The strategic interaction between business mode and store brand introduction in a platform-based supply chain

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 57, Number 5, September-October 2023


Page(s)		2331 - 2362
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2023113
Published online		19 September 2023

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