Paper Info
Title
An Exploratory Study Of Risk Aversion In Supply Chain Dynamics Via Human Experiment And Agent-Based Simulation
Abstract
The literature on the impact of risk aversion on supply chains (SCs) is relatively limited and, in particular, there is a dearth of theory and a lack of empirical evidence concerning: (1) the impact of individual risk aversion on the generation and dynamics of the order policy (e.g. order patterns and inventory holding costs); (2) the impact of several combinations of risk-averse members in each stage of a multi-echelon SC. We explore these gaps through a multi-method approach (i.e. human experiments and agent-based simulation), thus using both empirical and simulated data. Specifically, based on results from a human experiment, we develop the conjecture that risk aversion is positively correlated to the desired stock level and consequently to the safety stock factor of inventory order policies. Building on this finding, we perform a simulation study to infer the impact of individual risk aversion in a multi-echelon SC. Results show that alternative compositions of the SC in terms of risk aversion levels of the echelons significantly influence inventory holdings and SC dynamics. The study implies that a company facing problems of high inventory days-on-hand should favour low-risk aversion managers, as instrumental to lowering stock and improving net working capital.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1080/00207543.2018.1497817
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
risk aversion, behavioural operations, human experiment, supply chain dynamics, multi agent-based simulation
Journal
57
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0020-7543
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
28
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Salvatore Cannella11019.45
Salvatore Cannella21019.45
Carmela Di Mauro301.01
Roberto Dominguez400.68
Roberto Dominguez500.68
A. Ancarani6141.41
Florian Schupp700.34