The role of retailer’s app channel in a supply chain with quality decision and different power structures

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 55, 2021 Regular articles published in advance of the transition of the journal to Subscribe to Open (S2O). Free supplement sponsored by the Fonds National pour la Science Ouverte


Page(s)		S885 - S904
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2020021
Published online		02 March 2021

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