Abstract

In this article, the author describes a classroom experiment in which participants make decisions to achieve the lowest-cost production. Student volunteers acting as smartphone companies are provided with confidential information representing their own cost of production and are asked to make trade decisions to form a supply chain at the lowest possible cost. This interactive classroom experiment facilitates an understanding and appreciation of the basic demand and supply model. Students also explore the motivations, facilitators, and impediments of global supply chains. Suggestions are made to expand the game by incorporating more sophisticated models of the global supply chain, and also ways in which it can explore aspects of economics such as transportation costs, oligopoly and the narrowing wage gap between Eastern and Western economies.

摘要

在本文中，作者描述了一个课堂实验，参与者可以在其中做出决策以实现成本最低的生产。充当智能手机公司的学生志愿者将获得代表其自身生产成本的机密信息，并被要求做出贸易决策，以尽可能低的成本形成供应链。该交互式课堂实验有助于理解和理解基本的供需模型。学生还将探索全球供应链的动机，促进者和障碍。提出了通过整合更复杂的全球供应链模型来扩大游戏范围的建议，并提出了探索诸如运输成本，寡头垄断以及东西方经济之间的工资差距缩小等经济学方面的方法。