The mining industry continues to play a significant role in developing the economy in developing countries. The need for minerals influences the magnitude of the mining industry, and safety concerns have taken on considerable importance in this sector. Equipment failure and breakdown will...

Resilience, sustainability, and cyber-security are three measures in supply chains that define how robustly supply chains perform without disruption. Although these three measures can each be assessed separately and give us some idea of a supply chain's capability, a combined measure of all...

The devastating economic and social impact of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine has exacerbated poverty and food insecurity, making it harder for people to access food. Based on a multidimensional understanding of food insecurity, this study focuses on one of the most challenging dimensions for...

The purpose of the CPPI is to help identify opportunities to improve a terminal or a port that will ultimately benefit all public and private stakeholders. The CPPI is intended to serve as a benchmark for important stakeholders in the global economy, including national governments, port...

Simple welfare indices such as mean income are ubiquitous but not distribution sensitive. In contrast, existing distribution sensitive welfare indices are rarely used, often because they are difficult to explain and/or lack intuitive units. This paper proposes a simple new distribution sensitive...

Der Digitalisierungsdruck im Handwerk steigt mit zunehmender Verbreitung technologischer Innovationen in Produkten und Prozessen. Gleichzeitig besteht eine Diskrepanz zwischen empfundener Relevanz von Digitalisierungsmaßnahmen und deren tatsächlicher Umsetzung, was sich in ein hohes...