Relational Supply Contracts: Optimal Concessions in Return Policies for Continuous Quality Improvements

by Michaela Isabel Höhn

Supply relations are often governed by so-called relational contracts. These are informal agreements sustained by the value of future cooperation. Although relational contracts persist in practice, research on these types of contract is only emerging in Operations and Supply Chain Management. This book studies a two-firm supply chain, where repeated transactions via well-established supply contracts and continued quality-improvement efforts are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642027903
• ISBN13: 9783642027901
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"