Recycling and differential pricing strategies in closed-loop supply chains considering blockchain

IF 3.7 4区管理学 Q2 BUSINESS

Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI:10.1007/s10660-024-09831-8

Lei Yang, Li Lan, Yao Wan

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Abstract

This paper aims to explore the role of blockchain in recycling when consumers have quality concerns about remanufactured products. Using the game-theoretical method, we analyze recycling and differential pricing strategies in closed-loop supply chains when a third party conducts the recycling activity. We further study the impacts of recycling channels. Our findings demonstrate that blockchain can increase the retail prices of new and remanufactured products and the profit of the third party when the blockchain usage fee is low. Otherwise, the manufacturer and the retailer will benefit from the use of blockchain. Besides, our study shows that when the blockchain usage fee is low, or the degree of quality information disclosure of remanufactured products is low, the application of blockchain can increase social welfare. Finally, we find blockchain can raise the collection rate, which is independent of the recycling channels.

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考虑区块链的闭环供应链中的回收和差别定价策略

本文旨在探讨当消费者对再制造产品存在质量顾虑时，区块链在回收利用中的作用。利用博弈论方法，我们分析了第三方进行回收活动时闭环供应链中的回收和差别定价策略。我们进一步研究了回收渠道的影响。我们的研究结果表明，当区块链使用费较低时，区块链可以提高新产品和再制造产品的零售价格，并增加第三方的利润。否则，制造商和零售商将从区块链的使用中获益。此外，我们的研究表明，当区块链使用费较低或再制造产品的质量信息披露程度较低时，区块链的应用可以增加社会福利。最后，我们发现区块链可以提高回收率，这与回收渠道无关。

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Electronic Commerce Research Multiple-

CiteScore

7.50

自引率

12.80%

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期刊介绍： The Internet and the World Wide Web have brought a fundamental change in the way that individuals access data, information and services. Individuals have access to vast amounts of data, to experts and services that are not limited in time or space. This has forced business to change the way in which they conduct their commercial transactions with their end customers and with other businesses, resulting in the development of a global market through the Internet. The emergence of the Internet and electronic commerce raises many new research issues. The Electronic Commerce Research journal will serve as a forum for stimulating and disseminating research into all facets of electronic commerce - from research into core enabling technologies to work on assessing and understanding the implications of these technologies on societies, economies, businesses and individuals. The journal concentrates on theoretical as well as empirical research that leads to better understanding of electronic commerce and its implications. Topics covered by the journal include, but are not restricted to the following subjects as they relate to the Internet and electronic commerce: Dissemination of services through the Internet;Intelligent agents technologies and their impact;The global impact of electronic commerce;The economics of electronic commerce;Fraud reduction on the Internet;Mobile electronic commerce;Virtual electronic commerce systems;Application of computer and communication technologies to electronic commerce;Electronic market mechanisms and their impact;Auctioning over the Internet;Business models of Internet based companies;Service creation and provisioning;The job market created by the Internet and electronic commerce;Security, privacy, authorization and authentication of users and transactions on the Internet;Electronic data interc hange over the Internet;Electronic payment systems and electronic funds transfer;The impact of electronic commerce on organizational structures and processes;Supply chain management through the Internet;Marketing on the Internet;User adaptive advertisement;Standards in electronic commerce and their analysis;Metrics, measurement and prediction of user activity;On-line stock markets and financial trading;User devices for accessing the Internet and conducting electronic transactions;Efficient search techniques and engines on the WWW;Web based languages (e.g., HTML, XML, VRML, Java);Multimedia storage and distribution;Internet;Collaborative learning, gaming and work;Presentation page design techniques and tools;Virtual reality on the net and 3D visualization;Browsers and user interfaces;Web site management techniques and tools;Managing middleware to support electronic commerce;Web based education, and training;Electronic journals and publishing on the Internet;Legal issues, taxation and property rights;Modeling and design of networks to support Internet applications;Modeling, design and sizing of web site servers;Reliability of intensive on-line applications;Pervasive devices and pervasive computing in electronic commerce;Workflow for electronic commerce applications;Coordination technologies for electronic commerce;Personalization and mass customization technologies;Marketing and customer relationship management in electronic commerce;Service creation and provisioning. Audience: Academics and professionals involved in electronic commerce research and the application and use of the Internet. Managers, consultants, decision-makers and developers who value the use of electronic com merce research results. Special Issues: Electronic Commerce Research publishes from time to time a special issue of the devoted to a single subject area. If interested in serving as a guest editor for a special issue, please contact the Editor-in-Chief J. Christopher Westland at westland@uic.edu with a proposal for the special issue. Officially cited as: Electron Commer Res