Ting Lin & Ali K. Parlaktürk & Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, 2018. "Are Strategic Customers Bad for a Supply Chain?," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 20(3), pages 481-497, July.
- Liu, Jingchen & Zhai, Xin & Chen, Lihua, 2019. "Optimal pricing strategy under trade-in program in the presence of strategic consumers," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 1-17.
- Dong, Junfeng & Wu, Desheng Dash, 2019. "Two-period pricing and quick response with strategic customers," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 165-173.
- Liu, Jingchen & Zhai, Xin & Chen, Lihua, 2018. "The interaction between product rollover strategy and pricing scheme," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 201(C), pages 116-135.
- Arian Aflaki & Pnina Feldman & Robert Swinney, 2019. "Becoming Strategic: Endogenous Consumer Time Preferences and Multiperiod Pricing," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 68(4), pages 1116-1131, July.
- Hou, Lihua & Nie, Tengfei & Zhang, Jianghua, 2024. "Pricing and inventory strategies for perishable products in a competitive market considering strategic consumers," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
- Gérard P. Cachon & Pnina Feldman, 2015. "Price Commitments with Strategic Consumers: Why It Can Be Optimal to Discount More Frequently … Than Optimal," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 17(3), pages 399-410, July.
- Yiangos Papanastasiou & Nicos Savva, 2017. "Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Social Learning and Strategic Consumers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 63(4), pages 919-939, April.
- Dror Hermel & Benny Mantin, 2018. "Selling to strategic consumers: on the benefits of consumers’ valuation uncertainty and abundant inventory," Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 17(3), pages 146-165, June.
- Yanan Song & Xiaobo Zhao, 2017. "A newsvendor problem with boundedly rational strategic customers," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(1), pages 228-243, January.
- Nicole Perez Becker & Benny Mantin & Joachim Arts, 2022. "Strategic Behavior in a Serial Newsvendor," DEM Discussion Paper Series 22-02, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg.
- Özalp Özer & Yanchong Zheng, 2016. "Markdown or Everyday Low Price? The Role of Behavioral Motives," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 62(2), pages 326-346, February.
- Yossi Aviv & Mike Mingcheng Wei & Fuqiang Zhang, 2019. "Responsive Pricing of Fashion Products: The Effects of Demand Learning and Strategic Consumer Behavior," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 65(7), pages 2982-3000, July.
- Fei Gao & Xuanming Su, 2017. "Manufacturing & Service Operations Management," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 19(1), pages 84-98, February.
- Zha, Yong & Wang, Yuting & Li, Quan & Yao, Wenying, 2022. "Credit offering strategy and dynamic pricing in the presence of consumer strategic behavior," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 303(2), pages 753-766.
- Qian Liu & Dan Zhang, 2013. "Dynamic Pricing Competition with Strategic Customers Under Vertical Product Differentiation," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 59(1), pages 84-101, August.
- Stephen Shum & Shilu Tong & Tingting Xiao, 2017. "On the Impact of Uncertain Cost Reduction When Selling to Strategic Customers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 63(3), pages 843-860, March.
- Chang Hwan Lee & Tsan‐Ming Choi & T.C.E. Cheng, 2015. "Selling to strategic and loss‐averse consumers: Stocking, procurement, and product design policies," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 62(6), pages 435-453, September.
More about this item
Keywords
strategic consumer behavior; dynamic pricing; decentralization; supply chain coordination;All these keywords.
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:65:y:2019:i:10:p:4754-4770. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Asher (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/inforea.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.