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Long–term Business Relationships between Consignor and Trucking Carrier in Japan
KASUGA, Norihiro; Torii, Akio - EconWPA - 2005
In this paper, we have empirically analyzed the factors that lead to longer business relationships in the logistics … capital, such as skill in workers and know-how, is important to improve efficiency of the whole logistics system. At the same … volatility of demand tend to rely on transportation services procured from spot logistics markets with a shorter contract term …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412960
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Growth and Convergence in Southeast Asia Sugarcane Industries
Landiyanto, Erlangga Agustino; Wardaya, Wirya - EconWPA - 2005
This paper analyses growth and convergence on sugarcane industry in southeast Asia countries. Important questions in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125632
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Modelling Possible Impacts of GM Crops on Australian Trade
Stone, Susan; Matysek, Anna; Dolling, Andrew - EconWPA - 2003
This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407855
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Economic Models for Management of Resources in Peer-to-Peer and Grid Computing
Buyya, Rajkumar; Stockinger, Heinz; Giddy, Jonathan; … - EconWPA - 2001
brokering through Nimrod/G deadline and cost-based scheduling for two different optimization strategies on the World Wide Grid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134568
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Shattering the Myth of Costless Price Changes: Emerging Perspectives on Dynamic Pricing
Bergen, Mark; Ritson, Mark; Dutta, Shantanu; Levy, Daniel; … - EconWPA - 2005
In this paper we argue that pricing is all about price changes, and that the costs of price changes are often simultaneously subtle and substantial. We discuss a framework to deal with the dynamics of changing prices. This framework incorporates customer interpretations of price changes, an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556152
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Comparison between minimum purchase, quantity flexibility contracts and spot procurement in a supply chain
Brusset, Xavier - EconWPA - 2005
When, in a supply chain, a supplier and a buyer have the choice of transaction form to do business, the equilibrium transaction form which emerges is much more constrained than previously envisaged in literature. In this paper, two forms of long-term supply contracts and procurement in the spot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556373
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Meta-Rules
Schreiner, Mark - EconWPA - 2001
Meta-rules, or rules for making rules, determine the costs of innovation and thus the pace of economic growth. Adapting rules to a changing economic environment through explicit, well-designed meta-rules makes economic growth quicker, less painful, and more certain than adapting rules through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118854