Capita selecta – Empirical Research in Supply Chain Management

The course is heavily literature-based. The first half of the day will be devoted to a broad introduction to the empirical SCM literature, its foundations and the methodologies used. Particular attention will be paid to recent research output using experimental, primary, and secondary data. The second half of the day will introduce the main mathematical concepts used for hypothesis testing in the literature (e.g., regression models, fixed/between/random effects models, interaction effects). The second day will focus on the econometric modelling of experimental data, often referred to as “experimetrics”. We will look at various ways to analyze experimental data, ranging from treatment testing to the parametric estimation of behavioral models. The third day will consist of in-depth discussions of a number of seminal papers, led both by the instructor and by the students (as part of their first assignment) and followed by an introduction to a number of specialized econometric techniques (e.g., logistic regressions, survival models, post-hoc analyses). Additionally, the second assignment will be further explained