Abstract: This paper studies a two-stage supply chain that consists of a retailer and a manufacturer,who suffers from production capital constrained problem.Based on whether the supply chain invests in RFID technology when the retailer provides an advance payment financing,we accordingly set up the supply chain players' profit models under two scenarios:the supply chain adopts RFID or forgoes RFID.We obtain the players' optimal decision-variables and revenues.Furthermore,we discuss the equilibrium strategies for RFID adoption in the supply chain.We find that the equilibrium strategies for RFID adoption depend on the manufacturers' initial capital and RFID tagging cost.As the manufacturer's initial capital increases,the supply chain partners are more willing to adopt RFID.The supply chain partners tend to adopt(forgo)RFID when the tagging cost is low(high).When the tagging cost is moderate,the RFID equilibrium strategy only depends on the manufacturers' initial capital.

Key words: radio frequency identification, capital constraints, advance payment financing, inventory misplacement, equilibrium strategies

摘要： 本文以单资金约束的制造商和单零售商组成的二级供应链为研究对象,基于零售商提供预付款融资下,供应链是否投资无线射频识别(RFID)技术,分别构建了供应链投资和不投资RFID的收益模型,求解出相应的最优解并探讨了供应链投资RFID的策略。研究发现：制造商自有资金水平和RFID标签成本均能影响供应链RFID投资决策。随着制造商自有资金水平的上升,供应链投资RFID的意愿增强。当标签成本较低时,供应链倾向于投资RFID技术;当标签成本适中时,供应链是否投资RFID技术取决于制造商的自有资金水平;当标签成本较高时,供应链倾向于不投资RFID技术。

关键词: 无线射频识别, 资金约束, 预付款融资, 库存错放, 均衡策略