Supply chain hierarchical position and firms' information quality

• Main Authors: BAI, Xuelian, FANG, Ruirui, HENRY, Elaine, HU, Nan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Supply chain hierarchy; Bullwhip effect; Demand uncertainty; Earnings quality; Stock return synchronicity; Databases and Information Systems; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8042
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study examines the relation between a firm's supply chain hierarchical position and its information quality. We predict that firms located in a more upstream position within the supply chain network are exposed to greater demand variance, thereby leading to decreased quality of reported ea...