Competing on Supply Chain Quality: A Network Economics Perspective

Part I Quality and Supply Chains.- Introduction.- Methodological Foundations.- Part II Information Asymmetry in Quality.- Information Asymmetry and Minimum Quality Standards in Supply Chain Oligopolies.- Information Asymmetry in Perfectly Competitive Spatial Price Equilibrium Problems.- Part III Quality in Product Differentiation and Outsourcing.- Supply Chain Network Oligopolies with Product Differentiation.- Supply Chain Network Competition with Multiple Freight Options.- Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition - Single Firm Case.- Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition - Multiple Firms.- Part IV Supplier Quality and Freight Quality Chapter.- The General Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model with Performance Indicators.- The General Multitiered Supply Chain Model of Quality Competition with Suppliers.- The Supply Chain Network Model with Freight Service Provider Competition.- Supply Chain Network Competition in Prices and Quality.