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Global Supply Chain Performance and Risk Optimization

The Value of Real Options Flexibility Demonstrated in the Global Automotive Industry

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  1. Rob Smith
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    • Rob Smith
    Pages 1-16

  3. Literature review - basic theories and key contributions

    • Rob Smith
    Pages 17-87

  4. Getting to Global - Building a global supply chain network model

    • Rob Smith
    Pages 89-124

  5. The cost and value of Real Options flexibility

    • Rob Smith
    Pages 125-154

  6. A Real Options Action Plan

    • Rob Smith
    Pages 155-165

  7. Areas for further research

    • Rob Smith
    Pages 167-174

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 175-267
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About this book

This doctoral dissertation deals with a very timely and important topic in the fields of international operations, finance and risk management, namely the evaluation of the Real Option value of operational and managerial flexibility within a global supply chain network. The author - who has worked for more than nine years on international supply chain strategy and design as an executive in world class automotive and high tech companies in the U. S. and in Europe - uses a large-scale data set from an existing global supply chain operated by a tier­ one supplier in the global automotive industry in examining and comparing the following supply chain strategies: single sourcing, dual sourcing, compliance with local-content rules, centers of excellence and Real Options with flexibility in sourcing, production and distribution logistics. The major finding of this empirical study is the identification of a Real Options strategy that results in a positive payback in less than a year and dominates all of the other supply chain strategies. The three main contributions of this work are: i) for the first time, a comprehen­ sive and real data set is utilized to quantify and demonstrate the financial performance of various supply chain design strategies, ii) a new model of real price changes, i. e.

About the author

Dr. Rob Smith promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Arnd Huchzermeier am Lehrstuhl für Produktionsmanagement der WHU in Vallendar und ist als Executive im Bereich Supply Chain Management tätig.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Supply Chain Performance and Risk Optimization

  • Book Subtitle: The Value of Real Options Flexibility Demonstrated in the Global Automotive Industry

  • Authors: Rob Smith

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-81407-4

  • Publisher: Deutscher Universitätsverlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag GmbH, Wiesbaden 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8244-7551-3Published: 28 March 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-322-81407-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 267

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Operations Management, Business and Management, general

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