Using a novel dataset of accounting and market information that spans most publicly traded nonfinancial firms over the last century, we show that U.S. federal government debt issuance significantly affects corporate financial policies and balance sheets through its impact on investors’ portfolio allocations and the relative pricing of different assets. Government debt is strongly negatively cor...

This position paper describes the objectives of project “SFIDA” (cofunded by the Italian Government), aiming at developing a GRID-based interoperability platform able to support next generation Supply Chain Management applications specifically addressing the needs of SMEs belonging to industrial districts and dynamic supply networks. Next generation SCM applications are intended in SFIDA to be ...

This position paper describes the objectives of project “SFIDA” (cofunded by the Italian Government), aiming at developing a GRID-based interoperability platform able to support next generation Supply Chain Management applications specifically addressing the needs of SMEs belonging to industrial districts and dynamic supply networks. Next generation SCM applications are intended in SFIDA to be ...

This paper evaluates the impact of price discount contracts and pricing schemes on the dual-channel supply chain competition. Channel conflict occurs when the supplier enters the online direct channel. Traditional contracts normally require tedious administrational participation, full information of the cost structures, and other factors. The introduction of simple price discount contracts aims...

Resource utilization of construction and demolition waste (CDW) is regarded to be an important means achieving the sustainable development economy environment. However, previous research has not fully considered green degree products in demand function CDW remanufactured products. This study aimed clarify how consumers’ preferences government subsidies affect decision making supply chain. First...

Abstract Carbon emissions trading policy is a market mechanism which promotes global greenhouse gas reduction and reduces carbon dioxide emissions. The in the supply chain operation has become hot issue management. Thus, this paper studies optimal cap setting pricing chain-to-chain system under mechanism. Based on double decentralized scenario, five different cooperation models are established ...

This paper studies the problem of multi-period pricing for perishable products in a competitive (oligopolistic) market. We study non cooperative Nash equilibrium policies for sellers. At the beginning of the time horizon, the total inventories are given and additional production is not an available option. The analysis for periodic production-review models, where production decisions can be mad...

The rapid change of the product life cycle is making the parameters of the supply chain models more and more uncertain. Therefore, we consider the coordination mechanisms between one manufacturer and one retailer in a fuzzy decision marking environment, where the parameters of the models can be forecasted and expressed as the triangular fuzzy variables. The centralized decision-making system, t...

In the traditional retail industry, some supermarket chains and department stores have been maintaining strong positions as the market comes to maturity. They can make use of the strong positions to squeeze their suppliers and obtain extra earnings. This situation may be challenged by the rapid development of e-commerce. Consumers’ purchase habits have been changing and many manufacturers are s...