Game Theory-Based Research in Green Supply Chain Management: A Review

A vast literature has been developing on the topic of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) during the last two decades. Focusing on coordinating the decision making and the activities of the supply chain partners, game theory emerged as an essential methodological tool for analyzing GSCM. This paper presents a review the research that used game theoretical approaches in analyzing the Green Supply Chain (GSC). We first give an overview of this literature and classify papers based on the problems investigated. Then, we give a brief review and highlight the contribution of the papers. We include also a discussion of our findings where we point out the different achievements and limits of the existing literature and the opportunities for future research. (C) 2019, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.