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Trade Credit with Barter in a Capital-Constrained Supply Chain

Sustainability 2021, 13(20), 11361; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011361
by Yangyang Huang 1, Zhenyang Pi 1,* and Weiguo Fang 1,2,*
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Sustainability 2021, 13(20), 11361; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011361
Submission received: 23 September 2021 / Revised: 10 October 2021 / Accepted: 12 October 2021 / Published: 14 October 2021
(This article belongs to the Topic Toward the New Era of Sustainable Design, Manufacturing and Management)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The study analyzes the impact of barter exchange on supply chain operations under trade credit through theoretical analysis and numerical simulation, considering a single manufacturer and a single retailer since the lack of capital is a problem that most of the enterprises are facing and trade credit with barter seems to be a solution. The results show barter benefits and cost reduction to the supply chain members but the study has some limitations and it is necessary to go further in the research and extend it to a multi-level supply chain on a barter platform as the authors pointed out. The methodology is clearly explained and justified by recent literature. The article is well-organized and contains all the components of an article with well-developed sections. It is an important contribution to research.

Author Response

Thanks for your affirmation of the contribution of our study, and thank you very much for your comments. Following your suggestions, we have made a supplementary statement in Section Conclusions. Please see the attachment for details.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

This paper is about Trade Credit with Barter in a Capital-Constrained Supply Chain. They simulated a model to reach interesting results and guidelines to make such a trade successful.

The paper is well-written, technically sound, and complete. However, the authors need to convince the readers about:

  • Why barter is still relevant in an era where most businesses are done with credits? How trade credit is different from trade loans?
  • How a one-shot numerical simulation is enough to get to the conclusion. The concept of using rounds of trading has been the mainstream for quite a long! Convince that the numerical simulation you did is enough?

Author Response

Thanks for your affirmation of the contribution of our manuscript, and thank you very much for your constructive suggestions, which improve our paper significantly. We have provided more explanations for your concerns to convince the readers. Please see the attachment for details.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

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