The benefit of manufacturer encroachment considering consumer’s environmental awareness and product competition

Jin Li (), Jie Liang (), Victor Shi () and Jing Zhu ()
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Jin Li: Zhejiang Gongshang University
Jie Liang: Zhejiang Gongshang University
Victor Shi: Wilfrid Laurier University
Jing Zhu: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Annals of Operations Research, 2025, vol. 349, issue 2, No 23, 1087-1107

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we investigate a manufacturer’s encroachment decision in a dual-channel supply chain with substitutable green products. The manufacturer makes green investment and pricing decisions and sells through its own retail store as well as an independent retailer. We make a major contribution by incorporating consumer green awareness as well as product competition into game-theoretic models of the dual-channel supply chain. Specifically, we explicitly analyze the impacts of consumer green awareness and product substitutability on profitability, social welfare, and environmental performance of the supply chain and its firms. Our main findings include the followings. First, with encroachment, higher consumer green awareness and product substitutability always benefit the manufacturer. However, they benefit the retailer only when the manufacturer encroachment cost is sufficiently high. Second, for the green manufacturer, the encroachment strategy can outperform the no-encroachment strategy in terms of profitability, social welfare, and environmental performance. We also employ numerical examples to further illustrate our analytical findings and gain more managerial and policy insights.

Keywords: Manufacturer Encroachment; Environmental Awareness; Dual channel; Green supply chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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