报告内容:This paper investigates the structures and blockchain deployment strategies of two competing manufacturer-retailer supply chains. Unlike prior literature focusing on blockchain deployment in decentralized supply chains, in this paper, we examine three potential supply chain structures: both decentralized, only one centralized, and both centralized. We derive the equilibrium blockchain deployment strategies for these three supply chain structures, contingent upon the customers’ privacy concerns. Our main findings are as follows. First, centralized supply chains always result in lower retail prices regardless of the blockchain deployment strategy. Second, the optimal supply chain structures and blockchain deployment strategies are interlinked. Third, for all supply chain structures, deploying blockchain (or non-blockchain) benefits both supply chains when customers’ privacy concerns are low (high). Importantly, when customers’ privacy concerns are medium, the blockchain strategy can transition from non-deployment to deployment, depending on the supply chain structures.
报告人简介:
Dr. Victor Shi holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management from Washington State University, a Master of Engineering from the National University of University, and double Bachelor degrees in Engineering and Business Administration from the University of Science and Technology of China. He is currently a tenured Full Professor and a Ph.D. student supervisor in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at the Wilfrid Laurier University. He twice served as the Chair of the Management Science Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada.
Dr. Shi’s main research and teaching interests have been in the areas of Management Science, and Supply Chain Management. He has published more than 70 research papers published by journals such as Production and Operations Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Operational Research Society, International Journal of Management Science and IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. His research has been supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Chartered Accountants of Canada. He has supervised/hosted multiple postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. students, Master students, and visiting professors. He has also served as special issue editors of several top journals.
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