Internal auctions for the efficient sourcing of intermediate products
研究了在分散决策环境下，如何通过多维拍卖机制选择内部供应商并设定产量，以实现中间产品采购的效率目标，对关注内部市场设计和采购管理的学者有参考价值。
Abstract We examine the problem of setting production levels and selecting an internal supplier for a vital intermediate product. These decisions are being made in a decentralized environment involving internal suppliers that are profit centers with private cost information. Our analysis centers on the use of multi‐dimensional auctions for facilitating communication between divisions and for implementing efficiency goals. We demonstrate analytically what the efficiency goals of the purchasing division should be and characterize necessary conditions of the auction process for implementing those efficiency goals.