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The specific and general nature of logistics tasks

Pató, Beáta Sz. G.; Kovács, Zoltán; Szabó, László - In: Problems of management in the 21st century 11 (2016) 2, pp. 107-123

in white collar jobs. This analysis focuses on the work content of jobs in logistics. However, the methodology allows the … research carried out by authors was to identify the necessary competencies in logistics jobs. It included the analysis of the …

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Skills, Management Knowledge or Logistics Expertise - What Do Logistics Managers in Clothing Companies Really Need?

Elzarka, Sara; Tipi, Nicoleta S.; Hubbard, Nick J.; … - 2011

skills elements that are necessary to perform the most important tasks and functions of logistics managers in clothing … 53 elements that relate to the skills and knowledge required for logistics managers. The frequency of these elements was … logistics managers in clothing manufacturing firms in Egypt. The purpose of this framework is to describe the knowledge and …

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Lack of skills or formal qualifications? New evidence on cross-country differences in the labor market disadvantage of less-educated adults

Heisig, Jan Paul; Gesthuizen, Maurice; Solga, Heike - In: Social Science Research 83 (2019), pp. 1-20

We use PIAAC data on the literacy and numeracy skills of 49,366 25-to-54-year-olds in 27 countries to shed new light on … and numeracy skills are an important source of cross-national variation in labor market inequalities by educational … attainment, but substantial gaps in occupational status remain even after accounting for individuals' actual skills and further …

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Polarization and rising wage inequality : comparing the U.S. and Germany

Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Fitzenberger, Bernd - In: Econometrics : open access journal 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-33

Since the late 1970s, wage inequality has increased strongly both in the U.S. and Germany but the trends have been different. Wage inequality increased along the entire wage distribution during the 1980s in the U.S. and since the mid 1990s in Germany. There is evidence for wage polarization in...

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Foreign competition and executive compensation in the manufacturing industry - A comparison between Germany and the U.S.

Dyballa, Katharina; Kraft, Kornelius - Sonderforschungsbereich Statistical Modelling of … - 2018

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More than the money : payoff-irrelevant terms in relational contracts

Cromwell, Erich; Goerg, Sebastian J.; Ziółkowska, Monika - 2018

In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S and (3) whether the impact of import penetration is driven by...

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Foreign competition and executive compensation in the manufacturing industry : a comparison between Germany and the U.S.

Dyballa, Katharina; Kraft, Kornelius - 2018

In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3) whether the impact of import penetration is driven by...

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Design and analysis of a lightweight composite shipping container made of carbon fiber laminates

Yildiz, Turkay - In: Logistics 3 (2019) 3, pp. 1-20

The literature indicates that a 20% reduction in the weight of empty 40-foot shipping containers would result in $28 billion of fuel savings, along with a 3.6 exajoule reduction in the energy demand over containers’ 15-year lifetime. Decreasing the energy demand and thereby greenhouse gas...

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Supply chain reliability and international economic growth : impacts of disruptions like COVID-19

Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Goel, Srishti S. - 2020

importance, formal research on the contribution of supply chain logistics, including the relative impacts across different … logistics dimensions, is less. The importance of supply chains has been recently been brought to the forefront in the wake of … examine the relative effects of the different aspects of supply chain logistics on economic growth. Placing the empirical …

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Best practices in road transport : an exploratory study

Fernández Vázquez-Noguerol, Mar; González-Boubeta, Iván - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 11 (2018) 2, pp. 250-261

group is not wholly representative of all sectors. Respondents were mainly managers from Spain involved in logistics and … 98 professionals involved in logistics and transport activities. Additionally, key literature on transport initiatives … transport activities. Surveyed companies included manufacturing, retailers, wholesalers and third-party logistics providers …

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