Essays on supply chain risk

Abstract

In this dissertation, we look at pricing and sourcing strategies of a retailer under supply disruption risk. In the first essay, we study the pricing and sourcing strategy of a price-setting retailer. In the second essay, we look at the pricing and sourcing strategies of the retailer when it is competing against a competitor with a more reliable supply chain. In the third essay, we look at the pricing and sourcing strategies of the retailer when she is competing against a competitor with more reliable supply chain and there are regulatory price constraints in the end market. The last essay looks at the optimal price constraint that can be imposed in a duopoly by a regulator when there is supply risk resulting in price fluctuation(s).