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Economics
Lipan Feng, Minyue Jin
Summary: With increasing investments in technology innovations, such as artificial intelligence and augmented & virtual realities, e-commerce is growing at an unprecedented rate. This paper compares manufacturer innovation and platform innovation strategies, as well as two e-commerce business structures: reselling and agency selling. Theoretical modeling is used to analyze the impact on profit for different scenarios. The results show that under the reselling structure, manufacturer innovation leads to higher profits for both supply chain players when platform innovation is as efficient, suggesting the need for incentivizing manufacturer innovation. However, the impact of innovation efficiency on profit depends on the commission rate in the agency selling structure.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Management
Pei Wang, Shaofu Du, Li Hu, Wenzhi Tang
Summary: This paper examines a new platform-based co-opetitive supply chain where a manufacturer's flagship store and a platform's self-run store coexist. The study focuses on when manufacturers should adopt the high-level logistics service provided by the platform. The findings suggest that manufacturers should choose the high-level logistics service when the service charge is low, and even if the product's market potential is limited, the high-level logistics service can still be profitable. Moreover, the platform can adjust the logistics service charge to incentivize manufacturers to choose the high-level service, resulting in a win-win situation.
JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qingchun Meng, Yingtong Wang, Zheng Zhang, Yongyi He
Summary: Green innovation plays a critical role in the development of green supply chains. Governments often provide targeted innovation subsidies to encourage enterprises to implement green innovation. Game analysis suggests that subsidizing the core manufacturer at the supply chain level can stimulate the entire chain, leading to environmental, economic, and social benefits. The government is more inclined to subsidize manufacturers as subsidies for green innovation increase and the proportion of green consumers grows.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Qiu Xia, Bangdong Zhi, Xiaojun Wang
Summary: This study examines how cross-shareholding impacts operational behavior in a green supply chain using a Stackelberg game model. The results show that cross-shareholding can promote carbon emissions reduction and profit increase in the green supply chain, and a revenue-sharing contract can enhance its performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shen Zhang, Qingchun Meng
Summary: This paper integrates value co-creation and cross-shareholding into the electronics closed-loop supply chain to investigate their impact. The findings suggest that increasing cross-shareholding ratios can enhance the values of the supply chain and each party, as well as encourage consumer participation in value creation. Optimal cross-shareholding ratios should lead to a Pareto improvement of values for all parties involved.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ling Liu, Qiaoyu Peng
Summary: This study establishes an evolutionary game model between manufacturers and e-commerce platforms, and reveals the dynamic evolution of green innovation and financing. Factors affecting green innovation and financing decisions are analyzed through numerical simulation, and strategic suggestions are proposed.
Article
Management
Yuansheng Wei, Yuxuan Dong
Summary: An increasing number of online retailers are providing marketplace services, allowing suppliers to directly sell products to consumers. The suppliers' product distribution choices are affected by the platforms' marketplace introduction decisions, and pricing right and the strategic use of double marginalization play critical roles in the equilibrium results. Platform-based retailers should consider suppliers' strategic product distribution responses when opening their platforms.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Xue Li, Xiaoqiang Cai, Jian Chen
Summary: The study found that under certain conditions, introducing a higher-quality private label may benefit the retailer more, while also improving channel profit and consumer welfare.
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Tong-Yuan Wang, Zhen-Song Chen, Kannan Govindan, Kwai-Sang Chin
Summary: This paper examines a platform-oriented dual channel supply chain and investigates how the manufacturer's choice of selling mode impacts the preferences of other supply chain members. The study compares the equilibrium profits in the three selling modes and finds that the manufacturer prefers the direct selling mode when the operating cost is low. Otherwise, the optimal choice depends on the competition intensity and commission rate. Additionally, the paper explores the impact of different selling modes on the profits of the online retailer, platform, and the entire supply chain.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Management
Tong-Yuan Wang, Zhen-Song Chen, Peng He, Kannan Govindan, Miroslaw J. Skibniewski
Summary: This paper investigates the alliance strategy in an Online Retailing Supply Chain (ORSC) by building and examining different alliance models. The optimal alliance strategy and final alliance equilibrium are identified. The results show that the manufacturer always has motivations to form alliances, while the retailer and the platform may form alliances only when the agency rate is relatively low. The study also finds that different alliance models can lead to win-win or lose-lose situations, depending on channel competition and the agency rate.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chao Wang, Zhe Huang, Guiyu Lian
Summary: The research on the recycling of discarded drugs in China has become an important aspect of the green supply chain. This paper explores the behavior choices of the government, drug recycling companies, and consumers through an evolutionary game model. Government's strong regulatory strategy, consumer's active participation strategy, and enterprise's active participation strategy are found to have positive impacts on the discarded drug recovery market. This study provides valuable theoretical support and policy recommendations for decision-making and achieving sustainable development goals in discarded drug recovery.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yanfei Xia, Quan Guo, Hao Sun, Ke Li, Zongyu Mu
Summary: Platform enterprises can improve green R&D efficiency through data-driven marketing activities and provide financing assistance to manufacturers. Consumers' sensitivities to green R&D and DDM activities are major factors influencing the choice of selling mode and financing channel for both parties. In most cases, a platform financing channel promotes green R&D better and benefits both the manufacturer and the platform, although in some instances both parties may prefer the reselling mode and bank financing channel.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Man Yang, Xiao-min Gong
Summary: The study suggests that increasing consumers' environmental awareness is beneficial for the entire supply chain and the environment, while the reasonable range of retailer's reciprocal preference also has a positive impact on environmental protection and overall economic welfare.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhaoqing Yu, Jiakun Sun
Summary: Green technological innovation plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of the construction industry, particularly in the prefabricated building supply chain (PBSC). However, competitive environment and green input costs may hinder the willingness of PBSC firms to improve their green technology level. This study investigates green cooperation strategies in the PBSC by constructing a PBSC model consisting of a smart construction management platform, a contractor, and prefabricated-component manufacturers. The findings reveal that the optimal service commission of the smart construction management platform increases with the cost of green technology and the competition intensity among prefabricated-component manufacturers. However, the green technology level decreases with competition. The study also highlights the importance of vertical cooperation strategy between the smart construction management platform and prefabricated-component manufacturers, while the integration strategy yields the highest system profit for the PBSC.
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Peiya Zhu, Xiaofei Qian, Xinbao Liu, Shaojun Lu, Panos M. Pardalos
Summary: This study investigates the pricing game and supply strategy selection between a vertically integrated manufacturer and an exterior product manufacturer with different customer preferences and cost structures. The analysis reveals that the vertically integrated manufacturer with higher customer perception opens the component supply only when it nearly monopolizes the initial market or conducts a relatively strong market spillover. Improving customer perception or increasing the unit operation cost of either manufacturer will facilitate the open-supply strategy. However, the vertically integrated manufacturer with lower customer perception is encouraged to open the component supply in small original markets with high spillover and large original markets with low spillover.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
