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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Supply chain transparency"”.
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Supply chain transparency and social responsibility : investigating consumer and firm perspectives
… companies do not have good visibility into their supply chains. According to a recent study, 81% of the 1,700 companies surveyed lacked full visibility into the social responsibility practices of their suppliers. Using incentivized laboratory experiments and a game-theoretic model, in this thesis …
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CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY: EVIDENCE FROM SUPPLIER IDENTITY DISCLOSURE.
… useful. I find that shareholder response to supply chain risk events is timelier for firms that disclose supplier identity. Moreover, supplier identity disclosure appears to help analysts improve earnings forecast accuracy. Taken together, my results shed light on the cost-benefit tradeoffs …
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Extending the Boundaries of Supply Chain Transparency: Supplier Monitoring Activity Disclosure, Consumer Evaluations, and Brand Equity
… and consumers are pressuring firms to make their supply chains more transparent by disclosing information about their supplier monitoring activities (SMA). Yet, high monitoring costs and the complexity of supply chains pose challenges for firms to effectively monitor their extended supply chain, …
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From haute couture to fast-fashion : evaluating social transparency in global apparel supply chains
… companies are increasingly trying to institute transparency within their supply chains to become socially sustainable. However, transparency so far has not been clearly defined, which makes the process of evaluating transparency difficult and often unpractical. The main goal of this thesis is to …
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Factors influencing tier 2 supply chain risk data collection
… impact company stock performance. With 39% of supply disruptions occurring at indirect suppliers, companies can no longer ignore their supply networks when determining supply chain risk. Unlike measuring risk within a single company, measuring the risk of a network requires collaboration …
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Beyond transparency : collective engagement in sustainable design
… accounting of our social and physical resources. Supply chain transparency makes it possible to map resource flows and ensure dependable production while avoiding social and environmental problems. Open channels of communications can support a collective effort to account for the impacts of supply …
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The intersection of geopolitics and strategic procurement: an exploration of sourcing in the defense industry from a six sigma perspective
… of concentrated and outsourced semiconductor supply chains within U.S. defense acquisition. It addressed three research questions: (1) To what extent does U.S. semiconductor dependency pose national security risk? (2) How do policymakers and defense industry leaders perceive geopolitical …
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The Effect of Self-Disclosing Misconduct on Supplier-Customer Contracting: Does It Pay to Be Transparent?
… customer monitoring as enabled by suppliers' transparency improves financial reporting quality.</p>