供应链合作研发管理

越来越多的企业认识到研发管理不能只从企业自身的范畴考虑，而要从供应链的范畴来考虑,它们也实践着这一理念。因此，研究供应链中的合作研发管理是一个十分有意义的课题，而文献中这方面的研究与实际的差距还很大。本项目拟研究供应链管理中三类研发管理：成本降低、质量改进、新产品开发。具体地，我们考察这样的一类情景：供应链中各企业先决定研发投入，然后确定产销决策，包括订购量、价格等。其中，在决定研发投入时，我们将考察不同研发机制:研发卡特尔、或由供应链中某一方主导；在产销决策方面，也将研究两种不同的产销模式。我们期望能在供应链框架下的研发投入与产销决策的相互影响方面，取得创新性的成果，给出有意义的管理建议，为供应链管理、合作研发管理的理论发展做出贡献。因此，本项目具有重要的理论意义和实际意义。

As more and more firms realize and practice that R&D activities should be considered in the framework of the supply chain, instead of the firm itself, it is important to study R&D collaboration in supply chains. However, the research on this direction is not rich enough to present advice for practice. In this project, we plan to study three types of R&D activities: cost reduction, quality improvement, and new product development. We will consider such scenario: all firms in the chain first determine their R&D investment, and then interactively involve in production and sales (i.e., determine an order quantity, wholesale price and retail price, etc.). Here, we consider different mechanisms for R&D investment decision making. One is the cartel in which the objective is to maximize the chain profit, and the others are those with R&D investment determined by only one firm in the chain. Furthermore, we consider two different modes for the production and sales. We expect to obtain essential results on the interaction of R&D management and operation management in the framework of supply chains, give some managerial insights for firms, and make contribution to the theory of supply chain management and R&D management. Hence, the project has important theorectial and practical meanings.