We investigate whether supplier investment decisions are associated with their major customer’s strategic disclosure tone. Customers are incentivized to strategically manipulate disclosure tone to attract more stakeholder investment, including that of suppliers. However, compared to other...

We investigate how buyer power in the retail market affects suppliers' profitability. Buyer power exists when suppliers depend on a concentrated set of retailers. Further, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, possesses additional buyer power because it has a dominant position in many product...

We investigate the impact of customers' cybersecurity breaches (CSBs) on its supplier's relationship-specific investment decisions and the duration of supplier-customer relationship. We document a significant negative association between customer reported CSBs and suppliers'...