Return policy and supply chain finance are significant measures for banks and enterprises to improve the overall competitiveness of their supply chain. Supervision and guidance by banks are prerequisites to the smooth implementation of return policy and supply chain finance. This study analyzes the evolutionary stable strategy of three parties, namely, one bank, one supplier and one retailer, by establishing an asymmetric evolutionary game model. The model assumes that banks apply a reward and punishment policy for suppliers and retailers. Results show that regardless of the strategy the bank chooses, one party will always choose non-implementation of the return policy or non-adoption of the supply chain finance. From a short-term perspective, regardless of the strategy the bank chooses, suppliers and retailers will select the strategy of non-implementation and non-adoption, respectively. From the long-term perspective, suppliers and retailers will actively choose implementation and adoption whether or not there is bank supervision.INDEX TERMS Evolutionary game theory, return policy, supply chain coordination, supply chain finance.
Software crowdsourcing (SC) is booming as a popular paradigm for rapid solution development. However, unique characteristics of this emerging paradigm, such as external resources and black-box nature of crowdsourced processes, introduce inherent risk to crowdsourcing. This paper aims at developing better understanding towards risk in SC. To that end, we conduct a literature review of 36 relevant articles, and propose a preliminary taxonomy of SC risk including 13 risk types. These 13 risk types are organized with a two-dimensional, processes vs. entities, structure. For each risk, its description and cause / consequence are introduced. Analysis of possible reasons and practical mitigation suggestions are also offered for crowdsourcing practitioners to better cope with risks. The preliminary results will help both requesters and platforms to be alert to risks by understanding them, so as to ensure the achievement of expected benefits of SC.
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