Operations management aims to match the supply with demand of material flows, whereas
corporate finance seeks to match the supply with demand of monetary flows. These two …

We explore whether financing constraints affected the ways in which small and medium-
sized enterprises navigated through the economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 …

This study develops a dual-channel supply chain model composed of a retailer with capital
constraints and a supplier with sufficient funds, in which the retailer can apply the trade …

Problem description: We study the impact of credit ratings on operational and financial
decisions of a supply chain with a supplier and a retailer interacting via an early payment …

In this study, we investigate a supply chain comprising one well-funded supplier and one
small-sized retailer with capital constraints. The supplier acts as a leader to distribute one …

This dissertation is a collection of three essays addressing interface issues of operations
and finance in supply chains. In the first essay, we study pricing of financial hedging …

Many small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs) with capital constraints have two primary
short-term financing modes: internal financing (supplier) and external financing (bank). We …

We study a manufacturer that faces a supplier privileged with private information about
supply disruptions. We investigate how risk-management strategies of the manufacturer …

This paper has two objectives. First, we show how debt financing distorts a retailer's
inventory decision when the retailer orders multiple items that differ in cost, revenue, or …

Recent cases of product adulteration by foreign suppliers have compelled many
manufacturers to rethink approaches to deterring suppliers from cutting corners, especially …