The SCF industry is offering a valuable option to companies which are facing liquidity constrain. The academic literature regarding this topic is gaining more and more attention, however articles regarding collaborations in the SCF industry are still limited. This research was intended to fill the literature gap acknowledged, namely collecting and analysing collaborations among providers in SCF industry during the period from 2018 and 2022 and trying to outline their characteristics. The methodology followed to pursue the mentioned objectives was structured in three steps. First, the collaborations were collected via web with the time constrain of the last five years. Second, the collected collaborations were selected according to different criteria, such as the geographical scope (Europe). Third a series of different variables were introduced with the aim to grasp different characteristics of the collaborations. Hence, the dataset was ultimate by assign to each collaboration among provider a qualitative attribute for each of the variables. From the results emerged how providers are more likely to offer traditional SCF solutions if they do not have a solid previous experience in the sector. On the other hand, more innovative and digitalized services are more likely to be offered by providers who already operates in the industry, for enlarging their products range. Moreover, the collaborations involving these traditional SCF solutions (e.g., Factoring and Reverse Factoring) have the objective to improve the service and try to digitalize it to reach the standards of the more innovative SCF solutions (e.g., Dynamic Discounting). Among providers, has been identified two different categories: the “Core actors” and the “Supportive actors”. The first group of “Core actors” is represented by actors who provides essentials competences and resources for the SCF industry such as fundings and technological platforms, these are Bank/Financial intermediaries and Fintech. The second group of “Supportive actors” are responsible to make more efficient activities and service delivery of the “Core actors”. “Supportive actors” may be represented by Tech companies and Rating Agency, to name a few.
L'industria Supply Chain Finance sta offrendo una valida opzione alle aziende che si trovano ad affrontare difficoltà di liquidità. La letteratura accademica su questo argomento sta guadagnando sempre più attenzione; tuttavia, gli articoli riguardanti le collaborazioni nel settore SCF sono ancora limitati. Questa ricerca aveva lo scopo di colmare il divario individuato in letteratura, in particolare la raccolta e l'analisi di collaborazioni tra i providers nel settore SCF durante il periodo 2018 e 2022 e cercare di delineare le loro caratteristiche. La metodologia seguita per perseguire gli obiettivi citati è stata strutturata in tre fasi. Innanzitutto, le collaborazioni sono state raccolte via web con il vincolo temporale degli ultimi cinque anni. In secondo luogo, le collaborazioni raccolte sono state selezionate in base a diversi criteri, come l'estensione geografica della collaborazione (Europa). In terzo luogo, sono state introdotte una serie di variabili con l'obiettivo di cogliere diverse caratteristiche delle collaborazioni. Quindi, il database è stato ultimato assegnando ad ogni collaborazione tra providers un attributo qualitativo per ciascuna delle variabili. Dai risultati è emerso come i fornitori abbiano maggiori probabilità di offrire soluzioni SCF tradizionali se non hanno una solida esperienza precedente nel settore. D'altra parte, i servizi più innovativi e digitalizzati hanno maggiori probabilità di essere offerti da fornitori di servizi che già operano nel settore, per ampliare la loro gamma di prodotti. Inoltre, le collaborazioni che coinvolgono queste soluzioni SCF tradizionali (ad esempio, Factoring e Reverse Factoring) hanno l'obiettivo di migliorare il servizio e cercare di digitalizzarlo per raggiungere gli standard delle soluzioni SCF più innovative (ad esempio, Dynamic Discount). Tra i providers, sono state individuate due diverse categorie: gli "Attori Core" e gli "Attori di Supporto”. Il primo gruppo gli "Attori Core" è rappresentato da attori che forniscono competenze e risorse essenziali per l'industria SCF come finanziamenti e piattaforme tecnologiche, questi sono gli intermediari bancari/ finanziari e Fintech. Il secondo gruppo di "Attori di Supporto” è responsabile di rendere più efficienti le attività e la fornitura di servizi degli "Attori Core. Gli “Attori di Supporto” possono essere rappresentati da società Tech e Agenzie di Rating, per citarne alcuni.
Features of collaborations among providers in Supply Chain Finance ecosystem
Ferrari, Nicolo'
2021/2022
Abstract
The SCF industry is offering a valuable option to companies which are facing liquidity constrain. The academic literature regarding this topic is gaining more and more attention, however articles regarding collaborations in the SCF industry are still limited. This research was intended to fill the literature gap acknowledged, namely collecting and analysing collaborations among providers in SCF industry during the period from 2018 and 2022 and trying to outline their characteristics. The methodology followed to pursue the mentioned objectives was structured in three steps. First, the collaborations were collected via web with the time constrain of the last five years. Second, the collected collaborations were selected according to different criteria, such as the geographical scope (Europe). Third a series of different variables were introduced with the aim to grasp different characteristics of the collaborations. Hence, the dataset was ultimate by assign to each collaboration among provider a qualitative attribute for each of the variables. From the results emerged how providers are more likely to offer traditional SCF solutions if they do not have a solid previous experience in the sector. On the other hand, more innovative and digitalized services are more likely to be offered by providers who already operates in the industry, for enlarging their products range. Moreover, the collaborations involving these traditional SCF solutions (e.g., Factoring and Reverse Factoring) have the objective to improve the service and try to digitalize it to reach the standards of the more innovative SCF solutions (e.g., Dynamic Discounting). Among providers, has been identified two different categories: the “Core actors” and the “Supportive actors”. The first group of “Core actors” is represented by actors who provides essentials competences and resources for the SCF industry such as fundings and technological platforms, these are Bank/Financial intermediaries and Fintech. The second group of “Supportive actors” are responsible to make more efficient activities and service delivery of the “Core actors”. “Supportive actors” may be represented by Tech companies and Rating Agency, to name a few.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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