Vertical Flexibility in Supply Chains

  • Authors:
  • Wallace J. Hopp;Seyed M. R. Iravani;Wendy Lu Xu

  • Affiliations:
  • Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109;Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208;Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

  • Venue:
  • Management Science
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Research on bidding in auctions has generally relied on the assumption of self-interested bidders. This work relaxes that assumption in the context of charity auctions. Because understanding charitable motives has important implications for auction design ...