Supplier Development Investments in a Triadic Setting
研究两家买方企业同时投资开发同一供应商时的决策，发现非合作比合作导致更高的总开发投资，为供应链中的买方行为提供新预测。
This paper extends the analysis of supplier development investments to a triadic setting where a second buying firm also invests in the development of a supplier. The analysis of buying firms' cost-based decision of the optimal supplier development investment shows that noncooperation between the two buying firms leads to higher total development investments than cooperation. Hence, the decision to cooperate with other buyers in development activities reduces total development investments. Within this triadic setting, we are able to make novel predictions about the buyers' behavior in supply chains.