The organisation of transactions: studying supply networks using gaming simulation.
Meijer S.
: 206 pp.
Abstract : This book examines the balance between two supply chain modes of organization i.e., the network and market modes of organization. The book uses a new research method called gaming simulation to study complex supply networks with all of its different traders. Two gaming simulations called the Trust and Tracing Game which studies trust and cheating, and the Mango Chain Game which studies bargaining power and revenue distribution, are applied to show empirical results of a generic supply network trading products with a hidden quality attribute and the mango supply network from Costa Rica. This book is of interest to two types of readers. Those who may wish to concentrate on the empirical results will be interested in the factors that determine the choice of a mode of organization in supply networks. Those who are interested in the methodology may wish to use gaming simulation as a research tool in their own research.