Abstract
This paper builds a dynamic supply chain network, where firms can select suppliers according to the trust, the selling price or just randomly. Simulation results show that the trust-based rule can significantly increase the aggregated working capital and decrease firm's likelihoods of bankruptcy. Moreover, firms’ sizes under trust-based and price-based rules follow power-law distributions. The degree distribution of supply chain network under price-based rule follows a power-law distribution, while those under trust-based and randomly-choosing rules are similar to that of random network. Furthermore, results also indicate that trust-based rule is the most robust one against random and targeted disruptions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 229-241 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review |
Volume | 116 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Aug |
Keywords
- Complex adaptive system
- Multi-agent simulation
- Supply chain network
- Supply chain resilience
- Supply disruption
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Transportation