Optimal Stackelberg strategies for financing a supply chain through online peer-to-peer lending

• Main Authors: GAO, Guang-Xin, FAN, Zhi-Ping, FANG, Xin, LIM, Yun Fong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Supply chain management; Supply chain finance; Online P2P lending; Stackelberg game; Operational and financial decisions; Finance; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5789; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6788/viewcontent/yflim_EJOR2018.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In recent years, supply chain finance (SCF) through online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms has gained its popularity. We study an SCF system with a manufacturer selling a product to a retailer that faces uncertain demand over a single period. We assume that either the retailer or the manufactur...