Childcare Assistance: Are Subsidies or Tax Credits Better?

We evaluate price subsidies and tax credits for childcare. We focus on partnered women's labour supply, household income and welfare, demand for childcare and government expenditure. Using Australian data, we estimate a joint, discrete structural model of labour supply and childcare demand. We introduce two methodological innovations – a more flexible quantity constraint that total formal and informal childcare hours are at least as large as the mother's labour supply and the explicit inclusion of maternal childcare in the utility function as a proxy for child development. We find that tax credits are more effective than subsidies in terms of increasing average hours worked and household income. However, tax credits disproportionately benefit wealthier and more educated women. Price subsidies, while less efficient, have positive redistributional effects.     

The environmental benefits of changing logistics structures for fresh vegetables

The transport phase is one of the crucial stages that can be improved to reduce the environmental impact of the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain. In this paper, we calculate the environmental impact of feasible logistic alternatives for the above-mentioned supply chain so as to identify the type of transportation that incurs the lowest environmental costs. Specifically, we consider the early potato supply chain as a case study, as it involves one of the main fresh vegetables exported from Italy. Consumers' willingness to pay for the environmental impact of different logistic chains was obtained through life cycle assessment. Our results show that rail transport could reduce environmental impact in terms of tons of oil equivalent, environmental loads, and fuel consumption while ensuring reasonable shipment times. Development of an efficient rail transport system would be positively considered by consumers, enhancing their preferences for Italian products.     

考虑BI保险的供应链中断模型分析

突发事件引起的供应链中断,会造成供应链成员巨大的经济损失。以一个二级供应链为基础,考虑存在供应中断风险情况下,引入BI保险,建立供应中断下制造商不投保、制造商单独投保、以及制造商和零售商联合投保模型,探究零售商和制造商利润、最优订购量、最优批发价等参数的变化趋势,其理论分析结果为决策部门提供指导。     

B2B电商平台供应链金融典型模式及其比较分析

在对电商平台供应链金融模式进行总结的基础上,聚焦B2B电商平台的供应链金融业务,对9家典型B2B电商平台开展的供应链金融业务及其产品进行了描述,并从平台涉及领域、供应链金融开始时间、金融产品模式等六个方面进行了对比分析。结果表明:B2B电商平台往往是采取与金融机构合作的方式获取供应链金融资金需求;开展大宗物资交易的B2B电商平台开展供应链金融业务相对较早;与传统线下供应链金融业务相比,B2B电商平台供应链金融在信用融资和订单融资方面更有优势;B2B电商平台供应链金融产品可以根据不同平台以及买卖双方的特点进行创新设计,最后为电商供应链融资业务的发展提出建议。     

Linking corporate sustainability and innovation in supply chain management – evidence of a Taiwan leading glass recycling company

This empirical study presents a combination of insights from corporate sustainability practices, supply chain management, and innovation literature, and a case study to discover new understandings on factors influencing firms to incorporate sustainable innovation initiatives into their supply chain practices. There is an apparent lack of literature in this field due to its modernity and evolving nature. Also, there is a lack of insights into how firms could translate sustainable innovation initiatives into practice. This study addresses this gap by examining a successful glass recycling company through the lenses of sustainable innovation context and the Global Reporting Initiative G3 Guideline framework. Primary data are collected through observations and in-depth interview before it is coded and analysed using nVivo. The findings show that sustainable innovation practices are mainly directed at improving the technological processes, resource sharing, and reduction of production cost among supply chain partners. A conceptual sustainable innovation framework is also proposed. This study contributes to sustainable innovation literature by providing insights into the evaluation of a firm's innovative sustainability efforts.     

基于改进TOPSIS法的供应商选择模型研究

为有效地帮助企业快速找到合适的供应商合作伙伴,采用直觉模糊集、评分函数等方法对TOPSIS评估法进行优化,并以此为基础建立了一种供应商选择模型。首先,采集和评估供应商的产品质量、产品价格、产品交货的可靠性、供应位置、财务情况、库存水平、劳资关系、发展能力和技术能力等相关信息,由专家给出主观评估信息,汇总为综合属性值;然后,通过直觉模糊熵确定各评估指标的权重;最后,综合考虑供应商选择决策过程中的多个目标和标准,应用改进TOPSIS法的对供应商进行分类选择。结果显示,基于改进TOPSIS法的供应商选择模型能够较准确地反映出各供应商的真实水平和对企业的潜在价值,可以有效地解决不确定条件下对供应商的选择问题,提高了供应商选择结果的可靠性。改进后的模型简便易行,具有良好的稳定性,对于合理制定企业供应商选择标准以及进一步优化决策模型具有一定的借鉴意义。     

着力提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平

着力提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平,是推动高质量发展的基本要求。基于现有研究,可以将产业链供应链韧性界定为面对重大突发事件或外部冲击时,产业链供应链免于断裂并能较快恢复原状的能力。产业链供应链韧性往往与产业链供应链安全问题息息相关。要用中国式现代化的理念和政策思维,科学把握提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平的方法论,找准提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平的着力点,注意发挥深化产业融合的赋能作用,培育提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平的兴奋点。     

供应链竞争力评价指标体系研究

供应链竞争力是指实施供应链管理的核心企业整合其合作伙伴（供应商、分销商和零售商）的组织结构和业务流程,通过对顾客多变的需求作出比竞争对手更快速、更有效的反应来获取市场竞争优势的能力。通过对影响供应链竞争力的关键因素进行分析,提出了竞争力指标体系的设计原则并建立了供应链竞争力评价指标体系,给出了各指标的含义及计算方法。     

物资供应管理信息系统的设计与实现——以佳木斯煤矿机械有限公司供应处为例

为提高企业经济效益,开发一套能满足需要的数据库管理系统是十分必要的,物资供应管理系统是基于C/S模式基础之上采用VB语言开发的用于各种物资管理的系统,实践证明物资供应管理信息系统是企业降低成本实现少投入多产出,提高工作效率,提高经济效益的重要手段之一。     

基于促销投资的非对称信息供应链契约研究

利用了委托代理理论和最优控制理论,分析对称信息和不对称信息两种情况下制造商和零售商的供应链契约。零售商进行促销投资,在对称信息情况下,制造商以批发价作为线性契约来协调供应链系统,批发价是促销投资的减函数;在非对称信息情况下,制造商以批发价和补贴作为非线性契约的协调机制,而批发价和补贴都是促销投资的增函数。