S. Alex Yang

London Business School

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“  Interaction between Supply Chain and Finance: Trade credit, Supply chain finance, Fintech; Governance and Operations of Technologies: Digital Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain  ”

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Trade Credit, Risk Sharing, and Inventory Financing Portfolios

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Trade Credit, Risk Sharing, and Inventory Financing Portfolios

Management Science 64(8):3667-3689, August 2018
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
S. Alex Yang and John R. Birge
London Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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operations-finance interface; trade credit; supply chain management; inventory management; supplier financing; cost of financial distress; capital structure; financial constraint

How Inventory Is (Should Be) Financed: Trade Credit in Supply Chains with Demand Uncertainty and Costs of Financial Distress

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2016
S. Alex Yang and John R. Birge
London Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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trade credit, supply chain management, inventory management, newsvendor model, supplier financing, costs of financial distress, debt structure, financial constraint

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Generative AI and Copyright: A Dynamic Perspective

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2024
S. Alex Yang and Angela Huyue Zhang
London Business School and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Generative AI, copyright, fair use standard, intellectual property, creative industry, creator economy, authorship

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Platform Tokenization: Financing, Governance, and Moral Hazard

Management Science, 68(9): 6411-6433
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Jiri Chod, Nikolaos Trichakis and S. Alex Yang
Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and London Business School
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blockchain, ICO, cryptocurrency, token, platform, entrepreneurial �finance, agency, moral hazard

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Sourcing from Suppliers with Financial Constraints and Performance Risk

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 20(1), pp.70-84.
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2020
Christopher S. Tang, S. Alex Yang and Jing Wu
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, London Business School and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School
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Operations-Finance interface, supply risk, purchase order finance, supply chain finance, supply chain management

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Trade Credit and Supplier Competition

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), 131(2), 484-505.
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 09 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Jiri Chod, Evgeny Lyandres and S. Alex Yang
Boston College, Tel Aviv University and London Business School
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The Supply Chain Effects of Bankruptcy

Management Science 61(10):2320-2338
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
S. Alex Yang, John R. Birge and Rodney P. Parker
London Business School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Indiana University Bloomington
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operations-finance interface; supply chain interaction; operational competitiveness; bankruptcy; Chapter 11; reorganization; liquidation; externality

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The Role of Fintech in Mitigating Information Friction in Supply Chain Finance

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The Role of Fintech in Mitigating Information Friction in Supply Chain Finance

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 599
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 May 2020
Hsiao-Hui Lee, S. Alex Yang and Kijin Kim
National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Management Information Systems, London Business School and Asian Development Bank - Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD)
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artificial intelligence, digitization, fintech, information friction, supply chain finance

The Role of FinTech in Mitigating Information Friction in Supply Chain Finance

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Hsiao-Hui Lee, S. Alex Yang and Kijin Kim
National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Management Information Systems, London Business School and Asian Development Bank - Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD)
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FinTech, Supply Chain Finance, Trade Finance, Information, Analytics, AI, Blockchain, Digitalization

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Trade Credit Insurance: Operational Value and Contract Choice

Management Science 67(2):875-891. 2021
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 01 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2022
S. Alex Yang, Nitin Bakshi and Christopher Chen
London Business School, University of Utah and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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credit insurance, cancelable insurance, trade credit, risk manaement, moral hazard, agency costs, operations-finance interface

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Trade Credit in Supply Chains: Multiple Creditors and Priority Rules

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 May 2011 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2012
S. Alex Yang and John R. Birge
London Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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supply chain management, newsvendor model, trade credit, priority rules, bankruptcy, financial constraint

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The Impact of Trade Credit Provision on Retail Inventory: An Empirical Investigation Using Synthetic Controls

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 May 2019 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2023
Christopher Chen, Nitish Jain and S. Alex Yang
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, London Business School and London Business School
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OM-Finance Interface, Trade Credit, Inventory, Empirical OM, Synthetic Controls

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Crowd-judging on Two-sided Platforms: An Analysis of In-group Bias

Management Science, Accepted
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2023
Alan Kwan, S. Alex Yang and Angela Huyue Zhang
The University of Hong Kong, London Business School and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Crowd-sourcing, crowd-judging, platform governance, platform operations, two-sided marketplace, bias, experience, learning

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Improving Dispute Resolution in Two-Sided Platforms: The Case of Review Blackmail

Management Science, forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2022
Yiangos Papanastasiou, S. Alex Yang and Angela Huyue Zhang
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, London Business School and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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platform governance, dispute resolution, blackmail, decentralization, review, extortion, blackmail

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Trade Credit in Competition: A Horizontal Benefit

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 19(2), 263--289
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 01 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Heikki Peura, S. Alex Yang and Guoming Lai
Imperial College Business School, London Business School and University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business
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trade credit, Bertrand competition, financial capacity, physical capacity, operations-finance interface

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Offering EV Battery Swapping as a Service: EV Manufacturers or Battery Producers?

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2025
Zhong-Zhong Jiang, Kunyang Li, Christopher S. Tang and S. Alex Yang
Northeastern University - School of Business Administration, Department of Information Management and Decision Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and London Business School
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electric vehicle, battery swapping, supply chain, business models, servitization, competition, sustainability

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Financial Pooling in a Supply Chain

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2783833
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2018
Ming Hu, Qu Qian and S. Alex Yang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of International Business Administration and London Business School
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trade credit, pooling, reverse factoring, supply chain finance, financial constraints, liquidity management, operations-finance interface

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Dynamic Trade Finance in the Presence of Information Frictions and FinTech

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Hau L. Lee, Christopher S. Tang, S. Alex Yang and Yuxuan Zhang
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, London Business School and University of International Business and Economics
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Trade finance, supply chain finance, structured trade finance, information friction, information asymmetry, FinTech, blockchain, smart contracts

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Advance Selling to Ease Financial Distress

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 01 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2023
Yiangos Papanastasiou, Shuang Xiao and S. Alex Yang
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law - School of Finance and London Business School
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advance selling, ooperations management, OM-Finance interface, strategic consumers, moral hazard

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When Customers Anticipate Liquidation Sales: Managing Operations under Financial Distress

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 19(4), 657-673
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
John R. Birge, Rodney P. Parker, Michelle Xiao Wu and S. Alex Yang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and London Business School
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financial distress; liquidation sale; strategic customers; inventory; pricing; deferred discount; rebate; deferred discount

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Capacity Expansion in Service Platforms: Ownership, Commitment, and Flexibility

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2024
Heikki Peura and S. Alex Yang
Imperial College Business School and London Business School
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platform economy, capacity investment, financing, employment, rental, holdup, free-riding

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A Model for Tax Advantages of Portfolios with Many Assets

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 31, No. 11, 2007
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Sep 2005 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2015
John R. Birge and S. Alex Yang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and London Business School
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Taxes, portfolio optimization

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Inventory Financing under Risk-Adjusted-Return-On-Capital Criterion

Naval Research Logistics, 69(1), 92-109, 2022.
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2022
Yuxuan Zhang, Pingke Li, S. Alex Yang and Simin Huang
University of International Business and Economics, Tsinghua University, London Business School and Tsinghua University
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operations-finance interface, inventory management, inventory financing, RAROC, Basel regulation

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Seller-Orchestrated Inventory Financing under Bank Capital Regulation

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
Yuxuan Zhang, Simin Huang and S. Alex Yang
University of International Business and Economics, Tsinghua University and London Business School
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supply chain management, inventory, operations-finance interface, bank capital regulation, joint finance program, seller-orchestrated financing, risk pooling

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Trade Credit and Operational Investment: A Bargaining Perspective

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2024
Leon Yang Chu, S. Alex Yang and Jin Yao
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, London Business School and Faculty of Business, Lingnan University
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bargaining, investment, trade credit, holdup, operations-finance interface

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Credit Chain and Sectoral Co-movement: A Multi-Region Investigation

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Aug 2021
Hsiao-Hui Lee, S. Alex Yang, Yuxuan Zhang and Kijin Kim
National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Management Information Systems, London Business School, University of International Business and Economics and Asian Development Bank - Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD)
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trade credit, credit chain, sectoral co-movement, Input-Output Table, systemic risk

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Online Appendix to Cancelability in Trade Credit Insurance

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Dec 2016
S. Alex Yang, Nitin Bakshi and Christopher Chen
London Business School, University of Utah and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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credit insurance, trade credit, risk management, moral hazard, operations-finance interface

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Online Appendix to 'When Customers Anticipate Liquidation Sales: Managing Operations Under Financial Distress'

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
John R. Birge, Rodney P. Parker, Michelle Xiao Wu and S. Alex Yang
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and London Business School
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Credit Chain and Sectoral Comovement: A Multi-Region Investigation

ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 640
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2024
Hsiao-Hui Lee, S. Alex Yang, Yuxuan Zhang and Kijin Kim
Independent, London Business School, University of International Business and Economics and Asian Development Bank - Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD)
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trade credit, credit chain, sectoral comovement, input-output table, systemic risk

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Tokenizing Loyalty Programs: The Role of Tradability

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Mar 2025
Junming Hu, Xing Hu, S. Alex Yang and Yi Yang
East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) - School of Business, HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong, London Business School and School of Management, Zhejiang University
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loyalty programs, blockchain, tokenization, strategic customer behavior, marketing-operations interface