Optimization of competitive supply chains with retailers' horizontal cooperation and consumers' green preference.

ABSTRACT: With the wider recognition of the concept of environmental protection and sustainable development, more and more manufacturers have begun to implement green manufacturing strategies. However, green development is a gradual process, and the coexistence of ordinary and green products is common. This paper examines the competition between ordinary products and green ones based on supply chains, and discusses the impact of retailers' horizontal cooperation on pricing, greenness, market demand, profit, and other related decisions and results. Model solutions and numerical experiments have shown that consumers' green preference (CGP) has a positive impact on the results of green products and negative effects on those of ordinary ones; however, the impact of competition intensity (CI) is more com

SUBMITTER: Shang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8718387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature