Call for Papers
Annals of Operations Research
Special Issue: Advanced Models for Supply Chain Finance
Supply Chain Finance (SCF) has been receiving more attention in recent years. In simple terms, SCF aims at increasing the creditability and liquidity of the companies along the supply chain. It helps them to obtain short term financing in order to fulfill their short term needs by advanced trade credits or bank loans. Its application covers a wide range of transactions, such as contract and policy making, pricing, supply chain collaboration, supply chain security and risk management, credit rating, inventory management, and information management.
In the past, SCF studies were predominately explorative in nature but nowadays its development has become more mature. SCF applications are enabled by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence technologies, development of financial technology (FinTech), Internetbased systems, and optimization techniques. SCF development generates valuable knowledge and opportunities for a new development of supply chain management research. In this connection, there is a need to promote advanced models for SCF.
This special issue focuses on contemporary research related to SCF from a modelling perspective. We accept a wide range of modelling techniques such as analytical models, econometric models, among others. Studies that pinpoint new theories and offer breakthrough models on solving the real-world SFC problems are of particular interest.
Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Trust in Supply Chain Finance
- Credit rated supply chain finance
- Trust and financial metrics
2. Security and Risk Management in Supply Chain Finance
- Risk management and risk mitigation in supply chain finance
- Commodity risk
- Insurance and supply chain risk management
3. Optimization in Supply Chain Finance
- Supply chain financial collaboration
- Strategic cost management
- Contract pricing and policy making in supply chain finance
4. Advanced Supply Chain Finance Technologies
- Advanced innovation technologies in supporting supply chain finance
- Data science and analytic in supply chain finance
- Data driven supply chain finance models
Important Dates:
First submission deadline: 1 October 2020
•First round decision (major revision): 1 January 2021
•Resubmission: 1 March 2021
•Final acceptance: 1 May 2021
Instructions for Authors can be found at:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10479/submission-guidelines
Guest Editors:
Professor Kannan Govindan
Centre for Sustainable Supply Chain Engineering
Department of Technology and Innovation
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
e-mail: kgov@iti.sdu.dk
Dr. Nick S. H. Chung
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong China
e-mail: nick.sh.chung@polyu.edu.hk
Professor Hing Kai Chan
Nottingham University Business School
University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
e-mail: Hingkai.Chan@nottingham.edu.cn
征集论文
运筹学年鉴
特刊：供应链金融的先进模式
供应链金融（SCF）近年来受到越来越多的关注。简单地说，SCF旨在提高供应链上企业的信誉和流动性。它帮助他们获得短期融资，以满足他们的短期需求，通过先进的贸易信贷或银行贷款。它的应用范围广泛，包括契约和政策制定、定价、供应链协作、供应链安全和风险管理、信用评级、库存管理和信息管理。
在过去，SCF的研究主要是探索性的，但现在它的发展已经越来越成熟。SCF的应用是由新兴技术如人工智能技术、金融技术发展（FinTech）、基于互联网的系统和优化技术实现的。SCF的发展为供应链管理研究的新发展提供了宝贵的知识和机会。在这方面，有必要推广SCF的先进模型。
本期专刊从建模的角度对SCF进行了当代研究。我们接受广泛的建模技术，如分析模型、经济计量模型等。在解决现实世界的SCF问题上，一些新理论和突破性模型的研究尤其令人感兴趣。
感兴趣的主题包括但不限于以下内容：
1对供应链金融的信任
-信用等级供应链金融
-信任和财务指标
2供应链金融中的安全与风险管理
-供应链金融中的风险管理与风险缓释
-商品风险
-保险与供应链风险管理
3 供应链金融优化
-供应链金融合作
-战略成本管理
-供应链金融中的契约定价与政策制定
4先进的供应链金融技术
-支持供应链金融的先进创新技术
-供应链金融中的数据科学与分析
-数据驱动的供应链财务模型
重要日期：
首次提交截止日期：2020年10月1日
•第一轮决定（主要修订）：2021年1月1日
•再次提交：2021年3月1日
•最终接收：2021年5月1日
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如果你还没有通过Springer的网络系统Editorial Manager提交论文，请参阅网站上的作者说明。出现提示时，请选择特刊标题“供应链金融先进模型”，以确保本期特刊将对其进行审核。
论文将在特邀编辑的监督下接受严格的审查程序，接受的论文将在印刷出版前单独在网上发表。
特邀编辑
Kannan Govindan教授
可持续供应链工程中心
科技创新部
南丹麦大学，丹麦
电子邮件：kgov@iti.sdu.dk
Nick S. H. Chung博士
工业与系统工程系
中国香港香港理工大学，中国香港
电子邮件：nick.sh.chung@polyu.edu.hk
Hing Kai Chan教授
诺丁汉大学商学院
宁波诺丁汉大学，中国宁波
电子邮件：Hingkai.Chan@nottingham.edu.cn