THE USEFULNESS OF BEHAVIORAL LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
讨论了行为实验室实验在供应链管理研究中的独特优势，包括控制、效率和响应性，并指出其虽牺牲外部有效性，但能清晰分离因果、排除虚假关系，且成本低、效率高，便于理论修正。
Behavioral supply chain management emphasizes the use of controlled laboratory experiments as a valid research methodology. This article discusses control, efficiency and responsiveness as unique advantages of behavioral experiments. While often sacrificing external validity, laboratory experiments allow the clear temporal separation of cause and effect, as well as the exclusion of spurious causes through randomization. Further, they are efficient to run, requiring little cost and time compared with extensive field studies or multiple site surveys. This makes it easier to use observations made in experiments to change theoretical models, since modified predictions can be more easily tested on new data.