ITR/PE: Supply Chain Coordination via Electronic Markets

本研究检视电子市场机制作为工业供应链中协调与沟通的手段。研究主要集中在两个方面：(1)创新市场机制（探索供应链中电子市场中介的理论和计算基础，从而推导出价格决定之外的市场机制，包括活动、资源和结构协调）；(2)聚焦行业调查（通过深入的实地研究和实证分析，了解行业的经济现实和关键发展趋势）。从研究中获得的见解将导致供应链协调的有效市场机制的发展，以及通用的市场分析工具。本研究将通过以下方式扩展市场微观结构、机制设计和供应链协调方面的现有文献：(1)探索博弈论、优化和计算经济学方法之间的协同作用；(2)研究新兴供应链市场中中介机构的角色及其对市场效率的影响；(3)提出将市场见解转化为可实施的市场工具(如合同、协议)和监控工具。该行业调查将由麦肯锡公司（McKinsey & Company）进行，将记录和分类新兴的电子供应链实践，并确定与不同行业供应链战略相关的关键问题。

This research examines electronic market mechanisms as a means of coordination and communication in the industrial supply chain. The research focuses on two main components: (1) innovative market mechanisms (exploring the theoretical and computational foundations for electronic market intermediaries in the supply chain, thereby deriving market mechanisms beyond price determination to include activity, resource, and structural coordination), and (2) focused industry survey (understanding the economic realities and key development trends in the industry by conducting in-depth field studies and empirical analyses). Insights developed from the research will lead to the development of efficient market mechanisms for supply chain coordination, and versatile market analysis tools. This research will extend the current literature in market microstructures, mechanism design, and supply chain coordination by (1) exploring the synergy between game theory, optimization, and computational economics approaches, (2) examining the roles of intermediaries in emerging supply chain markets, and their implications to market efficiency, and (3) suggesting engineering methodologies that convert market insights into implementable market instruments (e.g., contracts, protocols) and monitoring tools. The industry survey, to be conducted with McKinsey & Company, will document and classify emerging e-supply chain practices, and identify key issues relating to supply chain strategy in different industry sectors.