Research by the Value Chain Innovation Initiative

We support rigorous research that is immediately applicable to real-world situations related to the choices and challenges faced by today’s global value chain leaders.

Projects may be structured as theoretical or model-based research, empirical research, or detailed field-based studies in any the following themes:

  • Electronic commerce
  • Global trade dynamics
  • Retail supply chains
  • Agricultural value chains
  • Data-driven decision-making
  • Electronic marketplaces
  • Omnichannel fulfillment and logistics
  • Service value chains
  • Product digitization
  • Shared value chain strategies
  • Social media in the value chain
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Carrots or Sticks? Improving Social and Environmental Compliance at Suppliers Through Penalties and Incentives

Angharad Porteous, Sonali Rammohan, Hau L. Lee

Forthcoming in Production and Operations Management.

 

This paper explores the relationship between supplier penalties and incentives and performance.

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Delivering Health to the Last Mile
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Delivering Health to the Last Mile

The systematic management of motorcycles used by healthcare workers improved health ministry system performance in Zambia.

Increase in Health Reach
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Increase in Health Reach

GPS trackers monitoring healthcare workers’ motorcycle trips were used to develop detailed maps of dirt paths.

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