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Cash flow bullwhip effect (CFB) is the amplification of working capital variance along a supply chain. High CFB is a sign of inefficient working capital (WC) management and can lead to a significant reduction in financial resilience. CFB can be used as a measure of a company’s ability to manage operational risks and corresponding resilience. We investigate the existence of CFB and the traditional bullwhip effect (BWE) in a sample of 238 semiconductor companies over 2010-Q1 to 2020-Q4. These companies' average CFB and BWE are 3.95 and 2.77, respectively. We find that CFB and BWE of a semiconductor company are negatively associated with company size, degree of seasonality in demand, and company’s payment policy conservativeness; and positively associated with procurement and payment lead times.
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Patil, C., Prabhu, V.V. (2021). Cash-Flow Bullwhip Effect in the Semiconductor Industry: An Empirical Investigation. In: Dolgui, A., Bernard, A., Lemoine, D., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. APMS 2021. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 631. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85902-2_8
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