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Inventory control and intermediation in global supply chains
Zhan, Qu; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2015
The paper develops a simple theoretical model of inventory control in global supply chains. It identifies a role for … intermediaries in managing inventory, and shows that inserting an intermediary as an additional link in a supply chain is profitable … when demand volatility is high. It also provides conditions under which the intermediary handling inventory is located in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491653
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Inventory control and intermediation in global supply chains
Zhan, Qu; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2015
The paper develops a simple theoretical model of inventory control in global supply chains. It identifies a role for … intermediaries in managing inventory, and shows that inserting an intermediary as an additional link in a supply chain is profitable … when demand volatility is high. It also provides conditions under which the intermediary handling inventory is located in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496944
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Inventory Control and Intermediation in Global Supply Chains
Qu, Zhan - 2015
The paper develops a simple theoretical model of inventory control in global supply chains. It identifies a role for … intermediaries in managing inventory, and shows that inserting an intermediary as an additional link in a supply chain is profitable … when demand volatility is high. It also provides conditions under which the intermediary handling inventory is located in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024674
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Intangible assets and the organization of global supply chains
Bolatto, Stefano; Naghavi, Alireza; Ottaviano, … - 2017
This paper introduces the concept of intangible assets in sequential supply chains and the importance of their appropriability in the organizational decision of firms. We focus on the quality of intellectual property rights (IPR) institutions, which on top of the hold-up problem between a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819213
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Intangible Assets and the Organization of Global Supply Chains
Bolatto, Stefano - 2017
This paper introduces the concept of intangible assets in sequential supply chains and the importance of their appropriability in the organizational decision of firms. We focus on the quality of intellectual property rights (IPR) institutions, which on top of the hold-up problem between a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948880
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A theory of intermediation in supply chains based on inventory control
Zhan, Qu; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2016
The paper shows that taking inventory control out of the hands of retailers and assigning it to an intermediary … incentive problems associated with retailers' inventory control and thereby improve the intertemporal allocation of inventory …. Adding an intermediary as a new link in a supply chain is also shown to reduce total inventory, to make shipments from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011552567
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Global Value Chains during the Great Trade Collapse : A Bullwhip Effect?
Altomonte, Carlo - 2012
This paper analyzes the performance of global value chains during the trade collapse. To do so, it exploits a unique transaction-level dataset on French firms containing information on cross-border monthly transactions matched with data on worldwide intra-firm linkages as defined by property...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113261
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Global Value Chains During the Great Trade Collapse : A Bullwhip Effect?
Altomonte, Carlo - 2012
This paper analyzes the performance of global value chains during the trade collapse. To do so, it exploits a unique transaction-level dataset on French firms containing information on cross-border monthly transactions matched with data on worldwide intra-firm linkages as defined by property...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113947
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Global Value Chains During the Great Trade Collapse : A Bullwhip Effect?
Altomonte, Carlo - 2012
This paper analyzes the performance of global value chains during the trade collapse. To do so, it exploits a unique transaction-level dataset on French firms containing information on cross-border monthly transactions matched with data on worldwide intra-firm linkages as defined by property...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110403
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Capital Structure Decisions Along the Supply Chain : Evidence from Import Competition
Huang, Qianqian - 2019
This paper studies the propagation of import competition shock along the supply chain which leads firms to alter their capital structure. We find that a large reduction in import tariffs in a customer industry induces suppliers to choose more conservative financial policies via transmission of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902605