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Analysis of price competition in two-tier service systems

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  • Wuhua Chen

    (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China)

  • Zhe George Zhang

    (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
    Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA)

  • Zhongsheng Hua

    (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China)

Abstract

This article focusses on the issue of price competition of two private service providers (SPs) in a market with a free public SP. The two private SPs, differentiated by service quality and capacity, choose the optimal prices to maximize their own profits. It has been shown that such a price competition between the private SPs in a market with a public SP reaches a pure Nash equilibrium. Such a system with both private and public SPs is called a two-tier service system. We investigate the impact on the social welfare of the two-tier service system of the competition and collaboration between the two private SPs. In addition, we also examine the impact of the public SP’s competitive advantage on customer service and the private SP’s pricing strategies and their performance. Numerical examples are presented to generate managerial insights for practitioners.

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  • Wuhua Chen & Zhe George Zhang & Zhongsheng Hua, 2016. "Analysis of price competition in two-tier service systems," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 67(6), pages 897-910, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:67:y:2016:i:6:p:897-910
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    1. Safarzadeh, Soroush & Rasti-Barzoki, Morteza, 2019. "A game theoretic approach for pricing policies in a duopolistic supply chain considering energy productivity, industrial rebound effect, and government policies," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 167(C), pages 92-105.
    2. Safarzadeh, Soroush & Rasti-Barzoki, Morteza & Hejazi, Seyed Reza & Piran, Md Jalil, 2020. "A game theoretic approach for the duopoly pricing of energy-efficient appliances regarding innovation protection and social welfare," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 200(C).

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