Dear ms. Rico Lugo, thank you for your interesting paper presentation. Particularly the biform game approach, which includes both cooperative and non cooperative relationships between players, is quite thought-provoking. Your application relates to the Circular Food Economy and the Agri-Food Supply Chain., but could you suggest other manufacturing areas where your approach could be successfully applicable? It comes to my mind that one possibility could be the automotive sector where car manufacturers, car retailers/renters and car buyers/users are involved? Could this bea possible scenario for your approach?
Thank you for your valuable comment, prof. Teti. You are right.
The application of biform games within supply chains, especially in the context of the Circular Food Economy is a very promising approach.
In our case, we adapted the basics of these games to a scenario where sustainability takes a relevant role. Therefore, different variables and parameters related to Food Loss and Waste needed to be considered.
Therefore, this approach can be applied to several sectors, as long as the sustainability component is a common goal of the involved actors, the tendency to have cooperative behavior between stakeholders from different echelons (vertically) and to not cooperate with stakeholders within the same echelon (horizontally) exists. For example, the distribution of energy, water, or other basic resources/services can be broadly analyzed by biform games. An interesting example is presented by Fuentes González F, van der Weijde AH, Sauma E. The promotion of community energy projects in Chile and Scotland: An economic approach using biform games.
In terms of your suggestion, the automotive supply chain can also be analyzed by using our approach. However, the most recent attention has been put on the side of cooperative games in this sector (because the competitive side is commonly known). So, I consider that in such a market, it is necessary to clarify the common goals all actors have, the incentives to cooperate, and the reasons they have to not cooperate with other actors. For example, under what conditions (mechanisms) one car buyer/user will be interested in cooperating with another buyer? It may depend on what they are commercializing.
A good discussion can appear on this topic because our approach could be suitable for car services more than car manufacturing, for example.
In terms of your suggestion, the automotive supply chain can also be analyzed by using our approach. However, the most recent attention has been put on the side of cooperative games in this sector (because the competitive side is commonly known). So, I consider that in such a market, it is necessary to clarify the common goals all actors have, the incentives to cooperate, and the reasons they have to not cooperate with other actors. For example, under what conditions (mechanisms) one car buyer/user will be interested in cooperating with another buyer? It may depend on what they are commercializing.
A good discussion can appear on this topic because our approach could be suitable for car services more than car manufacturing, for example.
Dear ms. Rico Lugo, thank you for your interesting paper presentation. Particularly the biform game approach, which includes both cooperative and non cooperative relationships between players, is quite thought-provoking. Your application relates to the Circular Food Economy and the Agri-Food Supply Chain., but could you suggest other manufacturing areas where your approach could be successfully applicable? It comes to my mind that one possibility could be the automotive sector where car manufacturers, car retailers/renters and car buyers/users are involved? Could this bea possible scenario for your approach?
Thank you for your valuable comment, prof. Teti. You are right.
The application of biform games within supply chains, especially in the context of the Circular Food Economy is a very promising approach.
In our case, we adapted the basics of these games to a scenario where sustainability takes a relevant role. Therefore, different variables and parameters related to Food Loss and Waste needed to be considered.
Therefore, this approach can be applied to several sectors, as long as the sustainability component is a common goal of the involved actors, the tendency to have cooperative behavior between stakeholders from different echelons (vertically) and to not cooperate with stakeholders within the same echelon (horizontally) exists. For example, the distribution of energy, water, or other basic resources/services can be broadly analyzed by biform games. An interesting example is presented by Fuentes González F, van der Weijde AH, Sauma E. The promotion of community energy projects in Chile and Scotland: An economic approach using biform games.
In terms of your suggestion, the automotive supply chain can also be analyzed by using our approach. However, the most recent attention has been put on the side of cooperative games in this sector (because the competitive side is commonly known). So, I consider that in such a market, it is necessary to clarify the common goals all actors have, the incentives to cooperate, and the reasons they have to not cooperate with other actors. For example, under what conditions (mechanisms) one car buyer/user will be interested in cooperating with another buyer? It may depend on what they are commercializing.
A good discussion can appear on this topic because our approach could be suitable for car services more than car manufacturing, for example.
In terms of your suggestion, the automotive supply chain can also be analyzed by using our approach. However, the most recent attention has been put on the side of cooperative games in this sector (because the competitive side is commonly known). So, I consider that in such a market, it is necessary to clarify the common goals all actors have, the incentives to cooperate, and the reasons they have to not cooperate with other actors. For example, under what conditions (mechanisms) one car buyer/user will be interested in cooperating with another buyer? It may depend on what they are commercializing.
A good discussion can appear on this topic because our approach could be suitable for car services more than car manufacturing, for example.
Dear Prof. Teti, thank you for your kind comment.