 Channel coordination with a manufacturer controlling the price and the effect of competitionArmando Sacco and Pietro De Giovanni Journal of Business Research, 2019, vol. 96, issue C, 97-114 Abstract: This paper investigates two coordination mechanisms in a simple distribution channel: 1) the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) and 2) the minimum advertised price (MAP). With a MSRP, the retailer can engage in a price discount policy to maintain control of the selling price. With a MAP, the manufacturer pays part of the retailer's advertising expenses. Our results illustrate that when the consumer's price sensitivity is lower than their advertising sensitivity, both players prefer a MAP. Otherwise, the adoption of a MSRP is only profit-Pareto-improving when the retailer's transfer price is large. We contrast the findings with a distribution channel that adopts a classical wholesale price contract (WPC). When compared to a classical WPC, firms are indifferent between selecting a WPC or a MSRP, while they prefer a MAP to a WPC. We explore two competitive scenarios to investigate the impact of competition on the preferences among these contracts. Keywords: Distribution channel; Manufacturer's suggested retail price; Minimum advertised price; Advertising; Competition (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:96:y:2019:i:c:p:97-114 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.09.001 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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