Title : 
The Research on Cooperation of TPT-CLSC
         
        
            Author : 
Hong-Jun Cao ; Liang Shen
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Bus. Manage. Sch., Shandong Univ. of Finance, Jinan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Closed-loop supply chain based on third-party take back model (TPT-CLSC) is the key issue on business area. This paper develops a model of non-cooperation and the different forms of cooperation model in TPT-CLSC system, and researches their pricing strategies. Research shows that the higher level of cooperation among TPT-CLSC members, the greater profits in TPT-CLSC channels. Then, this paper gives the coordination principle. Finally, this paper proved these conclusions through numerical analysis.
         
        
            Keywords : 
game theory; numerical analysis; supply chains; closed-loop supply chain; cooperation model; game theory; numerical analysis; third-party take back model; Contracts; Costs; Finance; Financial management; Manufacturing processes; Pulp manufacturing; Recycling; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Virtual manufacturing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Dalian
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2107-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2108-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/WiCom.2008.1536