Research Article

Complex Dynamics Analysis of Closed-Loop Supply Chain considering CSR and Fairness Concerns

Table 1

Notations and definitions.

NotationDefinitions

Decision variables
Eco-innovation effort
Production quantity
Recycling ratio

Parameters
The manufacturer invest in eco-innovation costs
Unit production cost in the absence of eco-innovation
Unit production cost, where the parameter measures the sensitivity of production cost to eco-innovation effort
Selling price
Unit recovery income in the absence of eco-innovation
Recycling difficulty, measuring the sensitivity of unit recycling cost to the recycling rate
Recycling benefit, measuring the unit benefit that manufacturer’s unit eco-innovation effort brings to the recycler

Superscript/subscripts
, The optimal solutions for different models
, Profit (utility) for the manufacturer and the recycler