Sustainable Cooperation in the Green Supply Chain under Financial Constraints
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Problem Descriptions and Basic Case
3.1. Deterministic Environment
3.2. Uncertainty of CPG
3.3. Investment-Sharing Contract
4. Supply Chain Cooperation in a Completely Stochastic Environment
4.1. The Model with Uncertain CPG and Market Volatilities
4.2. Computational Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Appendix B
b | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 |
w | 2.91 | 2.92 | 2.94 | 2.95 | 2.97 | 2.99 | 3.01 | 3.03 | 3.04 |
s | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.62 | 0.76 | 0.87 | 0.96 | 1.04 | 1.10 | 1.15 |
F | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.46 |
4.07 | 4.11 | 4.17 | 4.25 | 4.41 | 4.60 | 4.82 | 5.08 | 5.38 |
b | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.9 | 1.05 | 1.20 | 1.35 |
s | 0.9942 | 0.9951 | 0.9968 | 0.9990 | 1.0020 | 1.0055 | 1.0096 | 1.0144 | 1.0197 |
F | 0.5016 | 0.5013 | 0.5009 | 0.5003 | 0.4995 | 0.4985 | 0.4974 | 0.4961 | 0.4947 |
4.7086 | 4.7099 | 4.712 | 4.7149 | 4.7187 | 4.7234 | 4.7290 | 4.7355 | 4.7430 |
2.50 | 2.80 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
s | 1.49 | 1.39 | 1.29 | 1.19 | 1.10 | 1.01 | 0.92 | 0.87 |
F | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.40 |
7.34 | 6.80 | 6.26 | 5.73 | 5.22 | 4.73 | 4.27 | 3.99 |
0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.90 | |
w | 5.50 | 5.48 | 5.47 | 5.46 | 5.46 | 5.46 | 5.46 | 5.46 | 5.47 |
s | 8.34 | 5.78 | 4.65 | 3.98 | 3.52 | 3.18 | 2.92 | 2.71 | 2.54 |
F | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.93 |
35.52 | 38.94 | 38.64 | 37.91 | 37.17 | 36.49 | 35.87 | 35.32 | 34.82 |
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Xing, G.; Xia, B.; Guo, J. Sustainable Cooperation in the Green Supply Chain under Financial Constraints. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5977. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11215977
Xing G, Xia B, Guo J. Sustainable Cooperation in the Green Supply Chain under Financial Constraints. Sustainability. 2019; 11(21):5977. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11215977
Chicago/Turabian StyleXing, Guangyuan, Bing Xia, and Jue Guo. 2019. "Sustainable Cooperation in the Green Supply Chain under Financial Constraints" Sustainability 11, no. 21: 5977. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11215977
APA StyleXing, G., Xia, B., & Guo, J. (2019). Sustainable Cooperation in the Green Supply Chain under Financial Constraints. Sustainability, 11(21), 5977. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11215977