2019

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• Fluid Teams and Knowledge Retrieval: Scaling Service Operations AI翻译
  作者：Valentine, Melissa A.; Tan, Tom Fangyun; Staats, Bradley R.; Edmondson, Amy C.
  作者单位：Stanford University; Southern Methodist University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Harvard University
  摘要：To scale service operations requires retrieving knowledge across the organization. However, prior work highlights that individuals on the periphery of organizational knowledge networks may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. A knowledge repository has the potential to help peripheral individuals gain access to valuable knowledge because it is universally available and can be used without social interaction. However, for it to successfully serve this equalizing function, those on the p...
• Supply Chain Analysis of Contract Farming AI翻译
  作者：Federgruen, Awi; Lall, Upmanu; Serdar Simsek, A.
  作者单位：Columbia University; Columbia University; Columbia University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
  摘要：Contract farming is a growing practice in developing countries and first-world economies alike. It generates necessary guarantees to sustain the continued operations of vulnerable farmers while enabling the manufacturers to manage the aggregate supply and price risk. We consider a single manufacturer who owns several manufacturing plants, each with a random demand for the crop. The manufacturer selects a set of farmers to offer a menu of contracts, which is exogenously specified or endogenousl...
• Toward Improving Factory Working Conditions in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Factories AI翻译
  作者：Liu, Xiaojin; Mishra, Anant; Goldstein, Susan; Sinha, Kingshuk K.
  作者单位：Virginia Commonwealth University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  摘要：With supply chains now extending into developing countries, time and again, working conditions in supplier factories have been found to be unsafe. In this study, we focus on factories in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry that supplies North American and European retailers. These retailers have adopted an innovative approach toward improving the working conditions of supplier factories by forming consortiums. The consortium of North American retailers is the Alliance for Bangladesh Wor...
• Contract Design for the Stockist in Indian Distribution Networks AI翻译
  作者：Iyer, Ananth; Palsule-Desai, Omkar
  作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Indore
  摘要：Problem definition: Stockists are the entity in the supply chain who deliver to the millions of small shops that account for over 90% of retail sales in India. The stockist purchases product from the manufacturer, develops retailer interest in carrying the product, solves the logistics problem of delivery to retailers, and manages retail credit and money collection. In return, the stockist is provided assistance by the manufacturer and paid an associated margin that is a percent of the product...
• Ensuring Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Through Vertical Integration and Horizontal Sourcing AI翻译
  作者：Orsdemir, Adem; Hu, Bin; Deshpande, Vinayak
  作者单位：University of California System; University of California Riverside; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  摘要：Firms have recently vertically integrated with suppliers to ensure corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) in sourcing. We investigate the conditions under which CSER concerns will drive vertical integration, and how actions of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) impact CSER. This paper is inspired by Taylor Guitars's acquisition of an ebony mill in Cameroon to ensure CSER. Whereas the majority of the responsible sourcing literature focuses on auditing as a mechanism for addr...
• Retail Clusters in Developing Economies AI翻译
  作者：Zhao, Xuying; Lim, Arthur; Guo, Hong; Ding, Chao; Song, Jing-Sheng
  作者单位：University of Notre Dame; University of Hong Kong; Duke University
  摘要：We develop a game-theoretic model to explore why retail clusters are so popular in developing economies and when governments should facilitate the formation of retail clusters to improve social welfare. First, we find two determinants of retailer clusters: the valuation-cost ratio (consumers' maximum valuation over retailers' production cost) and retailer density (the number of retailers over unit transportation cost). The valuation-cost ratio and retailer density indicate retailers' profit po...
• Introduction to the Special Issue on Value Chain Innovations in Developing Economies AI翻译
  作者：Lee, Hau L.
  作者单位：Stanford University
• The Cash Flow Advantages of 3PLs as Supply Chain Orchestrators AI翻译
  作者：Chen, Xiangfeng; Cai, Gangshu (George); Song, Jing-Sheng
  作者单位：Fudan University; Santa Clara University; Duke University
  摘要：With an increasingly open global economy and advanced technologies, some third-party logistics providers (3PLs), such as Eternal Asia, have emerged as supply chain orchestrators, linking buyers with manufacturers worldwide. In addition to their traditional transportation services, these orchestrators provide procurement and financial assistance to buyers in the supply network, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Oftentimes, the 3PLs can obtain payment...