Xiao et al.
(2011) explores coordination of a two-tier supply chain with a
revenue-sharing contract between a manufacturer and supplier.
Xie et al. (2011) study quality improvement in a market segment
shared by two supplier – manufacturer supply chains which offer a
given product at the same price but compete on quality. Ma et al.
(2013) investigate the equilibrium behaviors of a manufacturer–
retailer supply chain under three supply chain structures, namely,
manufacturer Stackelberg, retailer Stackelberg, and vertical Nash,
and show how the retailer0 s profi t and marketing effort and
manufacturer0 s profi t and quality-improvement effort are affected
by marketing and quality costs under different settings. Liu et al.
(2013) and Liu and Xie (2013) study quality supervision and
coordination issues for the logistics service supply chain under
multi-period conditions and a service quality guarantee.