Guo, Chenkai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction and Literature Review --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Problem Description and Preliminary Results --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Traditional Decentralized Supply Chain --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Centralized Supply Chain --- p.10 / Chapter 3 --- Transportation Discount Incentive Scheme --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1 --- TDI Scheme I --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Optimal Order Quantity for q ≤ q- --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Optimal Order Quantity for q > q- --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Inducing Coordination --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- TDI Scheme II --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- TDI Scheme III --- p.25 / Chapter 4 --- Third-party Logistics --- p.28 / Chapter 4.1 --- 3PL Problem Formulation --- p.28 / Chapter 4.2 --- Optimal Decisions in the Decentralized Supply Chain --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Optimal Decisions of the Distributor --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Optimal Decisions of the 3PL Provider --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Optimal Decisions of the Producer --- p.35 / Chapter 4.3 --- Optimal Decisions in the Centralized Supply Chain --- p.37 / Chapter 4.4 --- Designing a Coordination Mechanism --- p.41 / Chapter 5 --- Computational Studies --- p.46 / Chapter 5.1 --- Numerical Study of the 3PL Model --- p.46 / Chapter 5.2 --- Comparison between the Supply Chain with and without the 3PL provider --- p.49 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.54 / Chapter 6.1 --- TDI Concluding Remarks --- p.54 / Chapter 6.2 --- 3PL Concluding Remarks --- p.55 / Chapter 6.3 --- Future Work --- p.56 / Bibliography --- p.58