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- Title
Optimal Pricing and Rebate Strategies in a Two-Level Supply Chain.
- Authors
Cho, Soo‐Haeng; McCardle, Kevin F.; Tang, Christopher S.
- Abstract
For many product categories, manufacturers and retailers often offer rebates to stimulate sales. Due to certain adverse effects, however, some manufacturers and retailers are contemplating the elimination of their rebate programs. This paper sheds light on the debate about the value of rebate programs by presenting a model for evaluating the conditions under which a firm should offer rebates in a competitive environment. Specifically, we consider a two-level supply chain comprising one manufacturer and one retailer. Each firm makes three decisions: the regular (wholesale or retail) price, whether or not to offer rebates, and the rebate value should the firm decide to launch a rebate program. We determine the equilibrium of a vertical competition game between the manufacturer (leader) and the retailer (follower), and we provide insights about how competition affects the conditions under which a firm should offer rebates in equilibrium.
- Subjects
SUPPLY chain management; REBATES; ECONOMIC competition; INDUSTRIALISTS; RETAIL trade associations; MARKETING management; MARKETING models
- Publication
Production & Operations Management, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 4, p426
- ISSN
1059-1478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01035.x