Research Article

Designing Buy-Online-and-Pick-Up-in-Store (BOPS) Contract of Dual-Channel Low-Carbon Supply Chain considering Consumers’ Low-Carbon Preference

Table 1

Notations of parameters and variables.

ParametersNotations

Market demand in i in model j
Manufacturer’s market profit in model j
Retailer’s market profit in model j
Selling price of i in DLSC model
Unified selling price in model j
Wholesale price in model j
aThe potential market demand in the online (offline) channel
nAnti-cross-price elasticity
mRetailer’s additional profit brought by a unit demand in the offline channel (be proportional to consumers’ low-carbon preference)
λConsumers’ BOPS preference
Fixed compensation given by the manufacturer to the retailer in model j