... analysis Sustainability Sisterhood strength Multi-partner approach Sourcing strategy Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) play a pivotal role in emerging economies as pallbearers of manufacturing and export activities (Energy Agency, 2018). The labour-intensive character (Seth...

...Peiyi Liang; Feng Yang; Feifei Shan Purpose This paper aims to examine the optimal sourcing strategies and pricing decisions of competing toy manufacturers and to discuss how manufacturers’ decisions are impacted by competition. Design/methodology/approach The authors consider a single-period...