Fresh-Product Trade Management Under Government-Backed Incentives: A Case Study of Fresh Flower Market

This paper studies the impact of government's incentives on a fresh-product supply chain (FSC) system with a stochastic multifactor-dependent demand. The investigated supplier-buyer chain is modeled using two different approaches including: 1) the traditional selling cycle (TSC) in the open market without considering the government's incentives; and 2) the modern selling cycle (MSC) in the organiz...