Firms increasingly put financial pressure on their suppliers, also called squeezing. Suppliers react and adapt to financial squeeze as autonomous agents, causing complex ripple effects across the extended supply chain network. To capture intertwined and highly interactive effects among suppliers, we use agent-based models. We explore the impact of financial squeeze on supply chain network structure and operational outcomes. Results suggest that financial squeeze affects the stability of the supply chain network and the effect varies depending on the location of the suppliers. Firms located at the bottom of the supply chain network suffer most from financial squeeze, and the magnitude of the effect increases as one goes further upstream. In addition, as existing suppliers exit the network and new suppliers enter, three network archetypes (Empty Nest, TransitUp, and StableDown) emerge. We identify the condition and operational consequences associated with these three archetypes. Our findings are informative to managers at buyer firms about the impacts of squeezing strategy on their extended supply chain partners, who often times are out of their immediate purview.

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眼不见，心不烦？模拟金融挤压对扩展供应链网络的影响

公司越来越多地对其供应商施加财务压力，也称为挤压。供应商作为自主代理做出反应并适应财务紧缩，从而在扩展的供应链网络中造成复杂的连锁反应。为了捕捉供应商之间相互交织和高度交互的影响，我们使用基于代理的模型。我们探讨了金融紧缩对供应链网络结构和运营结果的影响。结果表明，财务紧缩会影响供应链网络的稳定性，并且影响因供应商的位置而异。位于供应链网络底部的企业受金融挤压的影响最大，并且随着越往上游，影响的幅度越大。此外，随着现有供应商退出网络而新供应商进入，出现了三种网络原型（Empty Nest、TransitUp 和 StableDown）。我们确定了与这三种原型相关的条件和操作后果。我们的研究结果为买方公司的经理提供了关于挤压策略对其扩展供应链合作伙伴的影响的信息，这些合作伙伴通常超出了他们的直接权限。