Firms’ Investment Behaviours in Temperature-Controlled Supply Chain Networks
Delivering high-quality food into markets is a vital expectation of modern customers. The significant increase in consumers’ awareness of food freshness, nutrition, and safety makes the temperature-controlled supply chain (TCSC) the focus of food logistics safety. However, a large number of Chinese...
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| author | Mengshuai Zhu Hao Chen Ximeng Wang Yonghan Wang Chen Shen Cong Zhu |
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| description | Delivering high-quality food into markets is a vital expectation of modern customers. The significant increase in consumers’ awareness of food freshness, nutrition, and safety makes the temperature-controlled supply chain (TCSC) the focus of food logistics safety. However, a large number of Chinese companies are still reluctant to invest in the food supply chain, resulting in a high rate of supply chain logistics loss. This research aims to establish an economic model to explain why these companies do not invest and under what conditions they will do. The results show that high economic investment is the main reason that hinders companies’ willingness to build TCSC. Large companies with bigger production are more willing to invest in TCSC than small companies. Besides, larger companies running with high-quality products could get more profit while small companies operating with normal products are less competitive. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61e9e3bf0f1648ec9346d2f8f1ce55672025-08-20T02:24:01ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262021-01-01202110.1155/2021/53598195359819Firms’ Investment Behaviours in Temperature-Controlled Supply Chain NetworksMengshuai Zhu0Hao Chen1Ximeng Wang2Yonghan Wang3Chen Shen4Cong Zhu5Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Big Data, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Remote Sensing (AGRIRS), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, ChinaCyber Finance Department, Postal Savings Bank of China, Beijing 100808, ChinaAgricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Big Data, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, ChinaAgricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Big Data, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, ChinaAgricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Big Data, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, ChinaDelivering high-quality food into markets is a vital expectation of modern customers. The significant increase in consumers’ awareness of food freshness, nutrition, and safety makes the temperature-controlled supply chain (TCSC) the focus of food logistics safety. However, a large number of Chinese companies are still reluctant to invest in the food supply chain, resulting in a high rate of supply chain logistics loss. This research aims to establish an economic model to explain why these companies do not invest and under what conditions they will do. The results show that high economic investment is the main reason that hinders companies’ willingness to build TCSC. Large companies with bigger production are more willing to invest in TCSC than small companies. Besides, larger companies running with high-quality products could get more profit while small companies operating with normal products are less competitive.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5359819 |
| spellingShingle | Mengshuai Zhu Hao Chen Ximeng Wang Yonghan Wang Chen Shen Cong Zhu Firms’ Investment Behaviours in Temperature-Controlled Supply Chain Networks Complexity |
| title | Firms’ Investment Behaviours in Temperature-Controlled Supply Chain Networks |
| title_full | Firms’ Investment Behaviours in Temperature-Controlled Supply Chain Networks |
| title_fullStr | Firms’ Investment Behaviours in Temperature-Controlled Supply Chain Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Firms’ Investment Behaviours in Temperature-Controlled Supply Chain Networks |
| title_short | Firms’ Investment Behaviours in Temperature-Controlled Supply Chain Networks |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5359819 |
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