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Study: Women Outperform Men in Supply Chain Collaboration

New research points to the importance of adding more women to the supply chain workforce.

The results of a new study suggest that women are better-suited than men when it comes to collaborating on supply chain issues.

A new research study from the University of Akron used a β€œproduction decision experiment featuring asymmetric information and asymmetric risk sharing.”

The authors of the study’s resulting research article reported the following key findings:

  • First, women are more collaborative than men in the role of both buying agents and supply agents.
  • Second, information about counterparts’ gender affects behaviors, since both genders are more collaborative when paired with women than when paired with men.
  • Finally, all-women supply chain pairs outperformed all other gender pairings in supply chain efficiency. 

The authors said the results suggest women β€œexhibit an advantage over men in supply chain collaboration, and that employing women is advantageous irrespective of gender diversity concerns.”

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