Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

Chapter 1 Wholesale Price Strategy of a Manufacturer under Collusion of Downstream Channel Members A Game-Theoretic Approach

Rofin TM^1,* and Biswajit Mahanty²

¹ National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400087.

² Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur - 721 302, West Bengal, India.

* Corresponding author: [e-mail]

Contents

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Related Literature
• 1.3 Research Model
• 1.4 Equilibrium Analysis of Collusion (CL) Game
• 1.5 Results and Discussion Through Numerical Experiment
• 1.6 Discussions and Managerial Implications
• 1.7 Conclusions and Directions for Future Research

1.1 Introduction

Retailers engage in collusive behavior ...