Flexible contracts for competitive supply chain under market dynamics.

Wong, Chun Hung Eliphas.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-78).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.iAcknowledgement --- p.vThesis/Assessement Committee --- p.viList of Figures --- p.xiChapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Literature Review --- p.13Chapter 1.2 --- K-Convexity --- p.16Chapter 1.2.1 --- "The (s, S)policy and cardinal optimality equation form" --- p.17Chapter 2 --- Inventory Problem --- p.25Chapter 2.1 --- Two-channel Inventory Model --- p.26Chapter 2.1.1 --- Model Formulation --- p.27Chapter 2.2 --- The total expected cost and constraints --- p.34Chapter 2.3 --- The optimality equation --- p.37Chapter 3 --- The two phase optimal policy --- p.40Chapter 3.1 --- Deviation of two phase optimal policy --- p.41Chapter 3.1.1 --- "First phase optimization - The (s, S, s') policy" --- p.42Chapter 3.1.2 --- Second phase optimization --- p.46Chapter 3.2 --- More about the optimal policy --- p.60Chapter 4 --- Further discussion and conclusion --- p.64Chapter 4.1 --- Multi-period problem --- p.65Chapter 4.1.1 --- Model formulation --- p.65Chapter 4.1.2 --- The challenges in extending the optimal policy --- p.67Chapter 4.2 --- Conclusion --- p.69Bibliography --- p.7