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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; 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/10010491421
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Inventory Control and Intermediation in Global Supply Chains
Qu, Zhan; 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/10010500425
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Inventory Control and Intermediation in Global Supply Chains
QU, Zhan; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 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/10011208176
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Vertical Foreign Direct Investment: Make, Sell and (Not) Buy
Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Sandonís, Joel - 2016
According to conventional wisdom, multinational firms undertake vertical FDI in order to take advantage of cross-border factor cost differences and source the inputs from abroad at better terms. Recent empirical findings though document that this is not always the case. We provide theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584889
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Vertical foreign direct investment : make, sell and (not) buy
Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Sandonís, Joel - 2016
According to conventional wisdom, multinational firms undertake vertical FDI in order to take advantage of cross-border factor cost differences and source the inputs from abroad at better terms. Recent empirical findings though document that this is not always the case. We provide theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565578
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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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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 - 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