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Risk, Financing and the Optimal Number of Suppliers

Authors :
Jussi Keppo
Pierre-Yves Brunet
Volodymyr Babich
Goker Aydin
Romesh Saigal
Source :
Supply Chain Disruptions ISBN: 9780857297778
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Springer London, 2011.

Abstract

Should firms in developed economies work with more or fewer suppliers than firms in developing economies? More generally, how does the number of suppliers for a firm depend on the firm’s economic environment? To answer these questions we identify several economic and business factors that might affect the number of suppliers (and that separate developed and developing economies): supply risk, fixed costs of working with suppliers, and access to financing (particularly trade-credit financing).

Details

ISBN :
978-0-85729-777-8
ISBNs :
9780857297778
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Supply Chain Disruptions ISBN: 9780857297778
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........7828d6ac2fdc267b1df626fc25cfbdca
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-778-5_8