Strategic Provision of Trade Credit in a Dual-Channel Supply Chain

Table 1

Notation summary.

	Unit production cost
	Unit sales cost in the direct channel
	Unit sales cost in the retail channel
	Unit wholesale price
	Consumer’s valuation of the product
	Unit transportation cost,
	Logistic delivery cost,
	Consumers’ acceptance level of direct channel,
	Consumer’s location,
	Retailer’s initial capital budget
	Retailer’s order quantity under scenario ,
	The interest rate for delay payment in trade credit,
	The sales price in the direct channel under scenario ,
	The retail price under scenario ,
	Delay payment of retailer,